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A 23-year-old female security guard, Gabriella Hutchinson, has lost her life following the injuries she sustained in a crush outside a concert by Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Asake, in London, police in the British capital said Monday, 19 December, 2022. She’s the second woman dies from Asake London Concert incident Daily Mail reports that the victim, who was working as a contracted security provider at the concert, died on Monday at the hospital four days after the incident on Thursday night. Hutchinson became the second victim who lost her life in the incident, after 33-year-old Rebecca Ikumelo died on Saturday, 17…

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi on Monday, 19th of December, 2022 sentenced an arrested  fake Lastma Officer (David Oluchkwu) to a 4-month jail term for impersonating and extorting money from motorists particularly commercial bus drivers in Lagos The convicted fake LASTMA Officer was arraigned by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on a 2-count charges of “Conduct likely to cause breach of peace” and “Impersonation” before the court. In a press statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of (LASTMA), Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, Magistrate Adesanya Ademola sentenced David…

PRNigeria, a publication of Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), has unveiled a new book on National Security Strategies. The Chairman Board of Director and Editor-in-Chief, IMPR, Dr. Sule Yau Sule unveiled the book at the end of the organisation’s annual staff retreat held in Kano City. Authored by Ya’u Mukhtar Madobi, the 179 page book, titled; “National Security Strategies: A Young Writer’s Perspectives” was a compendium of forty-two weekly published articles on security, emergency and response issues in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) provided the Foreword in the book. The Chairman commended the author who had…

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, been drawn to comments credited to Olisa Agbokoba, SAN, in media reports of Monday, December 19, 2022, wherein he cast aspersion on the Commission’s commitment to rule of law and its investigation of the finances of the Kogi State Government. According to Agbakoba, EFCC not only disregards the rule of law, but has no business inquiring into how the Kogi State Government spends its funds. The Commission takes great exception at the indecorous and utterly irresponsible attempt by Agbakoba to dress it in the borrowed garb of a lawless entity…

An employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jude Ozuogu, 40, and his wife, Ifeoma Ozuogu, 24, have been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for child abuse in Enugu. Justice A. C. Ogbuabor of an Enugu State High Court sentenced the couple for maltreating their 10-year-old maid named Chinonye Nnadi in July, 2022. Nnadi was said to have carried her mistress’ little baby to pamper her to sleep around midnight when the baby mistakenly fell to the ground at their home in Aku in the Igbo-Etiti Local government area of the state. Though there was no physical or internal injury…

Frontline anti-corruption activists have risen strongly in support of the position of a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, against what they described as politicisation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to them, the Commission’s recent actions, especially against the Kogi State Government, portray it as a “compromised political tool”. The activists, who are leaders of various frontline anti-corruption organisations, including Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership, Centre for Public Accountability, Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance, Africa Labour Research Centre, and Secureworld and Liberty Initiative for Peace, among others, specifically called on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 19, 2022 commenced the auction of seven cars, which are subjects of final forfeiture orders with inspection of the items by members of the public in Ilorin, Kwara State . The exercise, which is a continuation of the auction scheduled to take place across the Commands of the Commission, was done in line with the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004; Public Procurement Act 2007 and the Proceeds of Crimes (Recovery and Management) Act 2022. The items to be auctioned are Lexus IS350 2007 model, Toyota Venza 2010 model, White coloured…

Lagos State Government on Monday, 19 December, 2022, said its annual end-of-the-year entertainment event tagged “Greater Lagos Fiesta” will hold next week in all the five divisions of the State. Speaking to journalists at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Femi Martins, said the Greater Lagos Fiesta, aimed at engaging and entertaining Lagos residents as the year winds down, will be held from Thursday, 29 December, into the wee hours of Sunday, 1 January, 2023, to usher in the New Year. He said…

By Ibrahim Mojeed-Sanni December comes with a rush, just like your creation whilst being a student of the Theatre  Department in the Campus of the greater by far University – the University of Ilorin, you created the play “Octo Rush”, a play for new students of the citadel of learning. Today, that play by Tunji Bamishigbin, (now, Barrister Olatunji Sallabiu Alao Bamishigbin; he later bagged a Law degree from the best State University in Nigeria, the University of Excellence – Lagos State University, LASU) continued to be staged year-in, year-out in UniIlorin despite the fact that this irrepressible Thespian has…

Justice Ijeoma Ojuwku of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday found Dr Doyin Okupe,  a former Senior Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA). Col. Sambo Dasuki. Justice Ojuwku in a judgment held that the action of Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) violated the Money Laundering Act. While stating that the Act provides that no individual or organization shall receive any sum above N5 million and N10 million respectively without…

