The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that there is substantial evidence indicating that Nigerian singer Naira Marley and socialite Balogun Olamilekan Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, were involved in an assault on the late singer Mohbad while he was still alive. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, made this revelation on Friday while providing an update on the ongoing investigation into the case involving Mohbad. Furthermore, Owohunwa revealed that the police have identified a total of 26 witnesses who can provide information related to the incident. It’s worth noting that Sam Larry previously explained that his altercation with Mohbad…
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A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has convicted and sentenced two of the four defendants alleged to have kidnapped Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to a 20-year-jail term each. Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgement, held that the prosecution had been able to establish the counts preferred against Kelvin Ezeigbe and Frank Azuekor, who were 1st and 2nd defendants, beyond reasonable doubt. Justice Nyako held that the sentence would run from the day of their arrest. The judge, however, discharged and acquitted Michael Omonigho and Momoh Haruna, who were 3rd and 4th defendants, of the counts levelled against them in the…
Troops of Joint Task Force South-East Operation, code-named ‘Operation UDO KA II,’ have cleared hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN) branches in two council areas in Imo. Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, for the Joint Task Force Operation UDO KA II, stated this in a statement released on Friday. The clearance operations, which took place simultaneously on Thursday, were carried out on the Ihioma-Ihittenansa communities in Orsu Local Government Area and the Okigwe-Umulolo communities in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo.…
Two band members of Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as ‘K1 De Ultimate’, have reportedly absconded in the United Kingdom (UK). The band boys, according to Nigerian journalist, Seun Oloketuyi, were travelling for a performance at an event in the UK when they disappeared without a trace. He disclosed that the lead guitarist and the keyboardist are currently on the run after entering the country. Oloketuyi said the singer, however, has reported the incident to the UK police. Sharing a photo of the band members, Seun wrote: “Two of K1 band members have absconded without a trace in the UK. The lead guitarist…
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has given update on the proposed 100 million dollar African Film City project to be established in Epe area of the state. Lagos State government in October 2022, announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Del-York Group for the construction of the project. Giving update on the project in Lagos on Thursday, the Governor said construction of the film city will begin before the end of this month. Sanwo-Olu who spoke at a news conference on the forthcoming 12th African International Film Festival (AFRIFF), at the Government House, Marina, Lagos the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is poised to arraign Chief Cletus Ibeto, a prominent businessman, and his company, Ibeto Energy Development Company, on Thursday, October 5. This legal action follows a 10-count charge that alleges serious financial misconduct, including obtaining by false pretenses, fraudulent conversion of property, criminal breach of trust, forgery, and deception. The arraignment will take place before Justice Ismail Ijelu at the Lagos High Court, Ikeja. Also implicated in the charges is another company associated with Ibeto, Odoh Holdings Ltd. These charges come as a significant development in the ongoing investigation by the EFCC. A…
Major events that defined Tinubu’s 100 days in office The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has awarded new contracts to four companies, including two downstream firms, for the rehabilitation of the country’s pipelines, sparking criticisms from industry operators. BusinessDay findings showed Oilserv Limited, A.A RANO Nigeria Limited, Macready Oil & Gas Service Company Limited, and MRS Oil Nigeria Plc emerged as preferred bidders for the maintenance of the pipelines, through the build, operate, and transfer financing model to facilitate crude supply to the refineries and products evacuation from them. The pipeline network consists of 4,315km of multi-product pipelines and…
A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday, dismissed report that he was bribed by one of his predecessors, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is currently being tried in a British court for alleged bribery. Kachikwu had frowned on some recent reports, first by an online newspaper, The Cable, which claimed he was named in the ongoing bribery case against Alison-Madueke, in London, saying the slanting of the report was an unkind cut. Cable had exclusively reported that Kachikwu, alongside a few others, was mentioned in the criminal charges against Alison-Madueke, who was accused of receiving bribes in the…
The ongoing and planned divestments of onshore assets by some international operating oil and gas companies (IOCs) and subsequent acquisition by Nigerian operating companies must not be allowed to impact negatively on the level of compliance with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act and remittance of tax revenues to the Federal Government, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has admonished. Speaking during the breakfast meeting he had with members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and editors of newspapers and directors of broadcast stations…
The Honourable commissioner for physical planning has again reiterated that government won’t watch idly while certain individuals continue to endanger lives and properties through their disregard for extant building/construction laws of the state.The ministry under my watch will continue to seal up identified non compliant construction particularly those that obstruct waterways, Karounwi said. The mistakes of the past must be corrected, though with a human face as this government is for solutions.
