The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer of Okokomaiko, Superintendent Emmanuel Edebagha for the lack of supervision of his men. The CP also ordered immediate disciplinary action against Edebagha and all officers involved in the act. This was disclosed by the state spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin via his Twitter account …

The management of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has dissociated itself from the case of an arraigned “corps member”, Ikechukwu Ukanwa. On Friday, Ukanwa was arraigned at an Iyaganku Magistrate Court in Oyo State for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235,000. In a statement by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, the NYSC however clarified …

The widow of former Governor of Oyo State, Mrs Florence Ajimobi has lamented the vacuum created by the death of her husband, Abiola Ajimobi. Ajimobi died on Thursday, 25th June 2020, at a private hospital in Lagos after spending weeks in intensive care for coronavirus complications at the age of 70. She also recounted how her mother gave birth to …

Igbo Indigenes Without Border, a socio-cultural organisation, has appealed to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in the case of the former Deputy President of Senate, Ike Ekweremadu. At a news conference on Friday in Abuja, the president of the group, Dr Bernard Oshi also appealed to the incoming 10th National Assembly to look into the matter with …

The Ebonyi State Police Command on Friday announced the arrest of four persons over the murder of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Peter Nweke. Nweke was reportedly tortured to death by hoodlums suspected to be loyalists of a rival party during the 18th March governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The PDP ward chairman was killed …

The Jigawa State Police Command recovered the corpse of a 16-year-old “Almajiri’’ in Kiyawa Local Government Area of the state on Friday. Assailants had gouged one of his eyes before the police arrived. The police spokesman in the state, Deputy Superintendent Lawan Shiisu, stated on Friday that the Islamic knowledge teacher of the deceased, Malam Muhammad Mustafa, reported the matter to …

A 34-year-old woman, Nosimot Alalade was, on Friday, arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for assaulting a staffer of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The defendant, who resides at 5, Amadiya Street, Olomore area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, is facing a three-count charge of assault, conducting herself in manner likely to cause breach of public peace …

National Youth Service Corps member in Oyo State, Ikechukwu Ukanwa was on Friday arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235,000. The police charged the defendant with false pretence and theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Olufemi Omilana told the court that Ukenwa on December 4, …

The Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State have described the selection of principal officers of the University of Ilesa by Governor Ademola Adeleke as a breach of universal best practice. In a letter to the governor on Friday, the Ijesa leader noted that the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor should have emerged from …

The Lagos State Government on Thursday launched its upgraded citizen and government communication and multichannel platform named “Citizens Gate 2.0 App”, a citizen engagement platform, aimed at bringing governance closer to the people. The Citizens Gate 2.0 is an improvement on the 1.0 version designed to accommodate interactions between the government and the citizens. The platform is expected to deliver …