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A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced a teacher, Chukwu Ndubuisi, to life imprisonment for defiling a six-year-old pupil of Mind Builders School, Lagos (names withheld). Ndubuisi, age 41, was the art teacher of the school as at June 2016 when the offence was committed. He was first arraigned at an Ogudu Magistrate […]
A Lagos Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced a 20-year-old man, Nojeem Badmos, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Delivering the judgment, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of the two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery beyond reasonable doubts. Justice Abike-Fadipe described the defendant’s […]
– Charge Aides To Keep Up With Their Good Works. Parents of secondary school students, in Ondo State, have expressed their appreciation to Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for the payment of all public secondary schools West African Examination Council fees for 2023 in the state. The parents, who were from the 18 Local Government Areas […]
Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Education has again ordered the temporary closure of Chrisland School, Opebi-Ikeja. The closure followed the reported sudden death of a 12-year-old student of the School, Whitney Adeniran. A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, said the closure was ordered, pending the outcome of […]
– Pledges Over 100,000 votes for Lagos Speaker An independent support group for the re-election of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has explained why it is backing Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming election. The Obasa Independent […]
The Lagos State Government says it is considering implementing logistic routes for trucks and articulated vehicles, as specified in the State Transport Master plan. State Commissioner for Transportation Frederic Oladeinde, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting at Alausa Ikeja, said the move is as a result of the recurring truck accidents in the State, […]
A Lagos Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, has revoked the bail granted to a suspected internet fraudster, Kolawole Erinle. The Court equally remanded Erinle at the Kirikiri Maximum Custodial Facility. Erinle is standing trial for $1.4-million fraud. Justice Ramon Oshodi revoked the defendant’s bail after listening to the submissions of prosecution and defence. Oshodi […]
The Lagos State Government has closed its case against the Medical Director of Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, over the defilement of his wife’s 16-year-old niece. State Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Babajide Martins, told a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, that prosecution was ready to close its case […]
The Federal Government, FG, has finally announced its decision to obey the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, suspending the February 10 deadline for the validity of the old Naira notes. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announcement in an interview with journalists in Abuja, on Thursday. Malami said the […]
Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Federal Government through the National Universities Commission, NUC, has ordered all universities across the country to shutdown. The NUC, in a letter sent to Vice-Chancellors of the Universities and Directors of Inter-University Centres, said the order was based on the directive of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. […]
