Hyacinth Chinweuba The Lagos Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly raped and impregnated a 13 year old girl. According to Bala Elkana, the spokesperson of the Command, the Bariga Police Station received a complaint that some time in November 2018, one Mr kazeem Bello about 26 years of age conspired with one Dayo A Maker ‘male’ about 24 years of age of No 26 Oreshegun Street Elaje Bariga and gang raped a 13 years old girl. Elkana further stated that the survivor became pregnant as a result of the defilement and gave birth to a baby girl about…
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Hyacinth Chinweuba The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce),at the weekend raided all streets within Central Business District including surroundings of the ‘African Shrine’, Alausa, Ikeja. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi said the enforcement operations became imperative following complaints from members of the public about the criminal activities of miscreants and environmental nuisance of illegal street traders around the Shrine. Egbeyemi disclosed that 28 miscreants and 15 illegal street traders were arrested at various locations around Alausa, hinting that the raid was also initiated due to the nefarious acts within the vicinity of the African…
Yemisi Izuora Aero Contractors, is set to begin flight operations on the Benin-Lagos route, with the first flight scheduled for Monday (today). The Head, Ground Operations, Aero Contractors, Peter Omata, said the expansion was based on growing passenger movement from the Benin Airport. He said the inaugural flight would leave Lagos for Benin City at 2:10pm. The Airport Manager, Benin Airport, Olatokunbo Arewa, was quoted to have said in a statement that the flight operations would run twice daily. “The airline wishes to start with Lagos – Benin route and before the year runs out promised to open some other…
Yemisi Izuora Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of a former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Kamil Akinlabi as the chairman of the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA). A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed that Akinlabi’s appointment takes immediate effect. The statement further indicated that the Governor wished the newly-appointed OYSROMA chairman the best in his assignment. Hon. Akinlabi, who served as member of the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2015, was until his appointment a member of the State’s Advisory Council and has…
Yemisi Izuora Dana Air has acquired a new Boeing 737 aircraft, to boost its operations. The Managing Director / Chief Executive officer of Dana Air Jacky Hathiramani in a statement said the aircraft arrived Lagos at about 1am on Friday. Jacky said the arrival of the first Boeing 737 aircraft was part of its promise to its guests earlier in the year that the airline will acquire some Boeing 737 aircraft to increase its capacity and meet the ever increasing demands of its guests. He said Dana Air is committed to its strategic route expansion and fleet renewal plan, and…
..As Another 319 Nigerians Set To Return Yemisi Izuora President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday deployed three officials to President Muhammadu Buhari and heads of six other African countries to deliver messages of solidarity to them over the xenophobic attacks in his country. A statement on the verified twitter page of the Presidency of South Africa, @PresidencyZA, on Sunday said the team, comprising Mr Jeff Radebe, Ambassador Kingsley Mmabolo and Dr Khulu Mbatha, would also visit Niger Republic, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. The statement noted that the envoys had begun their assignment…
Yemisi Izuora The Securiites and Exchnage Commission, SEC is to organize public enlightenment programs for the Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps. This was disclosed by the Head, Lagos Zonal office of the SEC, Mr. Stephen Falomo during a meeting between the Commission and Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps, Major General O. A. Akintade and his team in his office in Lagos, weekend. According to Falomo, the SEC would organise one outreach program at the Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps headquarters in Ojuelegba, with an expected participation of about one hundred (100) officers. “One outreach program will also be held at the Nigerian…
Yemisi Izuora The Managing Directors of Heritage Bank Limited and Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) Limited have all confirmed their attendance at the forthcoming Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) Annual workshop holding in Lagos. Among other things, the workshop also will bring together experts from global multilateral financial institutions, public and private sector players, to highlight and examine the various options available in getting the economy fully diversified away from reliance on crude oil. The event, slated for Saturday September 21 at Golden Tulip Hotel, FESTAC Town Lagos, will have the Managing Director, NEXIM, Abubakar Bello deliver the keynote speech while Managing Director/CEO…
Yemisi Izuora All Progressives Congress, APC, leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun over the judgment of the state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal affirming his victory in the March election. He said the APC candidate truly deserved the victory that came “despite the intimidation, harassment and violence unleashed on your numerous supporters and other shenanigans perpetrated by known opposition elements within and outside our party, APC”. The tribunal, headed by Justice Yusuf Halilu, threw out the petition filed by Hon. Abdulkadir Adekunle Akinlade and the Allied People’s Movement, saying the petition “not only failed, but also…
Yemisi Izuora Ahead of the 2019 International migration conference slated for Abuja from November 25-29, 2019, the leadership of the association organising the event is working out modalities to facilitate an internet portal where participants across the globe will register for the event. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the President of Journalists International Forum For Migration, JIFORM, Ajibola Abayomi said he was consulting with the Local Organising Committee headed by Deputy Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service, Sunday James, pcc to arrive at a formidable template on that. “We are still consulting. JIFORM shall take inputs from DCI…