Couple jailed 11 years for sexual assault of girl, 15, in LagosThe Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, arraigned and sentenced on an amended charge, a couple, Ezimora Okechukwu, a 49-year-old, to seven years and three years consecutively for indecent handling and sexual assault, and his wife, Ezimora Obioma, to one year of community service for concealing the act of sexual assault done to their housemaid. According to the prosecution counsel, the offences committed by the couple contravene Section 135 (1), 163 and 415 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State. The court heard that the incident…
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The Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday said that four abducted travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway on Sunday have regained freedom. The Spokesman for the state command, SP Omolola Odutola disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Odutola said those rescued along Ogere axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by the anti-kidnapping team of the state police command included one Mr Ola, and three Indian nationals. She said, “One Mr Ola, Pujan, and two other Indians names yet unknown have regained their freedom along Ogere inward Lagos Ibadan expressway. Efforts ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects” The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun…
Lagos State Police Command has apprehended 36-year-old robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, who stole his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was hired as a driver. Daniel confessed to having taken the car to his church to give testimony of God’s miraculous provision. In a related case, two dismissed soldiers, Akeem Suleiman and Abdulau Mohammed, along with two civilian accomplices, were paraded among other suspects for their involvement in a robbery gang. The gang allegedly carried out operations wearing military headgear. The police recovered military headgear, uniforms, and identity cards from the dismissed soldiers. The police also paraded a 25-year-old…
The Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested the commander of a local vigilante group identified as Felix Nwaobakata with two human skulls and other parts at his hideout in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of the state. Also, the police said its operatives, in a clampdown on the excesses of vigilante groups operating in the state, arrested seven other members of the local security outfit for sundry crimes, including murder. Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Wednesday Iringe-Koko said Nwaobakata,…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate promotion stagnation in the Federal Civil Service from 2013 to 2023. The resolution followed a motion by Salman Idris, the deputy chairman of the House Committee on Agric Colleges and Institutions in Abuja. He said that promotion remained the progression of civil servants as wellas a motivational incentive for productivity. Mr Idris decried the incessant promotion stagnation across ministries, departments and agencies. According to him, this had resulted in loss of service delivery, decline in highly specialized skills, low levels of productivity and performance, employee unrest, corruption, and dampened morale. “The menace…
The Niger government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Ministry of Youths Development to support food security by engaging corps members posted to the state in agricultural activities. The signing of the MoU took place at the Government House in Minna on Tuesday. Governor Mohammed Umaru-Bago signed for Niger, while the Minister for Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, signed for the ministry. The governor said the MoU aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s vision for food security in Nigeria, adding that it will partner NYSC in youth empowerment and food production. Mr Umaru-Bago, who said that youth make up…
The National Youths Service Corps in Ondo State has said it’s partnering with relevant security agencies to secure the lives and property of corps members undergoing the one-year mandatory service year in the state. The state NYSC coordinator, Sam Pepple, disclosed this at an interactive session with some journalists on Tuesday in Akure, the state capital. The partnership is coming amid reports of attacks on corps members serving in some parts of the country. Mr Pepple said the management of the scheme in the state met with the heads of the security agencies in the state which included police, State…
The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji has congratulated Hon. Isaac Kekemeke on the occasion of his 61st birthday. Hon. Isaac Kekemeke is the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Congratulating the celebrant on behalf of other lawmakers, the described him as an erudite politician with vast experience. The Speaker praised Hon. Kekemeke’s selfless service to humanity of the APC family Hon. Isaac Kekemeke, born on the 2nd of July, 1963 hails from Agadagba-Obon in Ese-Odo Local Government area of Ondo State.
The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji has congratulated Hon. Isaac Kekemeke on the occasion of his 61st birthday. Hon. Isaac Kekemeke is the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Congratulating the celebrant on behalf of other lawmakers, the described him as an erudite politician with vast experience. The Speaker praised Hon. Kekemeke’s selfless service to humanity of the APC family Hon. Isaac Kekemeke, born on the 2nd of July, 1963 hails from Agadagba-Obon in Ese-Odo Local Government area of Ondo State.
In a significant move aimed at improving electricity supply in Ondo State, Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has inaugurated a Committee to oversee the transition period of regulatory oversight transfer from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Ondo State Government. The Committee’s principal mandate is to develop modalities for the improvement of electricity supply within the state, ensure smooth transfer of authority from federal institutions to the state and enhance local governance and control over electricity for the benefit of the people of Ondo State, The inauguration ceremony was held at the Governor’s Office in Akure. Members of the…