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– Says Old Notes Unacceptable, As Polaris, FCMB, UBA & Fidelity Banks Reject Currency It was obviously a bad day for lawyers and litigants, who trooped to the Lagos Court’s Registry, to file their processes with old Naira notes, on Monday, as they were turned back by officials of the Registry, insisting their banks were […]
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 […]
– 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 […]
– Mobilises Votes for Tinubu, SanwoOlu, Other APC Candidates Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday held the third sensitisation parley with women drawn from various professional organisations and groups in the state, saying it is important for all stakeholders to get fully involved in the forthcoming general elections. Speaking at the event […]
The Lagos State Government has said that 27.3% of its entire Y2023 Budget amounting to N482.86 Billion will be expended on providing modern infrastructure for the citizenry. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget. Samuel Egube disclosed this at Press Briefing held today at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Secretariat, Alausa, adding that the Y2023 Budget […]
– Agege To Raise ₦500m To Rescue Out-of-School Children, Others Residents of Agege and its environs would be witnessing a seven-day traditional and cultural displays that would culminate in the raising of a ₦500 million education endowment fund for the benefit of residents of the area. This was announced by the chairman of the Agege […]
