THE Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has described as strange, the granting of exparte order by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, barring the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from probing the ex-Ekiti Procurement Director General, Seun Odewale and Ariyo Oyinkolawa Adesola over their alleged embezzlement of funds budgeted for the Ekiti Airport project, among other alleged atrocities. The group said it was disturbing that the same Justice Nwite, who issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, despite the pendency of an order of a High Court stopping…
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THE Ogun state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency has confirmed the death of 18 passenger in Ogbere area of Ijebu East local government,along the Ijebuode/ Ore expressway. The accident involved a Toyota Hiace,with registration number XA 690AKU with the passengers burnt beyond recognition,while one other sustained injury. The public relations officer of the state owned traffic Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed this in a statement in Abeokuta,the state capital. According to him, the lone accident was caused by an inferno from petroleum motor spirit stored in a Jerry can inside the vehicle. “According to eye witness account and this was corroborated…
AN UNSPECIFIED number of persons are believed to be trapped in an early morning fire outbreak at the Oko Baba plank market, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos. Rescuers from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and officials of both the State and Federal Fire Service are battling to contain the fire that is fast spreading. Policemen from Denton Police Station and Area C, Surulere, have condoned off the area, while locals are also helping emergency workers fight the fire. Nosa Okunbor, Head of the Public Affairs Unit of LASEMA, who confirmed…
OGUN State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved two days off duty per week for officers on Grade Level 01-14, while officers on Grade Level 15-17 are to maintain one day off duty per week. A statement by the State Head of Service, Kehinde Onasanya, said the gesture is aimed at further easing the burden on the teeming workers who now face more significant challenges commuting to work. According to him, the gesture is expected to translate to substantial relief while also enhancing service delivery through a more motivated and energized workforce. He described Governor Abiodun as highly committed to…
NIGERIA’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo has just broken her World Record in the women’s over 86kg Para-Powerlifting, becoming the first Para-athlete in history to lift 166kg. It is an improvement from her existing WR of 165kg. She also added a gold medal to the record. It is an incredible performance from Oluwafemiayo who takes Nigeria’s overall tally at the Paralympics to seven medals overall. Her win comes on the heels of the Super Eagles’s AFCON qualifier match against Benin Republic. They defeated their opponents 3-0 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday. Goals by Amina Bello, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Flourish Sabastine…
GUNMEN have reportedly kidnapped a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and one of Governor Seyi Makinde’s key supporters, Hon Benedict Akika, popularly known as “Bene” in his home on Wednesday night. The gunmen wearing masks reportedly stormed the Idi Ape, Olorunda-Aba residence of Mr Akika in Lagelu local Government Area of the state and abducted him. Unconfirmed report also indicated that a life was possibly lost during abduction on Wednesday night. The Oyo State Police Command is yet to issue an official statement on the matter but in a message via the phone, the command’s spokesman, Adewale Osifeso, indicated…
AUTHORITIES of the Ogun State-owned Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode have announced the rustication of 31 students and an indefinite suspension of 47 others for various forms of academic and behavioural misconduct. This was contained in a statement issued by the institution’s Registrar, Dapo Oke on Tuesday. Among those sanctioned is Ojo Michael, a 200-level student in the Computer Science Department, who was rusticated for the entire 2023/2024 academic session. It was gathered that this decision was taken during the university’s Senate meeting held on July 31, 2024. The statement further stated that Michael was found guilty of…
THE Ogun State Waste Management Authority has sealed off two Chinese companies for allegedly contravening the environmental laws of the state. In a statement on Sunday, the Authority said it took the action after several warnings to the companies fell on deaf ears. The government said the companies also refused to engage accredited waste collectors to properly manage their waste. The companies are Yibao Industrial Limited located at Bara Village along the Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway and Ronchang Industrial Park, opposite Julius Berger yard Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Managing Director of the Authority, Abayomi Hunye, led an enforcement team to seal the companies.…
The Ogun State Government said it has revoked the provisional licences granted to 20 private orphanage owners operating in the state, due to non-compliance with regulations and laws prioritising the well-being and safety of vulnerable children in their care. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, disclosed on Friday during a meeting with members of private orphanage homes at the ministry’s conference room, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, in the state capital. The commissioner expressed displeasure over some private orphanage owners’ activities, stating that the state would not tolerate shady practices involving illegal adoption, child trafficking or maltreatment of…
OPERATIVES of the Department of State Services have arrested an investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who is the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday. A distress message sent to this newspaper by one of his friends stated that Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United Kingdom. The friend in the message said no reason was given for his arrest and Soyinka had been held incommunicado. The message read, “Adejuwon Soyinka has been detained by officers of the Department of State Security at the Muritala Muhammed…
