The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has secured a six-month jail term conviction of one Kolajo Damilare for stealing household items belonging to one Razaq Salaudeen in the Abeokuta area of the state. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, David Ojelabi, confirmed this in a telephone chat with PUNCH…
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday arraigned a man, Jackson Clinton, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, for allegedly burgling and stealing his employer’s property in the Gbagada area of the state. The 24-year-old defendant was arraigned on two counts bordering on burgling and stealing before Magistrate Linda Balogun. The defendant…
In a judgment on Sunday, the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return given to Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State. The court declared Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress the rightful winner of the March 18 governorship election, ordering INEC…
Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr. Victor Olaiya has disclosed that one suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Higher National Diploma (HND) 1 female student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Miss Toyin Bamidele. It will be recalled that the deceased, a student of the Food Science and Technology Department…
The Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has responded to the NBA and Mr Femi Falana on the ongoing investigation of the allegations against the Chief Judge of Osun State, Hon. Justice Adepele Oyebola Ojo. In a statement released on Monday, 20 November 2023, the Chief Press Secretary to…
The operation was initiated based on intelligence indicating the presence of a terrorist kingpin known as Boderi, along with his brother Nasiru and other members, at their hideout in Tsauni Doka village in Igabi local government. The air component of Operation Whirl Punch, operating in the North-West and North Central zones, has successfully targeted and…
•targets 2028 to make state open defecation-free•says UNICEF supporting state The Oyo State Government, on Sunday, said it will do everything within its power to make the state cleaner and more habitable to attract more investments that will accelerate the pace of economic development in the Omituntun 2.0 mantra. The state’s Commissioner for Environment and…
The Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, has picketed the office of the State Chief Justice. The action by the Osun JUSUN, DAILY POST gathered, is in solidarity with some of their members whom they alleged have suffered various forms of persecution under the embattled Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Adepele…
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter has died at the age of 96. She died peacefully with her family by her side at her home in Plains, Georgia, according to the Carter Center, a not-for-profit organisation founded by her husband and former president Jimmy Carter, 99. Mrs Carter had been suffering from dementia. “Rosalynn was…
CJN Ariwoola inaugurates 58 new SANs as Supreme Court marks new legal year Nov 27. From Kayode Lawal, Abuja. The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola will swear-in 58 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday, November 27, 2023, at the main Courtroom of the Supreme Court, as part of the programmes lined…
