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Tinuade Sanda, the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has been dismissed by the company’s parent organization, West Power & Gas Limited (WPG). The termination, effective immediately as of April 17, 2024, follows recent controversies, including allegations of corruption and falsified academic credentials. Sanda, who had been at the helm of EKEDC since March 2022, was the third woman to lead a major Nigerian electricity distribution company. Her tenure was cut short after an internal investigation prompted by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) directed EKEDC to suspend all WPG staff seconded to…

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A duty solicitor recounted a harrowing experience where he was restrained by “four or five” court security staff, despite his plea that he couldn’t breathe. Defence solicitor Dele Johnson, speaking with The Law Society Gazette, described how guards pinned him down with their knees after he refused a security search request to remove his shoes. The incident took place as Johnson was fulfilling his duties in the Youth Court at Stratford Magistrates’ on Wednesday, May 1. He told the Gazette he thought “for about 30 seconds that I was in danger.” Johnson, 37, drew a parallel between his experience and…

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A 58-year-old inmate of Benin Correctional Centre, Edo State, Jacob Alonge, who escaped during the 2020 #EndSARS protest has been rearrested by operatives of the State Police Command. Alonge was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by Edo High Court, after being convicted of raping his own daughter Gift Alonge. While the case was ongoing in Court, he threatened that the case would have no end. True to his threat, his daughter and others who were coming to testify in court died in a mysterious accident. The State Police Commissioner, Funsho Adegboye, who paraded hìn over the weekend, said the police…

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The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission has concluded arrangements to host the South-West Education Stakeholders Summit in Ibadan, Oyo State. A statement by the organizers indicated that the summit will hold between 8th and 9th of May, 2024. The summit with the theme “Collaborating for Improved Learning Outcomes,” is being supported by Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE), an education-focused programme funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). According to the Commission, the summit will bring together key stakeholders in the education sector, spanning government and citizen groups, to address salient issues…

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The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly specialised in stealing phones from worship centres in Ayegbaju-Ekiti and Oye- Ekiti towns. Commissioner of Police, Ekiti command, Akinwale Adeniran, announced the arrest of the suspect on Saturday. He said that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after allegedly carting away seven phones, belonging to different people, from Christ Apostolic Church, Ayegbaju-Ekiti. Adeniran, in a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said that the suspect, who went to the church pretending to be one of their members, studied the worshippers and in the euphoria of…

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The Lagos State Government said about 371 out of 450 arrested squatters in the state have been relocated to their home states as they requested. The state officials explained that the influx of ‘miscreants’ to the state informed the recent demolition of erected structures under the Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi Lagos. “The ceaseless influx of miscreants, beggars, and the destitute onto Lagos streets has raised fears of insecurity of lives and property. This is unacceptable. “As part of the exercise, 450 miscreants were rescued at the weekend. Of the lot, 371 pleaded for assistance to relocate to their various states due…

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Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong accused Nigeria Police Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi of misusing an amended section of the Cybercrimes Act to intimidate a citizen regarding a social media post. Effiong highlighted that the law referenced by Adejobi was outdated and no longer in effect. The controversy arose when Adejobi shared a framed photograph on his social media page featuring all past and present Inspector Generals of Police, “Former and current indigenous IGPs in Nigeria. We celebrate you all (living and late). Ire oo.” A user with the handle @hommiesdrey, responding to the post, labeled all the Inspector Generals of…

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