Ebong Ime, a 27-year-old male, was arraigned in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly making an attempt to rape a 54-year-old woman in her apartment. Ime, whose address was omitted, is slated to stand trial on three counts, including attempted rape, property damage, and sexual assault. Ime committed the crimes Read More…
Kola Balogun, an expert on power, says that putting skilled technocrats in charge of highly technical power companies can cut down on the number of times the national grid goes down. This was said by Balogun, the chairman and chief executive officer of Momas Electricity Meters Manufacturing Company Ltd. (MEMMCOL), in an interview on Tuesday Read More…
Prof. Oluwtoyin Ogundipe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, says that the partnership between the school and the Nigerian Army to train skilled nurses will improve the quality of health care. On Tuesday in Lagos, Ogundipe made this statement when they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Col. Idris Babatunde Solebo, Acting Read More…
On Monday, two former employees of First Marina Trust Ltd. testified in a Federal High Court in Lagos about how they copied the emails of a number of customers and stole more than N1.3 billion from them. Adeyemi Oluwaseun and Suleiman Yusuf’s trial has been resumed, and Mr. Anthony Onyeoghane, a witness for the Economic Read More…
A 60-year-old man named Wole Bakare appeared in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday for allegedly stealing N4.3 million from his workplace. The defendant, a sales advisor, was docked for theft and resides at 8, Ajiboye Crescent, Orile Agege, Lagos. The offence was committed between July 1 and August at SOHAS S.S. Ventures on Ogba Road, Read More…
In a N20 million lawsuit against the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered some Nigerian commercial banks to appear and give reasons. Following a garnishee action brought by a Lagos lawyer named Mr. David Enemona, the court issued the order for parties Read More…
The Police Command in Ebonyi called the supposed kidnapping of Linus Okorie, a senatorial candidate for the Labour Party in the state’s Ebonyi South, a “fake.” In a statement issued in Abakaliki on Monday, the command’s spokesman, Chris Anyanwu, claimed that Okorie had simply been apprehended and not kidnapped. He claimed that Okorie, a former Read More…
The current floods, which hit Nigeria after Cameroonian authorities released water from their Lagdo Dam, have affected more than 2.5 million people. Out of this total, 603 people died, 2,407 were injured, and 1.3 million people were displaced. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, disclosed these figures Read More…
To accommodate the additional airports being built throughout the nation, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has expanded the number of satellite ground base stations from eight to fourteen. On Sunday, Mr. Matthew Pwajok, the acting managing director of NAMA, informed newsmen of this. He mentioned that there used to be just eight satellite stations Read More…
A drowning and suicide also reported Police in Lagos State have started looking into the death of a 45-year-old man after finding his decomposing body in his residence in the state’s Idimu neighbourhood. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the Lagos police command, revealed the information to the press on Sunday. According to Hundeyin, the Read More…
