A review of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Act has shown that President Bola Tinubu may have breached the law in his decision to unilaterally remove the agency’s Executive Vice Chairman, Babatunde Irukera. According to the Act, the president cannot unilaterally sack the FCCPC head without resorting to the Senate. The president’s Read More…
Gloria Aduwo, a 42-year-old point-of-sale operator, was charged with stealing N543,867 from her company on Wednesday in Lagos’s Ojo Magistrates’ Court. The police accused Aduwo of stealing. But she entered a not-guilty plea to the accusation. The defendant committed the crime in June at the Trade Fair complex in Ojo, according to the prosecution’s attorney, Read More…
The Lagos State Government has mandated a coroner’s inquest to determine the exact cause of death of the late Bimbo, the famous auto dealer Ikechukwu Ogbonna’s (also known as IVD) wife, who was recently reported to have passed away from serious burns. The instruction was given in a statement on Tuesday by Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, Read More…
Taofeek Alabi, an unemployed guy, appeared before a Lagos High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday for allegedly robbing a pedestrian of a phone. Alabi, whose home location was omitted, is awaiting trial on two counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. The Lagos State Government’s charge against the defendant, however, was one Read More…
Sabiru Akinlabi, a 40-year-old welder, was charged with theft and fraud involving N346,000 worth of iron rods on Thursday at an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State. Akinlabi, who lives in the Iyana-Church neighbourhood of Alapere, Ketu, Lagos State, is charged with two offences. But he entered a not-guilty plea. Insp. Donjor Perezi, the prosecutor, Read More…
New bill passed by Lagos State House of Assembly holds parents responsible for their children’s cult activities The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020. The house passed the bill during the plenary session on Monday through a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa Read More…