Olasupo Shasore, SAN, a former Lagos State attorney general and commissioner for justice, will be charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Shasore will be charged with 14 counts of alleged money laundering along with a business, Middlesex Investments Ltd., before Justice Inyang Ekwo. Read More…
Month: November 2022
FG calls for joint efforts to provide secured environment in schools
In the midst of hazardous issues, the Federal Government has called for coordinated measures to establish a secure environment for teachers and leavers. At the 66th National Council on Education (NCE) meeting, which was held in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, made the announcement. Strengthening of Security and Safety in Read More…
Plateau United determined to win CAF Confederations Cup – Sports Commissioner
Plateau United has been extremely determined to succeed in the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup, according to Dung Dalyop, Plateau State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development. Plateau United dominated Al Akhdar Sports Club of Libya 4-1 in Abuja during the opening leg of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup playoff encounter. After the game, Dalyop informed Read More…
2023 polls: MRA tasks FG, states on protection and safety of journalists
The federal and state governments have been urged by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to guarantee the security and protection of media organisations and journalists during the upcoming general elections in 2023 and beyond. At a press conference held in honour of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Lagos, Mr. Read More…
Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan shot and injured at protest march
In an alleged murder attempt, Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, was shot and injured while participating in a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad. Four more people were injured on Thursday, according to members of his PTI party, but no one was killed. He may have been struck on the Read More…
Lagos APC remains unbeatable – BAT
APC presidential candidate Sen. Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday that the party could not be stopped in Lagos. Tinubu said this at the party’s caucus meeting on Acme Road in Ogba, at the Lagos APC secretariat. Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the chairman of the Lagos APC, welcomed everyone to the meeting, which was headed by Lagos Read More…
LASG pursues integrated approach to transportation planning in Africa
A comprehensive, intelligent, and more integrated approach to transport planning in Africa has been promoted by the Lagos State Government in order to create an effective, egalitarian, and ecologically responsible system. Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, the state’s commissioner for transportation, announced this on Wednesday during the 6th Africa Sustainable Mobility Course in Lagos. According to Oladeinde, Read More…
Ijaw chiefs in Lagos insist on swift court decision over Sylvester Oromoni’s death
Warn of consequences Leaders of the Ijaw community in Lagos have requested a swift judicial decision in the matter of Sylvester Oromoni, a former student of Dowen College in Lagos. The tragic occurrence was more of a moral matter than a legal one, according to Mr. Regent Youmor, Coordinator and Ex-President, Ijaw Community in Lagos, Read More…
Netanyahu faces balance test after Israeli election comeback
After he lost the election in 2021, Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in the last chapter of his book “Bibi: My Story” that his time in opposition was just a “hiatus” and that he still had important work to do. The book, which was released right before the fifth Israeli election in four years and was prominently Read More…
Police high command intervenes in alleged love overture attack on inspector
The police high command has intervened in the case of an alleged attack by her senior officer on a female police officer in Osun over suspected romantic advances. Mr. Faleye Olaleye, the commissioner of police in Osun, claimed that the police were aware of a popular video in which the Inspector who was assaulted described Read More…