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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has filed an application before a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, South-West, Nigeria, seeking the final forfeiture of two vehicles allegedly used as instruments of unlawful importation of illicit drugs. In an affidavit sworn to by a Litigation Officer, Kareem Olayinka, attached to the Directorate of Prosecution […]
A Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, has remanded one, Ismaila Adamu, over alleged ejaculation on a five-year-old girl (name withheld). Adamu was arraigned on a two-count charge of indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault. He, however, pleaded not guilty. The charge was read to the defendant in English […]
A Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday, sentenced one, Stephen Francis, to life imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old primary four pupil in his room. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution sufficiently proved the three essential ingredients of defilement against the convict. Justice Soladoye said the overwhelming narratives of […]
Traders, banks and residents in Lagos still refusing to accept the old N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender will have to watch their backs. This is because the State Governor Babajide SanwoOlu has vowed to sanction any individual or business that fails to accept the old notes as means of buying and selling in […]
…Charges Members To Vote Bukunmi Akeju The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to look into the controversies rocking the Social Democratic Party, SDP’s candidate, Duro Clement Dolapo, for Akoko Southwest Constituency II in the House of Assembly election. The party made the call in a […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to address the present cash and petrol scarcity, or face a nationwide strike. NLC President, Joe Ajero, gave the ultimatum, following the central working committee meeting on Monday. He lamented the hardships being endured by Nigerian workers, as a result of the […]
The controversy rocking the circulation and acceptability of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes by the public and commercial banks across the country has finally been put to rest. This is so, because the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has officially come to terms with the Supreme Court ruling, over the validity period of […]
Pope Francis says priests under the Catholic Church may soon be permitted to engage in sexual activity, as the institution is revisiting the concept of celibacy. Francis, who disclosed this in an interview in Argentina media site InfoBae, said there is no conflict for a priest to be married. He noted that in the Western […]
Former Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Professor Adekunle Oloyede, has approached the State High Court, to set aside his conviction by an Ondo Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure. Prof. Oloyede is challenging what he described as “wrongly been adjudged guilty” by the Chief Magistrate Court. In a judgment delivered on 25th January […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide SanwoOlu, has ordered all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, as well as Courts in the state to commence acceptance of old N500 and N1,000 notes. Sanwo-Olu also urged business owners, especially retailers, to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes, to ease hardship sparked by the Naira redesign policy introduced by […]
