Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia state, has tested positive for COVID-19. The State Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, announced this in a statement on Monday. He said the governor had gone into isolation before his result returned positive, and that he has directed the deputy governor to act on his behalf pending the time he resumes duty. The Governor, whose sample had earlier returned negative on Tuesday, had another sample tested by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday. It was Thursday’s sample that returned positive. Confirming the development in a statement, Kalu stated: “Recall that on…
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Funke Busari Suspected hitmen of Aiye and Eiye Confraternities Adeoye Daya and Taiwo Shodeinde were among 185 suspected cultists apprehended in Ikorodu area of Lagos State by Operatives of the Special Strike Force of the Lagos State Police Command. The cultists were arrested on the heels of supremacy battle by rival groups resulting in killings. DSP Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement on Sunday informed that the special forces on Social Miscreants took the battle to the cultists dens at Ikorodu, Ipakodo, Igbogbo, Ibeshe, Shagamu road, Agbowa, among others on the orders of the State Commissioner of…
Mayowa Adedoyin, 19 year old, a notorious traffic robber in Oshodi, was arrested by Rapid Response Squad riders in Oshodi-Oke, inward Anthony-Oke around 9:00 p.m on Saturday. The suspect, operating with a colleague in the spot had tried unsuccessfully to rob a man in traffic. The RRS in a statement disclosed how the suspect was busted, it stated “Our riders, acting on report laid siege on the duo and Adedoyin was arrested robbing in traffic. It added that he has been handed over to Makinde Police Station in Oshodi and the riders have embarked on the look out for his…
The Lagos State Government has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the National Assembly before the Supreme Court to test the Constitutionality of Virtual Court Hearings. In a suit filed through the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), Lagos is asking the apex court to determine “whether having regard to Section 36(1), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution [as amended], use of technology by remote hearings of any kind, whether by Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Skype or any other audio visual or video-conference platform by the…
The Lagos State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, having satisfied all legal requirements, has approved the nomination and appointment of Prince Gbolahan Lawal as the new Oba-Elect of Iruland (the Oniru-Elect of Iruland). A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Friday stated that the appointment of Prince Lawal as the Oniru-Elect, which takes immediate effect was made on Friday afternoon, during the State’s Executive Council meeting, where final ratification was made on his nomination. Prince Gbolahan Lawal, succeeds late Oba Idowu Abiodun, former Oniru of Iruland, who passed on in…
Three brothers are now cooling their heels in Police custody for the killing of a-55year woman that one of them met on Facebook. The crime was committed in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. A statment by the Force Spokeperson, Frank Mba says the body has been exhumed for forensic examination Police operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Team IRT of the Nigeria Police Force arrested three (3) suspects namely; Johnson Emmanuel – 38 years, Gideon Emmanuel – 31 years and Success Emmanuel – 27 years for the kidnap and gruesome murder of one Mrs Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya on 14th May, 2020. The suspects,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port- Harcourt’s Zonal office on Thursday arraigned a spurious Managing Director of a micro finance bank, Belema Abibo and Cosmopolitan micro finance bank Limited, before Justice M. L Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on two count-charges bordering on obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N100 million. The suspects were arrested when a case of Obtaining by False Pretences, OBT, and fraudulent diversion of funds was raised against them by a petitioner. According to the petitioner, sometimes in 2016, some representatives of Cosmopolitan micro…
The family of Margaret Adiya Ikumu, a-19 year old girl in Lagos who recently faked her own death using the image photograph of her employer’s daughter, Dr. Nimechi Ugorji on a fictitious Facebook account in the name of Marvellous Mary to carry out her evil plan of faking her death has formally apologized to the family of Dr. Ugorji and her family over the unfortunate behaviour of their daughter. In an apology message to the Ugorji’s on behalf of Margaret’s family by Mr. Tony Iji, the family expresses regret over the mischievous action of their daughter which obviously tarnishes the…
Former Governor of Old Ondo State, Bamidele Ishola Olumilua is dead. He was 80 years old. An evangelist and a native of Ikere-Ekiti, was Governor of now Ondo and Ekiti States from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic, elected on the platform of then Social Democratic Party, SDP.
A legal practitioner, Osobase Omo-Iyoha has been murdered by his yet to be identified kidnappers. The news was on the Facebook page of the past Nigeria Bar Associaton 1st Assistant General Secretary, Okey Leo Ohagba. “I received with shock, the horrifying news of the kidnap and eventual murder of our dear colleague, Late Osobase Omo-Iyoha.” According to him, the incident underscores the deploring security situation in Nigeria. “The case of Omo-Iyoha, once again brings to fore, the tragic realities of our failed security system. Government has failed Omo-Iyoha of that duty of protecting his life and property, same way the…