Olamilekan Adebanjo, 17-year-old teenage boy, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged burglary and stealing of valuables worth N250,000. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-count charge of burglary and stealing has however, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje. DSP Kehinde Ajayi, the prosecutor, Read More…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, congratulated the new Prime Minister of Britain, Liz Truss, on her assumption of “this trusted position of leadership”. Truss, who served as foreign secretary in the Boris Johnson administration until her emergence, beat top contender Rishi Sunak on Monday under the Conservative Party. This is according Read More…
Liz Truss has officially become the new prime minister of the UK after meeting Queen Elizabeth at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She is UK’s third female prime minister, and the 15th premier of the Queen’s 70 years on the throne. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “The Queen received in audience The Right Honourable Elizabeth Read More…
Isiaka Asoju, 48, who allegedly defrauded a man of N155milion, under the pretext of selling a 15-acre land to him, was on Tuesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendant who is to face trial on a charge of obtaining under false pretence has, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. SP Ogbunike, Read More…
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have invited two members of staff of Newworks Solutions and Investment Limited to tell what they know about an alleged fraud running into billions of naira. The EFCC’s move followed intelligence received by the Commission claiming that the Ministry of Interior Read More…
The residents of Igbe, Laara and neighbouring communities in Igbogbo area of Ikorodu on Tuesday have pleaded with Lagos State Government to reconstruct Igbe-Laara link road. They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikorodu, lamenting on the state of the road and how it had made commuting Read More…