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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend arrested a major cocaine syndicate in Lagos following the arrest of a 56-year-old trafficker, Lawal Lateef Oyenuga. Oyenuga was on a mission to deliver 400grams of the class ‘A’ drug concealed in a pair of palm sandals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.. Director of…
Osun state governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was on Sunday sworn in as the sixth civilian Governor of Osun State, along with his deputy, Kola Adewusi. Dressed in a white attire with green and white cap, Adeleke was administered with Oath and Allegiance of Office by the state Chief Judge,…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has dethroned three monarchs appointed by his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola. Former Governor Oyetola appointed several monarch few weeks before handing over government to Adeleke. The monarchs included Akirun of Ikirun, Oba Yinusa Akadiri, Aree of Iree, Oba Ademola Oluponle and Oba Adegboyega Famodun. The former governor also approved the appointment…
An early morning fire on Monday razed many perfume, ladies wares, cosmetics and wig shops on Kano street near Onitsha main market in Anambra. The fire, which was said to have started at about 2a. m., destroyed items and properties worth millions of naira. The state Director of Fire Service, Martin Agbili, said that the fire…
Ondo state Police Command has arrested three secondary school students for alleged conspiracy and defilement of a 14-year-old student. , the command’s public relations officer, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Akure. “The suspects are students of Akure High School. They lured a 14-year-old student into the bush at the back of…
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, sworn in 62 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) in Abuja. Some of the lawyers conferred with the SAN rank were, Mustapha Ibrahim, Ikani Kanu-Agabi and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lawyers Sylvanus Tahir and Rotimi Oyedepo. The CJN urged the new SANs to…
Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, commited the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Baba Alkali, to a three-month imprisonment over alleged refusal to obey a sister-court judgement reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was compulsorily retired, back to work. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling on the contempt proceedings filed by Okoli’s lawyer, Arinze…
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied the rumours making the rounds that it had plans to introduce N5,000 denomination note, saying ,there is nothing of such. The Director, Currency Operations of CBN,Ahmed Umar, made the clarification at a three-day workshop organised by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), for members of the Financial Correspondents Association…
Police Operatives in Enugu State Command have arrested a total of seventeen (17) criminal suspects, including one female in possession of firearm, a native doctor who shot and killed his client while testing the protection charm he prepared for him. According to statement made available by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP…
Police Operatives serving in Iwollo Division of Enugu police Command, in synergy with Neighborhood Watch personnel and Forest Guards, at about 10am on Saturday, 24/12/2022, rescued in a forest at Akama-Oghe in Ezeagu Local Government Area, 3 male and 1 female victims, reported to have been kidnapped along 9th-Mile/Eke/Akama-Oghe Road, on 23/12/2022 at about 8pm….