Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu, is currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged tax fraud, economic sabotage and other financial crimes. Premium Times reports that the anti-graft agency in Lagos detained and questioned Segun Adebutu, son of the octogenarian, on Tuesday. Premier Lotto, Adebutu’s company, is being…
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced one Mrs Damilola Adeyeri and her son, Alaba, to three years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American of the sum of $82,570. Justice C. J. Aneke convicted the duo of the four counts bordering on “fraudulent trick business and email compromise” filed against them by the Economic…
A good Samaritan identified as Fatima Adamu rescued a day-old baby girl dumped by an unidentified mother along Kuta Road opposite Central Mosque in Minna, Niger state capital. The baby was brought before the Niger State Child Right Protection Agency in Minna on Tuesday, January 28. According to Adamu, she was alerted by her neighbors…
The Oyo State Command of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested a couple who allegedly tied their 10-year-old daughter Abibat, to a ceiling, burning her private part for stealing the sum of N3,000. The father of the girl, Taofeek Olawale 41, an indigene of Ede, Osun State, said he was only…
No fewer than 15 persons died while 38 others sustained varying degrees of injuries as a Toyota Canter truck submerged into the dried Omi river on the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode road. Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said that the accident occurred in…
An unidentified gunmen have allegedly kidnapped mother of business mogul Mr. Sehinde Fadeni of Ode-Aye in Okitipupa local government area of Ondo state. Mr. Sehinde Fadeni confirmed the incident to GIO TV correspondent via a telephone conversation on Tuesday. He explained that the incident happened on Tuesday 28/01/2020 at about 5:00 PM. Details later!
Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Collins Chiji, has defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. Seven other lawmakers equally joined the ruling APC from the PDP. The speaker announced his defection and that of his colleagues during a plenary on Tuesday, our correspondent reports. The plenary, which lasted for 15…
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the State capital, on Tuesday restrained the 68 sacked council chairmen and chairmen of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from the forceful and illegal takeover of the council offices across the state. The Court, presided over by Honourable Justice Moshud A.A. Abass, granted the four reliefs sought…
The immediate past deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, will soon reintroduce a bill for the creation of state police. The Media Adviser to the Senator, Mr. Uche Anichukwu, stated this on Political Platform, a Raypower Radio programme, monitored in Abuja, Tuesday morning. Anichukwu said although the Bill, which Ekweremadu sponsored along with about…
The victim, Gift Abiikor, was said to have been abducted from the residence of one Ahmed Adamu by some gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday 28th January, 2020. FCT Police Public Relations Officer Anjuguri Manzah, made this known in a statement. The statement reads “The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Bala Ciroma has ordered…