By Abimbola Ogunnaike An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Musa Al-yunus, has ordered the remand of 25-year-old twin brothers; Godtin and James Okon, at a correctional centre, for allegedly cutting their friend’s hand with a cutlass. The defendants were alleged to have cut off the the left hand of one Joseph Anthony, during argument over ownership of a cell phone.Godtin and James, who are security guards, are facing three-counts bothering on conspiracy, assault occasioning harm. The police prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, told the court on Tuesday, 18 April, 2023 that the defendants committed the offence around 4pm at Ilado…
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The association of lawyers on Tuesday, 19 April, 2023 confirmed that a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Okey Wali, has been abducted by gunmen The NBA statement said the 64-year-old Senior Advocate of Nigeria was kidnapped along East-West Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State in the early hours of Monday,17 April, 2023.The incumbent President of the association, Yakubu Maikyau, urged both the Inspector-General of Police and the Police Commissioner in Rivers State “to leave no stone unturned as they work towards the safe release of our dear learned friend”. Maikyau recalled that Wali, who…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The police in Kenya have rescued a newborn baby girl abandoned inside a pit latrine within Rioma Catholic Church compound in Marani, Kisii. The National Police Service (NPS) said the baby estimated to be four days old was retrieved from the latrine by police officers from Rioma Police Station on Tuesday, April 18. This came after a local alerted the police about hearing a baby crying inside the latrine at around 2:30 pm on Tuesday. A statement released by the police read; “Police at Rioma Police Station responded to report made by a member of public, that there…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A man is now cooling off in police cell for allegedly defiling his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. He was arrested by the Police from Wanguru police station in Mwea East, Kirinyaga County, Kenya. According to Citizen Digital, the minor was reportedly left behind by her mother, after disagreement with her husband. Residents of Kiumbu village responded to the toddler’s cries, but the man managed to escape.He was later caught by the irate residents who were baying for his blood. The villagers marched him to Kimbimbi dispensary, where they locked him in one of the room before calling police. Confirming…
By Mohammed Adamu Except from my: ‘TINUBU AND THE ‘ABC’ OF ‘CITIZENSHIP’. DUAL CITIZENSHIP (Section 28 of the Constitution): ….of the 3 classes of citizenship recognized by the Constitution (by ‘birth’, by ‘registration’ and by ‘naturalization’), only the latter 2 (by registration’ and by ‘naturalization) are made expressly subject to the provisions of Section 28 on Dual Citizenship. The enjoyment of citizenship ‘BY BIRTH’ alone is not made subject to the provisions of Sec 28 on dual citizenship; meaning that the restrictions that Sec 28 imposes on those who become Nigerian citizens by ‘registration’ and by ‘naturalization’ do not affect…
A ghastly accident occurred in Lagos on Wednesday morning, 19 April, 2023 when a yet-to-be-identified commercial bus driver died after his bus somersaulted following a collision with a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle. According to report, the incident occurred on the Ifako Bridge inward Ogudu on the Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway in Lagos. A witness said that the fully loaded commercial bus was coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred. “On hearing of the death of the commercial driver, whose body was lying beside the upturned commercial bus, hoodlums in the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 37-year-old man, Nwafor Onyebuchi, was arraigned by the police before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Badagry for allegedly stealing N21 million from a Catholic church. Onyebuchi is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, stealing, and breaching of public peace preferred against him by the police. The prosecutor, Inspector Ayodele Adeosun, told the court presided over by Magistrate,T. A Popoola that the defendant committed the offence on December 21, 2022, at Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Alaba in Ojo area of the state. Adeosun stated that the defendant converted the money to his personal use. The…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Policemen have arrested a Point of Sale operator who reportedly went on a spending spree after N280 million was erroneously transferred to his account by a commercial bank, an Ogun State based national newspaper reports. He was said to have lavished the money on buying houses, cars and sponsoring people to lesser hajj. The POS operator identified as Alfa Rafiu was arrested by the police on Monday, 17 April, 2023 in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The newspaper gathered that the suspect is a resident of Akuji compound in Abayawo area in the Ilorin West Local Government Area…
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA and the Nigeria Police Force have sealed off Pure Bio-Tech Company Limited for contravening environmental law by discharging pollutants into public water system. A statement on Tuesday, 18 April, 2023, by the spokesperson of NESREA, Amaka Ejiofor said: “On Monday, 17th April, 2023 at about 12.30 pm, the combined team of officials of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA and Officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Benue State Command Headquarters sealed off a facility belonging to Pure Bio-Tech Company Limited situated along Gboko Road, Makurdi, the Benue State…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Union (EU), and the Federal Government have insisted that there is urgent need to put in place strategic approach to effectively curtain the rising crime against wildlife and forestry in the country. Speaking on Tuesday, 18 April, 2023, during the presentation of International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC): Analytical Toolkit Nigeria, Country Representative of UNODC, Oliver Stolpe decried the high level of environmental degradation, saying Nigeria had one of the highest rates of deforestation globally. He lamented that the country from 2002 to 2020 lost 141kha of humid…