Cook Regains Freedom After Three Years In Remand
A cook, Godspower Mathew, has breathed fresh air after Chief Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi of the Samuel Ilori Court, Ogbà Lagos, ordered his release after three years in remand. Mathew and three others were arraigned in 2019 on counts of conspiracy and theft. While the other defendants enjoyed bail, Mathew could not perfect his bail conditions and was remanded in the Kirikiri...
NBA President, Olumide Akpata Shuns Body Of Benchers’ Meeting
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, was on Tuesday conspicuously absent at the meeting of the Body of Benchers (BOB) held in Abuja. The meeting, which was held at the Body of Benchers Complex in Jabi, Abuja, was well ...
Ekiti 2022: I Regret Joining Politics, Won’t Contest Again – ADC Gov Candidate
Wole Oluyede, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election on Wednesday expressed regret for joining politics, following the turn of events in the poll. An Australia-based medical doc...
Rep. Benjamin Kalu Reels Out Achievements As He Participates In Triennial Ezumezu Igbere Festival
Member representing Bende federal constituency at National Assembly, Rep. Benjamin Kalu on Sunday participated at the triennial Ezumezu festival of Igbere community which took place at Igbere Secondary School field, Onu-Ibina Igbere, Bende, Abia State. The Ezumezu Igbere festival which is said to have come into effect since 1958 as the Igbere Anniversary avails the community of opportunity to showcase...
Seun Kuti Refuses To Write Statement, Spends 1st Night In Custody
The son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun Kuti did not put down any statement on his first day in detention, according to sources. It is normal practise for those under interrogation to write statements while being grilled by detectives. But the musician, who is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for assaulting a policeman in Lagos...
Army Reacts To Viral Video Of Soldier ‘Abandoned’ By Colleagues During Operation
The Nigerian Army has accused the soldier purportedly abandoned by his colleagues in a viral video of cowardice. It said it was the soldier who absconded during operation with his colleagues and not the other way round. The Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, noted the video was a misrepresentation of what transpired between the soldier...
We Can’t Discharge You As Abdulrasheed Maina’s Surety, Court Tells Sen. Ali Ndume
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, dismissed the application filed by Sen. Ali Ndume, seeking an order to discharge him as Abdulrasheed Maina’s surety, after he jumped bail. Justice Okon Abang, in a ruling, held that the application filed by Ndume amounted to an abuse of court process, having filed an appeal before the Court of Appeal, Abuja on...
Reverend’s wife burns nine-year-old with iron over bedwetting
The wife of a reverend in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State, Mrs Olusola Adeleke, has been arrested by the police for allegedly burning the skin of her home help with a hot iron. The woman was arrested along with the reverend, Adebanjo, as the couple were alleged to have subjected the nine-year-old girl to series of physical abuse since...
Police Welfare: Frustrated Servant Can’t Offer Acceptable Service, says Sir Udensi
The Interpol Systems Consultant and the CEO Sheikhs and Bishops Ltd, Sir Chikwe Udensi has attributed the ineffective policing system in the country to poor welfare package of men and officers of the force. Speaking with ABN TV at the weekend, Sir Udensi while maintaining that the Nigeria police are poorly remunerated among their counterparts across the world said the...
Mothering Sunday: Dr. Ogah Felicitates With Mothers, Describes Them As Nation Builders
As the Christian community marks mothering Sunday today, the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Ogah has congratulated mothers across the country for their role in nursing homes which he said is the bedrock of a peaceful society. Describing them as nation builders, Dr. Ogah in a statement of Sunday made available to ABN TV said...
