Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the payment of N5 million compensation to an Uber driver, Clement Adedotun, who was assaulted on 20th October 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the state. According to a statement on Saturday by Ministry of Justice, the governor said he had “directed the Honorable …

A youth identified as a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State and three others arrested last year in separate locations in Aguata Local Government Area of the state are yet to be found. This is coming as allegation of organ harvest is rocking the Police establishment in the state. Some police cops at the Rapid Response Squad, Annexe, …

The high prevalence of psychoactive substance use among the youths and middle aged people in Nigeria have been blamed on social factors, which include peer group influence, unhealthy family background such as illegitimate relationships, toxic relationships within and outside the marriage institution, broken homes, alcoholic parents or involvement of the parent in anti-social and illegal activities, loss of job, low …

The Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Tessy Diai has begun the first quarter of the 2023 jail delivery programme by releasing two prisoners – Abubakar Abdullahi and Ufuoma Victor – from the Sapele Custodial Centre. Abdullahi had been in detention since 2020 for alleged conspiracy, kidnapping, and armed robbery, while Victor, who was accused of the same offence, had …

Another beautiful baby girl has been added to the growing household of Meta CEO Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan The Co-Founders and Co-CEOs at CZI, announced that they were expecting another baby to the delight of netizens The 38-year-old Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Meta and his wife, Dr Priscilla Chan, welcomed their third child together, baby Aurelia Chan …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an appeal challenging the High Court judgement that discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen, son of the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed on N1.1 billion fraud charges. The anti-graft agency appealed the decision which discharged and acquitted the respondent on nine counts before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Abuja Division of the …

Communities in Boki and Akamkpa Local Government Areas of Cross River State have said that stray gorillas and elephants are posing risk to them and their means of livelihood. They also expressed concern that the animals were beginning to pose threat to the lives of people in the communities, especially older women and children. Members of the communities expressed their …

An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of Kolade Ajayi, a 52-year-old man identified as the owner of Kingdom Cornerstone Orphanage Home. Ajayi was charged to court by the police for allegedly raping two girls in the orphanage. The Magistrate, Mrs P. O. Adetuyibi did not take the plea of defendant due …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it would go after some outgoing public officials after 29th May, the terminal date of the present administration. In an interview with Daily Trust, which was published on Friday, EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa disclosed that at least two ministries were currently under the radar of the commission for fraudulent …

Barely two years after the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has mobilised representatives of host communities from five epicentre states of oil and gas extractive activities in the region for a week-long capacity building on the implementation of the Act. It was held in collaboration with Ford Foundation. …