In Agege, a Customary Court in Lagos has dissolved the 18-year-old union between Mr and Mrs Nurudeen Lawal. The Court’s President, Pa Adekunle Williams, ruled that the parties ceased to be husband and wife and free to go their separate […]
The Defence Headquarters yesterday dismissed as untrue claims by Amnesty International (AI) about the involvement of soldiers in torture or any violation of human rights in the North-East. It also said it has reorganised the Special Task Force operating in […]
The Department of State Services said it has uncovered a spy cell run by the Boko Haram sect at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. The spy cell, according to the DSS, is apparently aimed at selecting targets for attack. […]
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, will on September 29, 2015 give judgment in a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in Surulere Federal Constituency I of Lagos State, Mr. Tony Ashikodi, challenging the declaration […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended an Arik Air staff, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver, over his alleged role in the trafficking of cocaine seized by United Kingdom Border Force at Heathrow Airport, London, on Monday. Oliver, 35, who works […]
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has re-ordered the state’s Commissioner of Police and SP Abba Kyari of the State Anti-Robbery Squad to produce in court on August 20, 2015, a 20-year-old man, Ebi Tosan, arrested over alleged involvement in the […]
Absence of trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye, of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has stalled the trial of Seun Oladapo, a suspected killer of a Lagos-based human rights crusader, Kunle Fadipe. Justice Ipaye, who has been sitting since […]
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Wednesday held that Akinwumni Ambode was validly elected as the governor of Lagos State on April 11. It dismissed the appeal filed by his challenger, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]
BY Sam Otti Residents of FESTAC Town, Lagos, were shocked beyond words when seven sophisticated rifles belonging to an unidentified criminal gang were recovered recently in their neigbourhood. The shock recovery was made at 7th Avenue, a popular residential and […]
The police in Anambra State have apprehended a 31 year-old man from Imo State who specialized in visa racketeering, providing his unsuspecting victims with fake Visa and other related travelling documents. The suspect was said to have been tracked down […]