The Baba Suwe story and NDLEA N25m compensation saga
...says 'Beggars, Agberos my greatest headache', denies shooting film on his NDLEA ordeal
Babatunde Omidina, alias Baba Suwe was in the news for the wrong reason last year following his arrest and detention by officers of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) on the assumption that he was in possession of hard drugs believed to be cocaine. For more than one month he was subjected to public humiliation and at the end of it all, the court vindicated him, and ordered that he be paid the sum of N25 million for his unlawful detention.
Twists, turns in Onokpite’s murder as fresh facts emerge
A year after Chief Ogbe Onokpite was gruesomely murdered by some unidentified police officers, the dust generated by his killing is yet to settle. The 38-year-old politician who identified with his native Okpe, Uvwie people was shot dead at Beeland Hotel, Orhuwhoran in Udu local government area of Delta State.
NLC wants Plateau House of Assembly to take action against Jang
NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, Friday asked the Plateau State House of Assembly, to immediately take decisive steps to return the state to normalcy, claiming that Governor Jonah Jang who had allegedly plunged the state into unprecedented crisis in the past six months had left the state for Germany with his immediate family.
Controversy trails killing of Idowu by suspected policemen in Ibadan
The bereaved family of Idowu Adesokan who was shot to death when some policemen in Ibadan stopped his car is earnestly pleading with the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to help unravel the mystery surrounding the death of their benefactor and pillar of the family.
US based firm to offer free medicare in Uvwie, Warri
About 1000 Nigerians living in Uvwie and Warri South local government areas will benefit from a one-day free medical service sponsored by a US based medical firm, Boro Audiology Clinic.
Army impostor arraigned for alleged assault on LASTMA men
An alleged impostor of the Nigerian Army, one Kingsley Ighalo, 37, had been arraigned on a five-count charge before Magistrate Yetunde Pinhero at the Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Magistrate Court, Alausa, Ikeja for assaulting Ayinla Adeola and Adeshina Akinwunmi, officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, at Bolade area of the state while on duty.
