The president of Guinea-Bissau on Monday dissolved parliament ahead of fresh elections saying an “attempted coup” had plunged the West African nation into a new crisis. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree closing down the opposition-dominated parliament and announced a date for legislative elections would be “set at the opportune moment, in line with…
…calls for implementation of non-custodial sanctions In a bid to reduce the swelling number of awaiting trial inmates in the country, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Monday, called for the implementation of non-custodial measures and sentencing guidelines under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. The…
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Osun State Chapter on Monday extolled Governor Ademola Adeleke of his quick intervention in the crisis between the union and the embattled Chief Judge of the state, Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo. Speaking on behalf of its members, while the union paid a Courtesy Visit to the Office of…
A Kwara State Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin has remanded a 19-year-old old, Isaac Odunayo, in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl to death. Police First Information Report (FIR) said Odunayo lured the deceased into the hotel and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her till she died. The prosecutor, Abdullah Sanni, told the court that…
A yet-to-be identified man has invaded the Moremi hall, a female hostel of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and attempted to rape a female student. SAHEL STANDARD learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday morning around 3:45am. The victim, identified as Blessing while narrating the incident said the man wore a black cap, holding a…
There’s palpable anger in Bauchi following the killing of a final student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Joseph Obiaje Agbabaidu, in an attempt to steal his phone. According to the account, Agabaidu, a 500-level student in the Department of Geology, was stabbed to death by robbers on Saturday evening at about 7:00…
The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to kick-off two programmes targeted at alleviating the impact of fuel subsidy removal. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, who disclosed this weekend, listed the two programme as presidential conditional grant and presidential palliative loan. “In the presidential conditional grant programme, the federal government…
A woman and her two children have been confirmed dead after a car rammed into them in the Ajamgbadi area of Lagos State. The accident occurred on Saturday around 8:30 pm at 77 Bus Stop Shibiri Imude Road, Ajamgbadi. The 29-year-old driver of the ash-coloured Toyota Camry with registration number BDG-55IHG, who is also a…
One person has been feared dead in a fire that occurred in the early hours of Monday at a residential building in the Adealu area of Lagos State. The Director, of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement made available to PUNCH Online. According to the Lagos Fire Service…
Five persons have been confirmed dead and 11 others injured in a fatal auto crash that occurred on Saturday, along the Calabar-Itu highway in Cross River State. The accident which occurred at about 3 p.m. was between a Nissan Caravan with registration number GWB532XY and a Mark Truck with no registration number. This was according…
