Dr. Maymunah Kadiri, a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Medical Director, Pinnacle Medical Services, has advised Nigerians to form the habit of going for quarterly mental health check-ups to ensure their mental wellbeing. She bemoaned what she described as the unfortunate reluctance of a majority of Nigerians who feel that only the mentally challenged should go for Read More…
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Man bags 15 years for defiling 12-year-old girl
Uchenna Izuka has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday for defiling a 12-year-old girl. Izuka was charged with defilement. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in her judgment, said that the prosecution has succeeded in proving the charge against the convict. “The survivor testified that the defendant defiled her sometimes in Read More…
Ikorodu warehouse busted, NDLEA seizes N194bn worth of crack cocaine
A warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos State was raided by men of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and over N194 billion worth of crack cocaine was seized. Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of cocaine that can Read More…
Brother-in-law bags 2 years for using forged document to stand as surety
Emmanuel Koroma, who used a fake document to stand as surety for his brother-in-law, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced the convict to two years in prison, following his guilty plea to nine counts bordering on forgery, use of false document and Read More…
Teacher bags 7 years for sexually assaulting 16-year-old student
Idowu Daniel, a 31-year-old teacher, was sentenced by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Monday, to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student within school premises. The convict had been charged with defilement. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo held that the prosecution had failed to bring the charge of defilement against the defendant, as the survivor Read More…
Our chairman is fully ‘Obidient’ and won’t defect, Lagos LP assures
Bunmi Adesanya, spokesperson for the Labour Party has said that the rumoured defection of Mr. Olukayode Salako, the Lagos State Labour Party Chairman, is a ruse. Some online media had reported on Sunday that the Lagos state LP chairman had defected to another party. Reacting, Adesanya told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that Read More…
Lagos govt impounds 40 trailers under bridges, to prosecute owners
Forty illegally parked trucks, tankers, and trailers under flyovers in the Costain/Iganmu axis have on Monday been impounded by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). This is coming after the seven days of grace notice which was previously served to the owners of such illegally parked and abandoned vehicles. Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, the General Read More…
Evans, accomplice bag another 21 years for 2nd kidnapping case
Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans was on Monday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, in a second case of the kidnapping of a businessman Sylvanus Ahamonou and collecting 420,000 dollars as ransom from his family. His accomplice, Victor Aduba, an ex-soldier was also sentenced to 21 years imprisonment on a four-count Read More…
Diversion: Maryland/Mende underpass to be closed to traffic from Tuesday
Traffic would be diverted from the Maryland/Mende Underpass from Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, for the continuation of the Opebi/Ojota Link bridge construction. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Oladeinde assures that alternative routes had been mapped out to ease movement during the course of Read More…
Ex-convict nabbed again in Lagos for importing cocaine
An ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, was arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, for importing 5.90 kilogrammes of cocaine. According to a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, the drugs were concealed in cans Read More…