Gang members shoot policeman while gunning for rivals linked to NURTW leaders
"We did not know there were policemen in the area. It was Temidayo who fired the gun, while I was hit by bullets fired by the policemen"
Two brothers, another arrested over SMS threat
Operatives at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS Ikeja Lagos, have arrested two brothers and their friend for sending a threat message to a proprietress of a school in Igando area of Lagos, pretending to have been hired to kill her.
Man docked for assaulting policemen
A 31- year- old man Chinedu Nwuruku, was Wednesday, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly assaulting three police men. The suspect was said to have conspired with some soldiers who were fully armed and abducted the policemen to Bonny Camp in Victoria Island. The accused who is facing a five- count charge: conspiracy, stealing, assault and false information by the police, was docked before Magistrate Abimbola Oshodi-Makanju.
Three remanded in prison over alleged threat to life
A Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikeja, has ordered that Olasunkanmi Are-Ago,20, Dolapo Olowu 38, and Ochuko Adeniji,33, be remanded in prison custody over alleged terrorism and threat to kill. The defendants according to Magistrate Margaret Dan-Oni, are expected to remain in prison custody pending the legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP. The trio were charged to court by the police on a three-count charge of conspiracy,threat,threat to kill and terrorism.
Why Appeal Court freed Al-Mustapha & Co (5)
(a) Evidence of an eyewitnessness of the crime (b) Confession or admission voluntarily made by the accused and (C)circumstantial evidence which is positive, compelling and points to the conclusion that the accused committed the offence. It is trite that the Court can convict an accusedperson on the basis of circumstantial evidence where it is strong, […]
Illness and concension for breaking fast
A minor headache for example with no other conditions may not in many instances constitute a situation where a person can use the flexibility of the injunction of illness to skip Ramadan fast. Scholars agree that sickness that doesn’t cause any hardship cannot be used as an excuse for not fasting.
Muslims urged to pray for unity of Nigeria
Chairman of NawarUd- Deen Society of Nigeria (NUDS), Abuja Branch, Barrister Mustapha Adekola has called on Muslim faithful to remain peaceful and pray for the unity of the country, in the Holy Month of Ramadan.
My vision for TUC – Kaigama
COMRADE Bobboi Bala Kaigama, is the recently elected President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC. In this interview with Labour Vanguard, Kaigama, who is also the President General of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, speaks on his vision for TUC among others. Excerpts
Child marriage and the constitution
It is common knowledge that the National Assembly has commenced the process of reviewing the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended. Last week, the Senate resolved to amend Section 29 of the Constitution pertaining to Renunciation of Citizenship. The said section provides as follows:
Shut Illegal Varsities: ICPC to reopen four
•As Nta vows to sanitise education sector
Four of 20 illegal degree-awarding institutions shut down in May by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will be re-opened, ICPC chairman, Barr. Ekpo Nta has said.
Girl-child marriage threatens education – Experts
Social media was awash last weekend with news that the Senate had signed a ‘child marriage act’ into law, legalizing marriage for girls under the age of 18. Although lawmakers have corrected this notion, saying that the section stated above only relevant to “renunciation of citizenship” alone, the ruckus has created ample opportunity for well meaning Nigerians to campaign for education for the girl-child instead of under-aged marriage.