ISAAC Omodewu, chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is dead. He was said to have died in the United States of America (USA). Omodewu had left Nigeria in November 2023 for a medical trip. He, however, succumbed to death after close to a year, receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in the USA, where he was a citizen. Olawale Sadare, the APC Publicity Secretary in Oyo State, confirmed the development on Monday. “Our chairman is dead,” he simply said. Omodewu, who hailed from Otu in Itesiwaju Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, served…
FORMER President, Olusegun Obasanjo, for the first time, reacted to the claim of his Igbo paternity, declaring that such insinuation made him laughs. The disclosure came even as the former President said he doesn’t believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country declaring that, “we own this country together.” The former president made this known when he received in audience the leadership of Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market Association, an umbrella body of major markets in Lagos state held at the boardroom of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday. In…
SEVERAL shops have been affected as fire ravaged a seven-storey building in Lagos. The incident happened early Friday on Sanni Adewale Street in Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said firefighters from the Ebute Elefun, Sari, and Lekki 1 stations were dispatched immediately after receiving a distress call and arrived at the scene by 5:33 a.m. She said the fire which started around 5:17 a.m. caused panic in the area as residents scrambled for safety. But emergency officials were on…
A LAGOS-BASED school owner, Paulin Eboagwu, and her husband, Daniel Eboagwu, have filed an N11bn suit against the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and six others before the Lagos State High Court over the alleged demolition of their school’s landed property in the Ilasan Lekki area of the state. In the suit No LD/15612LMW/2024 dated July 16, 2024, and filed through their lawyer, Babatunde Ademoyo, the educationalist claimed that the land was delineated on Survey Plan No.KCO/902/006B (613/2018/LA) with the governor’s consent. Other defendants in the suit are the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the General Manager of the…
THE Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 12 containers of illicit drugs, unregistered and expired pharmaceutical products worth N1.8 billion at the Apapa seaport in Lagos State. Unveiling pharmaceutical products in 12 containers on Thursday, the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, reiterated that the service is resolved to prevent any importation that could be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of Nigerians. “I am here to present seizures made by our officers at the Apapa port command, which comprise expired and controlled pharmaceutical products with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.8 billion,” he said. “One of the seized containers,…
A BUS Rapid Transit (BRT) bus was attacked, with passengers aboard robbed in broad daylight by thugs in the Orile-Alaba Suru area of Lagos State. An X (formerly Twitter) user made this known through a viral video on Thursday. The Lagos State owned BRT bus with registration number 2163 was coming from the Mile 2 area and heading to Lagos Island before it was suddenly attacked by the thugs. The narrator in the video said, “This is the bus 2163 that was attacked while we were coming from Mile 2 and going to the Island. He explained that incident…
SOME aggrieved women in the Uba-Oka Akoko community in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State have staged a peaceful protest to condemn the incessant killings by suspected Herdsmen in the area, calling on the government to salvage them from the invaders. Their clamour follows the recent murder of a farmer called Sunday Ayeni on his farm in the community. The corpse of Ayeni was found on his farm, with machete wounds and his intestines exposed, indicating that he was brutally stabbed to death by his attackers. The incident occurred just a few days after the deceased received…
A COURT of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital on Tuesday reinstated Hon. Iroju Ogundeji as the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly. In a unanimous decision, Justices Oyebisi Omoleye, Frederick Oziakpono-Oho and Yusuf Bashir upheld the judgment of Justice Akintan Osadebey that reinstated Ogundeji. The State Assembly had in 2020 suspended Ogundeji, who represented Odigbo Constituency 1 in the House as a member and eventually removed him as the Deputy Speaker. Ogundeji, through his lawyer, Oluwanike Omotayo Esq, approached the court for the nullification of his suspension as a lawmaker and removal as the Deputy Speaker.…
TWELVE passengers have been burnt in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The incident involved a Mazda bus with registration number DDA733 XA around Malo in the Ogere area of the expressway. A spokesperson for the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, in a statement on Tuesday, said four other passengers were injured. She said that the injured persons were taken to Patmag Hospital, Ogere. According to her, the suspected cause of the lone crash was wrongful overtaking by the bus driver, which led to the loss of control and the bus hitting the road divider…
A NIGERIAN woman named Favour Igiebor, who tore up her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, could face a jail term as punishment for her actions if found guilty, according to the Nigeria Immigration Service Act of 2015 (as amended). The NIS had on Monday revealed that it had launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of a man’s passport by his wife, identified as Favour Igiebor, stating that she had been summoned for questioning. In a statement, the spokesperson for the NIS, Kenneth Udo, described Igiebor’s action as a violation of Nigerian law. The investigation…