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The Senate has approved the establishment of the Chartered Institute of Forensic Investigative Professionals of Nigeria.. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service by the senators on Tuesday at plenary. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau, said that the Senate at its sitting on Tuesday Feb.16, considered for second reading of the bill. The Bill is for an Act to establish the Chartered Institute of Forensic Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill 2021. According to Shekarau, the objectives of the bill includes effective regulation, registration of members…
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said that $2 million and N17 million were stolen when youths attacked his palace on October 21, 2020. Youths had attacked buildings in Lagos State a day after soldiers opened live ammunition on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. One of the buildings attacked by the youths on Wednesday, October 21, 2021, is the Palace of the Oba of Lagos located at Iga Idugaran, Lagos Island, where they vandalised vehicles and carted away several artefacts. They also went away with the staff of office commonly referred to as…
The defendant is also being prosecuted by EFCC.
The National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees, Shoprite Ring Road Mall branch, Ibadan, has urged management of the firm to pay off its workers before the change of ownership on April 1. The Chairman of the union, Williams Peter, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday, in Ibadan. He said that workers of Shoprite nationwide had, on Tuesday, embarked on a warning strike to press home their demands. Peter, however, said that the warning strike was suspended to allow for a roundtable dialogue slated for March 4, with the management. He said that…
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has struck out the charge against a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide and 2 others on allegations of fraud and money laundering to the tune of N650m. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke struck out the charge for being incompetent. The former minister was standing trial alongside a former Senator who represented Oyo Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2015, Senator Ayo Adeseun and a PDP Chieftain, Mrs Olanrewaju Otiti. They were alleged to have received monies from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the build-up to the…
The Coordinator of the #ENDSARS protest in Warri, Delta State, Comrade Israel Joe has cried out over alleged victimization by the police. The human rights activist in a statement sent to Newsmen, said he has been reinvited to appear before the Police headquarters on Thursday According to Joe,”, they have prepared to charge me for terrorism and Cyber crime due to the alarm I raised following the accident at PTI where the police caused the death of a woman and the child. “The petition was written by one activist called Wong Box.An inside source told me they are arraigning me…
An Ekiti State born politician cum businessman, Mr. Cyril Fasuyi, was on Tuesday picked up and whiskeyed away by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), outside the premises of the Lagos Division of Federal High Court. Fasuyi was arrested after attending another fraud charge before the court presided over by Justice Nicholas Oweibo. Though, none of the operatives gave reasons for his arrest, but a source in the anti-graft agency, confirm his arrest. Fasuyi’s arrest was sequel to a petition written to the EfCC by a limited liability company, Project Atlantic Transfer Incorporated on behalf of…
As part of the campaign to eradicate the sale of fake products in Lagos, Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency, LASCOPA, on Tuesday, sealed Bazaar Supermarket for allegedly selling expired products. The General Manager of LASCOPA, Mr. Afolabi Solebo, in a statement, said the market was located on 31, Aromire Street, Ikeja, and was sealed for displaying expired Croaker Steak, Checkerboard Cookies, Peanut Butter and Prawns on its shelves to be sold to consumers. Solebo stated that the monitoring and enforcement team of LASCOPA visited the supermarket on February 24, 2021, during a routine monitoring exercise when the items were noticed…
