The police command in Enugu state says it has 123 persons in its custody over their alleged involvement in various crimes in the state. The command also disclosed that it rescued 19 kidnap victims and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition. The Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, said this at a news briefing in Enugu on Thursday. Mr Uzuegbu said that the suspects were detained in connection with alleged murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism, among other crimes, between July and August. He also said that the police recovered 15 assault rifles, including an AK-47, 25 pump action guns…
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The Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted six men charged with breach of the public peace during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. They are Daniel Joyinbo, 31, Adigun Sodiq, 28, Kehinde Shola,32, Salaudeen Kamilu, 29, Sodiq Usseni, 33 and Azeez Isiaka, 34. The defendants had in a plea bargain agreement, pleaded guilty to a count charge of breach of the public peace preferred against them by Lagos government. After listening to the plea bargain agreement, the magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi, found the defendants guilty and convicted them of the offence. She, however, cautioned and discharged them, adding that they…
The Ondo State House has asked the state government to strengthen more the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corp in curtailing criminal activities across the state. The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Chief Olamide Oladiji, made the call in a resolution after a deliberation on a matter of public interest by the Assembly on Thursday. He asked the government to provide accurate needed logistics and sufficient funds for the activities of the corp in ensuring that lives and property were secured in the state. The speaker, who read the resolution after the deliberation harped on killing of two…
The government of Ondo State is going into a partnership with the World Bank to build facilities in 203 wards of the State to support primary healthcare delivery to the people at the grassroots. The Governor of the State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, disclosed this development on Thursday during the presentation of Instrument of Appointment and Staff of Office to the new Ajana Afa-Okeagbe Akoko, Oba Mofolorunso Adegboyega Arasanyin, at the Palace of Afa-Okeagbe in Akoko North West Local Government Area. The Governor said the World Bank-sponsored project, which has the counterpart funding from the state government, will take healthcare…
The Organisation of Justice for Equity Sustenance has called for collaboration between the Independent National Electoral Commission and other electoral bodies for transparent local government elections. OJES CEO Bafunsho Tunde made the call on Thursday in Abuja. He said the State Independent Electoral Commission and the proposed Local Government Independent Electoral Commission must partner INEC to guarantee credible elections at the local government levels. According to Mr Tunde, the federal, state and local government areas are autonomous and this must reflect on them politically, socially and economically in rendering service to the voters that elected them. “However, the SIEC has…
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday remanded a 25-year-old man, Hassan Adamu, for stealing 15 cemetery iron signboards from a cemetery. The police charged Adamu, who resides in Unguwar Dabai, in the Gwale Local Government Area of Kano with criminal trespass and theft. The defendant pleaded guilty to the two count charge. The Judge, Umar Lawal-Abubakar, however admitted the defendants to be remanded in prison for six month. Mr Lawal-Abubakar also ordered that he should be given 30 lashes of cane. Earlier, the Prosecution counsel, Inspector Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the case was reported on August…
Two brothers – Oluwatoyin Nejo, 45, and Oworinde Nejo, 50, on Thursday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State, over alleged N160,000 fraud. The defendants, a mechanic and farmer respectively, of no fixed addresses, are facing a three-count charge of misdemeanour, assault and Advance Fee Fraud. The prosecutor, Inspector Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on June 6, at about 12.00p.m. at Ode Erinje in the Okitipupa Local Government area of the state. Mr Omoyeigha said that the defendants fraudulently obtained the sum of N160,000 from the complainant, Modupe Akingboyei under the…
Stakeholders in the health sector have urged the government at various levels to subsidise the cost of diabetes management in the country. They made the call at the 4th Annual Ogun Youth Diabetes Camp Meeting of the Talabi Diabetes Centre on Wednesday in Abeokuta. According to them, the management of the disease should be subsidised to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians living with the condition. Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterised by sustained high blood sugar levels. The condition occurs when there is inadequate production of insulin, or insulin resistance, triggering symptoms such…
Some farmers and food sellers in the South-South region have expressed concerns over the high cost of food notwithstanding the harvest season. The stakeholders, who spoke during a survey in Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Cross Rivers states said that remarkable fall in food prices were witnessed during the previous harvest season. The stakeholders maintained that only a few food items recorded insignificant price drops during the current season. Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers, a footsuff seller, Benedicta Amadi, said that the impact of the harvest season was not felt by consumers due to the high cost of transportation. Mrs Amadi…
A 38-year old woman, Amarachukwu Nzekwe, is being detained by the police command in Anambra State over alleged abuse and molestation of a 13-year old boy. Mars Nzekwe, a nurse, is alleged to have burnt the child, her nephew, with a heated laundry iron following accusation of stealing. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Ify Obinabo, told journalists in Awka that officials of the ministry handed the woman over to the police. Mrs Obinabo said that the attention of the ministry was drawn to a viral social media video of the incident on August 18. She said, “Officials…