Group Asks Court to Compel DSS, IGP to Investigate Omo-Agege

The Incorporated Trustees of Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative on Monday, asked the Federal High Court, Abuja to compel the Director-General,  Department of  State Services, (DSS) and the Inspector- General of Police to investigate the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege. The group wants the security agencies to investigate Omo-Agege over his alleged conviction in the United States in November 1995. A  motion ex parte filed by the group further prayed the court to order Omo-Agege...

After 3-Days of Trailing, Police Arrest Yabatech Student Who Blackmailed Salawa Abeni

A 19-year-old National Diploma holder of Yaba College of Technology has been arrested by Officers of the Rapid Response Squad in Ogun State for allegedly blackmailing Salawa Abeni, 59, a popular Waka musician. The suspect, Olufowoke Oladunjoye Emannuel, who resides at Peace Estate, Magboro Ogun State, was arrested by policemen led by Olatunji Disu, the Commander of the Rapid Response Squad, after 3-days of monitoring him. Olufowoke, 2017/2018 Electrical Engineering student of Yabatech, confessed that...

How Drunk Policeman Allegedly Shot Dead 16-Year-Old Girl in Lagos – Witness

A 16-year-old girl, Tina Ezekwe, who was allegedly shot dead by policemen at the Iyana Oworo area of Lagos on Monday, sparked uproar on social media on Friday following a video released by Oworo TV on Twitter showing Tina’s lifeless body being carried by an angry crowd. The video prompted #JusticeforTina on the microblogging platform and celebrities, including Adesua Etomi and Beverly Naya, joined the call for justice for the girl who was planning to...

Adamawa Violence Attacks: Fintiri Inaugurates Probe Panel To Investigate Tingno Crisis

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has sworn in a  Six-Man Tingno-Chobo Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent civil unrest in four communities of Tingnon Dutse, Tito, Sabon Layi and Bagasi in Lamurde Local Government Area. Those sworn as members of the Tingno-Chobo probe panel include Justice Hafsatu Abdurrahman as Chairperson, while Barrister Aji Kamale, Akanmodu Abayomi, Professor Kalip Bulus Filli, Yakubu Sambo and Aliyu Mohammed will serve as members. The governor enumerated among other...

Governors to Meet Over Financial Autonomy for States’ Judiciary, Legislature

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on Wednesday, meet to discuss the issue of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020. A statement issued by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media, and Public Affairs, NGF, on Tuesday in Abuja indicated that the consultation would be the 9th in the series of teleconference meeting held by the governors since the lockdown, occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari, on...

Rivers Gov’t Joins Issue with EFCC, Accuses Commission of Media Trial

The Rivers State Government has joined issues with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). It accuses the commission of engaging in media trial. The state government was reacting to a media report that the government attention of the Rivers State Government has refused to release its top officials for interrogation in connection to the withdrawal of ₦118 billion in cash between 2015 and 2018. The Commissioner for Information and Communication of Rivers State, Paulinus...

British Flairjet to Pay N1m Penalty For Airport Violation, Says Minister

FlairJet, a British private charter company, which is also an affiliate of Flexjet, is to pay one million naira for violating COVID-19 airport directives in Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure on Sunday via his verified twitter handle. “Flairjet were found to violate our civil aviation regulations IS 1.3.3(a) Table 2(IV) 7(a) and IS 1.3.3 (a) Table 2 (VIII) (4). “The maximum penalty for each is N500, 000. “ We...

Journalist Charged for Insulting Lai Mohammed After 17 Days in Custody

After being kept in police detention for 17 days, Rotimi Jolayemi, aka Oba Akewi, an Osun-based journalist has been charged for actions deemed to cause annoyance and insulting towards the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Five days ago, Segun Adeyemi, Mr Mohammed’s spokesman had denied that the Minister caused Mr Jolayemi’s arrest, according to Punch newspaper. The journalist was arrested for reading a poem during a radio programme which the Minister considered...

Buhari Mourns Legal Icon, Karibi-Whyte

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to the government and people of Rivers over the passing of legal icon, author and law professor, Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, conveyed the message in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Buhari prayed that God would comfort those mourning the legal luminary, especially his family, the academia, Nigerian Bar Association and Body of Benchers as well as friends...

Lawyers Laud Buhari for Signing Executive Order on Legislature, Judiciary Financial Autonomy

Human  Rights Campaigner, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for signing the Executive Order, granting financial autonomy to the Judiciary and Legislature. Adegboruwa lauded the new order, describing the same as a step in the right direction and urged total compliance with all its provisions by states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari, on Friday, signed into law, an Executive Order to grant financial autonomy to the legislature...

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