Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment have arrested a man for converting a residential building in the Iju area of the state into an illegal abattoir. A statement released by the state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Monday, 23 June, 2025 said that the suspect turned his residence, located on Alfred Williams Street, Iju Station, into a slaughterhouse following the closure of the Oko Oba Abattoir, Agege. The Lagos state government on Friday, 20 June, 2025 closed the Oko-Oba Abattoir market indefinitely over the unsafe and unhygienic practices of traders in the market. Wahab…
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Umar Isa, in connection with an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked to the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri, and Port Harcourt refineries. Some officials of the NNPCL were being investigated for the alleged mismanagement of funds earmarked for the overhaul of these facilities. The total amount under investigation is $2,956,872,622.36.Specifically, the EFCC is probing the disbursement of $1,559,239,084.36 allocated to the Port Harcourt refinery, $740,669,600 released for the Kaduna refinery, and $656,963,938 approved for the Warri refinery.…
The Lagos State Government on has insisted that the Oko-Oba Abattoir would remain closed until the operators are ready to sit down with the government, abide by the environmental rules and regulations of the State. Featuring on a popular live TV programme recently, the state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab said the abattoir will only be open when the operators are willing to comply with the minimum standards of operating a decent abattoir in the state. He recalled that the state government on Thursday, 19 June, 2025, shut down the Oko-Oba Abattoir over unsanitary activities,…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Dr. Mkor Aondona for alleged sextortion and cyber bullying. He was arrested on Friday, 20 June, 2025 in Makurdi following claims of some female students accusing the Governor’s Aide of unethical and criminal behavior involving sexual exploitation, cyber bullying and blackmail. The petitioners alleged that Aondona was routinely recruiting slim and attractive girls for ushering jobs and insisted on sexual favours as a condition for selection. Based on this,…
The family of the late former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has plunged deeper into crisis as his first daughter, Mrs Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has approached an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, seeking an order for a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test on seven individuals claiming to be biological children of the deceased, as well as an application for the exhumation of the late Governor’s body to carry out the DNA test. In a suit filed before Justice Taiwo of Court 12 at the state high court, ring road, Ibadan, with Motion Number I/443/2024, Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, through…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has confirmed that televangelist Pastor Paul Adefarasin faces criminal charges after pointing a stun gun at another person, an act he said is punishable under Nigerian law even if the device is non-lethal. Jimoh spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, 19 June, 2025, while providing an update on the ongoing probe. “Nothing is an offence under the law, except what the law states to be an offence,” Jimoh explained. “Even under the Fire Arms Act, if you fashion out anything that is not metal, like wood, and you make it…
The Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has congratulated an alumnus of the University, Ayọka Roqeebat Kazeem, for becoming the first car winner at the popular and widely-acclaimed Yoruba language programme, ‘Ma so Oyinbo’, reports thegazellenews.com Kazeem won the prestigious prize when she appeared recently on the programme, thegazellenews.com reports further. Professor Olatunji-Bello described her feat as a confirmation of the values the institution has built in her. “She is indeed a shining ambassador of our great university,” the LASU VC said. “Ayọka’s remarkable achievement is a testament to her intellectual acumen and deep mastery…
Professor Badru Kateregga, Founder of Kampala University, is heartbroken after discovering that he is not the biological father of one of his three children with his wife, Shubaiha Jolly Kateregga, 36. The 76-year-old Ugandan educationist and entrepreneur currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of the private university he co-founded. Kateregga and his estranged wife, Shubaiha, have been married for 15 years. Their marital issues began in September 2024 when he left their home, stating he wanted to spend time with his older children from a previous relationship. Kateregga also alleged that Shubaiha had assaulted him, which prompted his departure. In…
Amidst cynical comment made by the leading opposition party in Ogun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and perceived naysayers, criticizing Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration for its low performance, the State government has kicked off Akute-Lambe-Agbado road reconstruction project. For the avoidance of doubt, the contractor handling the project, Craneburg, has already moved to the site to begin the rehabilitation of the ever-busy road. Preparatory to the commencement of full work, the construction firm has begun mobilization of heavy-duty to the site. The execution of earthworks has also started across multiple sections of the road. All things being equal, a…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 17 June, 2025 arrested a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other members for alleged money laundering. The 14 members are: Gwottson Fom, Sani Abubakar, Jwe Philip Gwom, Thomas Dantong, Happiness Mathew Akawu, Cornelius Dotyok and Agbalak Ibrahim. Other members are: Danjuma Azi, Fwangje Bala Ndat, Salome Tanimu Wanglet, Namba Rimuyat, Nimchak Rims, Ishaku Maren and Paul Datugun. The former legislators were arrested following claims by some concerned citizens of the state against them for…