Breaking: Lagos Assembly Passes Bill On DNA, Forensic Centre

A bill for a law establishing the Lagos State Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid (DNA) and Forensic centre to support criminal investigations, law enforcement, preservation of evidence for the judicial system and for other connected purposes has been passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly. The bill was passed by the House after it scaled the third reading at plenary on Monday …

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I Killed My Parents For Insulting Prophet Muhammad – Nigerian Man In Police Cell Admits

Munkaila Ahmadu, who killed his parents in Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, said he did so because they uttered blasphemous comments against the Prophet Muhammad.The 37-year-old singer had killed both his parents and injured two other people with a pestle in Zarada Sabuwa village in the Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, northwest Nigeria. According to Premium …

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Lawyer Warns Singer Atorise Over Threat To Dele Ogundipe

Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has warned singer, Lanre Teriba Atorise, to desist from threatening a prophet, Israel Oladele Ogundipe aka Genesis, over his bashing of Reverend Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi of Love of Christ Generation Church, Cherubim and Seraphim, Lagos. Ogundipe, who is the Shepherd-in-Charge of Celestial Church of Christ Global Genesis Parish, slammed Ajayi for abandoning him while he …

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Muslim/Muslim ticket: Focus Should Be On Need For Good Governance – Obasa, Others

With the 2023 general election drawing close, the focus should be more on the need for better governance, not religious sentiments that include Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian tickets, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has tasked Nigerians. Obasa gave the charge on Wednesday at the 14th Annual Hijrah Lecture organised by Lagos State House …

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Fayose escapes abduction

Isaac Foyose, younger brother of Ekiti state former governor, Ayodele Fayose on Monday evening escaped attempt to kidnap him by unknown gunmen. Fayose wrote on his Facebook page that while traveling to Lagos state, some unknown gunmen attacked his vehicle along with several others and abducted some persons. According to him, many people were kidnapped while he barely escaped with …

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Lagos Court Jails Lawyer Two Years for N4 million Fraud

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced a legal practitioner, Taiwo Oreagba, to two years imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N4,000,000 (Four Million Naira) from a client to secure the release of a suspect from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. She was jailed on …

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ASUU declares total, indefinite strike

The leadership of the union said the indefinite strike took effect from 12.01a.m yesterday. ASUU took the decision at the end of an emergency National Executive Council meeting at its secretariat in Abuja. “In view of the foregoing, and following extensive deliberations on government’s response to the resolution of 14th February 2022 so far, NEC concluded that the demands of …

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NDLEA seizes tons of narcotics in Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Yobe, Edo, Delta, others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, who leads a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport. This is contained in a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy and made available to the National Association of Online Security …

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Avoid Cybercrime, EFCC Academy Comdt Charges Corps Members

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged members of the Anti-corruption Community Development Service Group of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to embrace hard work and avoid involvement in cybercrime and other types of economic and financial crimes. Commandant of the EFCC Academy, Ayo Olowonihi, gave the charge during a sensitization programme at the Karu Local Government …

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Police arrest fake soldier, supplier of military uniforms

Detectives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a fake soldier, Oluwatosin Gabriel aged 39 during enforcement of the total ban on motorcycles in some parts of the state. A discreet investigation by the detectives led to the arrest of the supplier of the military uniforms, one Nurudeen Agboola, 35. The following items were recovered from the fake soldier …

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