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Some operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja have been arrested for extorting N30 million from a citizen. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to the FPRO, the extortion was brought to the notice of the force via the X platform, and the NPF has arrested the officers and their accomplices who initially escaped upon commencement of investigations. The statement read, “Following the recent act of extortion by some officers of the Nigeria Police attached to the Special Tactical Squad in Abuja who…

A 64-year-old landlord, Samuel Famakinwa, on Wednesday appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly disconnecting electricity and water supply from a tenant’s apartment. The defendant is facing a three-count charge bordering on breach of peace and unlawful disconnection. Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Benedict Aigbokhan, informed the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in October 2023, at No. 9, Asungbolu St., Igando, Lagos. He said that the defendant unlawfully disconnected electricity cable and pipes supplying water to the apartment of the complainant, Mr Bolaji Eniola, who was a tenant to the defendant. The prosecutor said that…

The Supreme Court has announced the inauguration of the 11 newly appointed justices of the Supreme Court confirmed by the Senate in December last year. The announcement was made by the Supreme Court Director of Information, Dr Festus Akande, on Friday. He said the swearing-in ceremony will be conducted by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court on Monday at 10am. After their nomination by the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) and screening by the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Senate on December 21, 2023, confirmed Haruna Tsammani (North East); Moore…

The Lagos State Government has reiterated plans to relocate traders in the Ikeja Computer Village to Kantagua, Abule- Egba, area of the state, saying, “There is no going back.” The Special Adviser to the State Governor on eGIS and Urban Development, Dr. Olajide Babatunde, stated this on Tuesday, during an inspection tour of the Ikeja Computer Village. Accompanied on the assessment tour were: top management of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LABSCA, led by the General Manager, Arc. Gbolahan Oki. Babatunde said the state government was committed to the regeneration and development of urban areas of the state. He…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 21, asked the Council of Legal Education to put in abeyance, the recent 60 percent increase in the school fees of the Nigeria Law School. Adopting a motion by the Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda and read on his behalf by Ginger Owusibe, the House asked its relevant committees on Justice and Tertiary Education and Services to explore solutions to the issue at hand and report back within two weeks. Chinda described the Nigerian Law School as the medium through which the Council of Legal Education discharges its function to regulate…

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced a man, Akinosun Omotayo, who stole and attempted to rape his victim on New Year’s Day, to 10 years’ imprisonment. Justice Modupe Nico-Clay sentenced Omotayo following a plea bargain agreement he entered to lessen his punishment. The judge held that the prison term shall begin from the day the convict was remanded in 2019. Omotayo was first arraigned on three counts bordering on stealing, attempted rape, and assault preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. The state’s prosecutor, Mrs. Adeshola Adekunle-Bello, leading Mrs Titilayo Olanrewaju-Daudu, had during the convict’s…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap to serve as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), effective from March 1, 2024. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, DCG Nandap takes over from Mrs. Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, whose term in office expires on February 29, 2024. He said before her appointment as Comptroller-General, Nandap was the Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of the Migration Directorate of the Service. “The President anticipates that the new Comptroller-General will deepen the ongoing reforms in the service. “And create a robust mechanism for efficient…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague continued its public hearings on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. The top UN court had begun hearings into the legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, on Monday. However, the hearings are unrelated to the current war in Gaza and follow a 2022 request by the UN Security Council. A record 52 countries were asked to give oral statements in a signal of the political importance of the hearings. The ICJ will then issue an…

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said resources have been set aside to recover and reconstruct all the heritage sites destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents. Recall that centuries-old historic sites of Kanuri origin in Kukawa, Fort of Rabbi and Gazargamu were annexed and later destroyed by Boko Haram terrorists. Declaring open an international conference organised by the Centre for the Study and Promotion of Cultural Sustainability of the University of Maiduguri, Zulum also said a museum on the insurgency would be established by the state soon. Represented by the commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof Usman…

The federal government has announced its plan to block leakages of official documents, following a series of recent leaks exposing wasteful and other forms of suspicious expenditures incurred by public officers amid the worsening economic woes of the country. Folashade Yemi-Esan, Nigeria’s head of civil service of the Federation, expressed concerns about rampant cases of disclosure of sensitive official documents in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). In a circular dated 19 February but seen on Wednesday by PREMIUM TIMES, Ms Yemi-Esan said the government found the leakages of official documents “very embarrassing.” She vowed to sanction any federal government official…