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Twenty-seven-year-old Felicia Nkemakolam Okpara, one of the ladies who were seen in a video that went viral being dragged into Barracks Police Station, on Friday narrated her ordeal before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Related Abuses and other Matters. Led by her lawyer, Ridwan Oke, she testified that she ... Read More »

The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos,  Olukayode Popoola, has announced that the total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge will be lifted at midnight on Monday, 24 hours ahead of schedule. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the total closure had to be lifted because the contractor was able to fast-track the delicate task ... Read More »

Some elders and youths of Ijako-Orile community in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State, Tuesday staged a peaceful protest, urging for the payment of their “ownership entitlements to the land on which the Dangote Cement PLC Factory is sited in Ibese” . Few Representatives of the youths and elders of the community also went to the Dangote Cement ... Read More »

Lagos State House of Assembly through its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petition and LASIEC has charged Local governments in the State on the need to bolster the election processes, especially during the forthcoming election. Chairman, Hon. Victor Akande who led the Committee on an Inspection to the State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC in various Local Governments, LG and ... Read More »

Facts have emerged on the real reason Ondo governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, sacked Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Mr Adekola Olawoye. The sack of the commissioner was announced on Monday through a statement by the Chief Press Secretary of the governor, Segun Ajiboye. Titiloye, a human rights lawyer, has since been announced as Olawoye’s replacement. Despite being from ... Read More »

Emirates customers can now plan their travels and fly with even greater assurance and peace of mind, with the airline’s latest industry-first initiative to provide expanded, multi-risk travel cover on top of its current COVID-19 cover. Provided by Emirates at no additional cost to its customers, and provided by AIG Travel, this cover is the first of its kind in ... Read More »

THE Chairman, Osun State Committee on Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) ownership crisis, Emeritus Professor Olu Aina, has said financial compensation was not a priority in the division of the institution’s assets between the two owner states, Oyo and Osun. Speaking at the weekend during a virtual briefing alongside Osun State Education Commissioner Mr.  Oladoyin Folorunso Bamisaye and Special ... Read More »

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses has received in evidence a picture said to be that of one of the policemen who threw a trader off a two-storey building in 2018. The picture – a bearded, fair-complexioned man – and his phone number were tendered by phone accessories dealer, Ndukwe Ekekwe. ... Read More »

Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and a delegation of the Federal Government met on Friday. It was learnt that the meeting started a few minutes to 12 pm. It was gathered that the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presided over the meeting. We gathered that the parley is expected to address various pending issues, including ... Read More »

Kwara land Bureau Director General Bolaji Edun has told the Judicial Panel on Assets Recovery that the administrations of Bukola Saraki and AbdulFatah Ahmed sold several plots of land allocated in the 1980s for the construction of courtrooms in Ilorin were arbitrarily sold out. Edun added the lands in Tanke area of Ilorin had been allocated to the judiciary as ... Read More »