By Abimbola Ogunnaike An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos State, on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023 sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, to three life sentences for defiling his three underage female children. The victims’ ages were said to be eight, eight and six. Justice Abiola Soladoye in her ruling said that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt the three-count charge bordering on sexual assault by penetration against the defendant. “You are wicked and a pathological liar. This is most bizarre and unfortunate,” she said, adding that the defendant said his wife was mentally unstable in…
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The Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) under the leadership of Honourable Fouad Oki, has released the guidelines into the various bye elections of the divisional football associations and elections into the 20 local football councils in the state. Accordingly, bye elections will be held to select leaders for the Ikeja, Badagry and Lagos Divisional Football Associations while elections will also be held to select leaders for the 20 local football councils in the state. According to a statement signed by Akeem Rabiu-Okikioposu, nomination forms will be on sale between Friday, 16 June and Friday, 23 June, 2023. Filled forms are…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has begun a 21-day medical leave abroad and has thus, handed over power to his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. In a letter to the House of Assembly, Akeredolu said Aiyedatiwa would function in acting capacity pending the time his leave is over. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, who received the copy of the letter, revealed that Akeredolu shall resume work on July 6, 2023. “The leave which commenced on the 7th of June, extends to the 6th of July, 2023 due to the Public Holidays on June 12 (Democracy…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Tragedy occurred in Kwara State as over 100 persons, including a father and his four children lost their lives in a boat accident at Egbu village, Patigi local government area of the state on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the families and people of Patigi over the incident. The incident, gazellenews.com gathered, occurred on Monday when the boat transporting them hit a tree due to a river wave. The victims were guests returning from a wedding ceremony at neighbouring Egboti village in Niger State. About 50 bodies were allegedly recovered after the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 70-year-old man, Sule Adeola, has been ordered by an Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti District to be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. According to the charge, the defendant, “within Ado Ekiti Magisterial District is reasonably suspected to have committed an offence of rape on a 10-year-old minor severally between March and June 2023.” The police prosecutor, Inspector Olubu Apata, said, “The offence is punishable under Section 31(2) of the Child Right Law of Ekiti State.” In her statement to the police, the victim said,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike PSG winger, Kylian Mbappe, has slammed reports claiming he is ready to quit Paris Saint-Germain to push through a move to Real Madrid as “lies,” just as he also insisted that he is “very happy” at the Parc des Princes. Recall that of Monday, 12 June, 2023, some reports claimed the 24-year-old French man had informed the Ligue 1 champions of his decision not to exercise a 12-month extension in the contract he signed at the club in May 2022. This latest development comes just days after Real Madrid, who had two bids rejected for the Frenchman…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike New Liverpool signing, Alexis Mac Allister has revealed that his chat with the club boss, Jurgen Klopp swiftly convinced him to appendage his signature to play for the club, just as he also admitted that he cannot wait to start playing in front of the “crazy” home fans at Anfield. World Cup winner Mac-Allister became became Liverpools’s first major signing of what is likely to be a busy summer when the Reds last week triggered the release clause in his Brighton contract for an undisclosed fee, which is understood to be in region of £35m-£45m. The 24-year-old midfielder…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Famous Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has finally opened up of having another son called Dawson with his rumoured fourth babymama, Larissa London, just as he added that that the boy is currently living with his mum in London. The ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ crooner, who made this disclosure in a recent podcast interview, also revealed that he named his daughters, Imade and Hailey after his late mother, just as he also said that his second daughter, Hailey is a replica of his mom. “I named both of them [my daughters] after my mum. Hailey, she is…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rejoiced with his predecessor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Ambode clocks 60 on Wednesday, 14 June, 2023. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message, issued on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023 by his Media Adviser, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described Ambode as a seasoned administrator who contributed his knowledge and expertise to the growth of the public service in Lagos State. He said Ambode had contributed immensely as a former Accountant-General as well as ex-Governor to the growth and development of Lagos State in different capacities, especially in the finance sector. …
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigerian Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA has presented a licence for the establishment of Belema Sweet Expert Terminal. While presenting the licence in Abuja on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, the Chief Executive of NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, explained thatthe Federal Government’s commitment to the ease of doing business in Nigeria According to Ahmed that with the presentation of the licence to Belema Sweet Export Terminal, the indigenous oil company became the second to acquire such a license, the first being the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Exploration and Production Limited. The NMDPRA boss explained that…