The air component and ground troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have recorded a major victory after eliminating terrorists in Malele Village of Dansadau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. PRNigeria gathered that aircraft from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and ground troops of the Nigerian Army, sustained a well-coordinated joint operation since last Saturday. Terrorist activities in the area have been exacerbated due to the lingering crisis between Hausas and Fulanis over the devouring of farm produce thereby making the area very volatile, especially in Malele, Maigoge, Yan Sawayu, Ruwan Tofa, Mai Awaki, and Zama Lafiya, all under Mutunji…

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Lagos Central Senatorial District, Rt Hon Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni has felicitated with the Director General of the Lagos State APC Campaign Council, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, on his birthday celebration which is taking place today, Monday, 19 December, 2022. Speaking via a birthday message issued by his Media Office, Rt Hon Eshilokun-Sanni described the former Senate Minority Whip as as a leader that has contributed immensely to the the development and growth of Lagos State. Part of his birthday message reads: “Senator Solomon, you are a leader that has contributed, immensely,…

By James Faleye The persistent rivalry between police and the men of the Department of State Service is a matter well known to many Nigerians. The inter agency competition has a long history and it repeats itself across the political space. The battle is about who become CSO or Chief Detail or whatever from the two services. Osun is therefore not unusual. Something is however puzzling and suspicious in the recent incident. Constitutionally, a governor is entitled to have security personnel, both the police and DSS, attached to him, because he is a public figure and must be protected at…

The teachers jumped for joy, sang his name, welcome him with open arms while the pupils were practically over him. He is their chairman and what a Chairman he is. Razaq Olusola Ajala, Chairman of Odiolowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area is an unusual Chairman. A deep rooted grassroots mobilizer and a lover of his people. On Friday, 16 December, 2022, he announced some special festive packages that have kept not only his people at Odiolowo/Ojuwoye but also the entire length and breadth of Lagos buzzing. The day began with a visit to Damengoro Primary where a fully equipped Information and…

(Published in The PUNCH, on Monday, December 19, 2022) Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t born in a manger to a carpenter father and a virgin mother. His father was a soldier who fought in Angola for imperialist Portugal in the 1970s while his mother was a cleaner and cook. Ronaldo’s father, José Dinis Aveiro, a drunkard, died in 2005 from liver failure. His mother, Dolores Aveiro, recounts in her book, Mother Courage, how she wanted to abort foetus Ronaldo as a result of poverty and her husband’s struggle with alcohol. She says, “He was drunk almost every day. I never really knew…

By Bolaji Abdullahi “Why should anybody come to Kwara?” He asked me as I walked into his office sometimes in October or November of 2006. “I don’t understand, sir,” I said. Normally a workaholic, but he had been grinding it out really hard in the past couple of weeks; not just shuttling between Ilorin and Abuja, but to distant parts of the State. He would set out early and return late in the evening. He would still get back to the office and work for hours, clearing his desk. The previous week, he had summoned me to his office around…

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has lambasted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over what he described as unwarranted media trial of the Kogi State Government as regards the fresh case against a nephew of the Governor and the previous N20 billion bail-out controversy. Agbakoba, who spoke at a press conference on “The Rule of Law in Nigeria Today”, held in Lagos on Sunday, specifically noted that the EFCC was turning itself into a one-man Robin Hood riot gang, which must not be allowed. According to him, how a state spends its money should…

The Hallmark of Labour Foundation (HLF), a collection of highly respected elder statesmen and women amongst them technocrats, academics and diplomats, has presented Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, with its 2022 “Role Model Award for Excellence in Leadership and Good Governance”. The HLF’s Board of Trustees is chaired by Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu with members that include Dr. Christopher Kolade, Professor Grace Alele Williams, Professor Itse Sagay and other eminent Nigerians. The foundation’s core objective is “to identify worthy role models and use the achievements of these role models as examples to educate the youths that success through genuine…

The Chairman of the House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu said he empowered 117 women so that they could support their husbands and provide for their families. Yishawu disclosed this over the weekend during the GOYF Women Vocational Skills graduation ceremony and start-up support program held at Y Arena BATSHETTIMA hall. Yishawu, representing Eti-Osa State Constituency II, said that the skill acquisition would assist the women to be independent and also provide for both their families and neighbors. “The essence of the skill acquisition program is to give you…

By Yusuph Olaniyonu What is usually mentioned is his privileged background. Reporters of his sojourn so far hardly give an account of his checkered history of challenges and tribulations and how he has emerged from each of them stronger, smiling, and smoother. Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki who turned 60 today is no doubt privileged from birth. As a secondary school student in Kings College, Lagos, his family owned a bank with international affiliation and his father was one the most influential lawmakers in the country. However, he has over the years proved to be a higher notch above others like…