A group, Ogun Integrity Vanguard (OIV), has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Ogun State, Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu, to present himself for trial instead of writing frivolous petitions to the police over his vote buying scandal. According to OIV, it is disturbing that after the Federal Government had investigated their vote buying plot and charged them to court, Adebutu and some accused members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State are now writing petitions to the Inspector General of Police ( IGP), Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, asking him to investigate…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has charged the media to educate the public and help them understand what democracy stands for. The call was contained in his Democracy Day message to Nigerians on Monday, 12 June, 2023. He noted that even though democracy as it is practised in Nigeria today might be imperfect, it still remains the fairest and surest way by which the minority could have their say and the majority, their way. Adebayo charged public office holders to service the people with humility, reminding them that…
Human Right Activist and lawyer, Maryam Musa Sambo has condemn in strong words and terms the kidnapping and hostage taking of Captain Phillip Mark Mehrtens, by the armed Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province. Barrister Sambo who is also a member of the Internnational Federation of Women (FIDA) Lawyers, described the kidnap of Captain Mehrtens as cruel, inhumane, degrading and a flagrant violation of his fundamental human rights which is enshrined in several international Laws. She appealed to the group to release the pilot in respect for human rights and so he can reunite with his family. “I therefore…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The decomposing body of a kidnapped policeman serving in Imo State Police Command has been found in a bushin the Oguta Local Government Area of the state a few days ago. The victim, identified as Charles, was said to be an orderly to a former Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Chiji Collins. The deceased, an Inspector of Police and native of Mbaise, was allegedly abducted a few weeks ago alongside a driver in the Ohaji/ Egbema area of the state. The duo were said to be riding in a Hilux and a Sports Utility…
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Fifty Six (56) suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were arrested on Monday, June 5, 2023, in a sting operation at Rivtaf Golf Estate, Port Harcourt following intelligence on their alleged internet fraud-related activities including dating/romance scam, investment scam, oil scam, contract scam, impersonation, business scam, possession of fraudulent document, crypto currency scam and forgery. The suspects are Chukwuemeka Samuel Andrew, Gospel Asawale, Godbless Otuan, Francis ThankGod, Kingsley Udennaka, Ajuobi Lucky Obioma, Gogo Johnson, Hope Offor, Oxford Ibinabo, Boma…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, 9 June, 2023, convicted and sentenced one Kayode Adegbaju, an engineer, to 11 years imprisonment for N61.1 million fraud. Adegbaju, alongside with his company, Warewater Limited, was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, sometime in 2020 on a five-count charge bordering on stealing, conspiracy to commit felony and issuance of dud cheques to the tune of N61,160,000. Count two reads: “Engineer Kayode Adegbaju, Warewater Limited, sometime in the month of December 2012 at Lagos, within the lkeja Judicial…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Manchester City have been named as Europe’s most valuable football club, ousting Real Madrid, in a report published on Thursday, 8 June , 2023 before this weekend’s Champions League final. The Football Benchmark report ranks Europe’s 32 most prominent clubs based on a series of criteria including assessments of their financial statements, squad value and the size of their broadcast market. City, who play Inter Milan in Saturday, 10 June, 2023, Champions League Final in Istanbul, came out on top with a valuation of 4.073 billion euros ($4.39 billion). That figure saw them overtake Madrid, last year’s…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa, has announced plans by the House to pass laws that will protect the interest of indigenes of the state. Obasa, who was elected Speaker of the 10th Assembly for the third consecutive term, said as part of its legislative agenda, there would be laws and resolutions in the areas of economy and commerce, property and titles and reversal of “all that are reversible to protect the interest of the indigenes”The plan is an apparent reaction to some of the controversies in the build-up to the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin, has disclosed that the 9th Assembly in the state passed 97 bills into law in four years. Ogundoyin, who made this disclosure while speaking during the valedictory session of the House held on Thursday, 8 June, 2023 in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, added that a total of 109 bills were considered by the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly in the last four years. The Speaker added that 97 of the bills were passed into law, just as he also that the 9th Assembly passed…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A priest under the Benin Catholic Archdiocese, Charles Igechi, has been shot dead by gunmen on Wednesday, 7 June, 2023 along Agbor Road in the Ikhueniro axis of Benin, the Edo State capital. The Catholic Archbishop of Benin, Augustine Akubeze confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Thursday, 7 June, 2023. According to Akubeze, the police have been informed, and urged the security agency to apprehend the perpetrators of the dastardly act. The cleric said the deceased, ordained last year, was ambushed and shot on his way back to his place of duty. The remains of…