Traders in the famous Computer Village, Ikeja, prevented SARS Special Anti-Robbery Squad officers from arresting a suspect in the vicinity of the market on Monday afternoon. In the background of the ongoing #EndSars movement that has been circulating through multiple social media channels, this event is unravelling. Indeed it was reported that there was a fracas at Computer Village in Lagos state on Monday, October 5; when the traders in the village prevented SARS officers from arresting someone. Equally significant, Computer Village is a market for accessories for information and communication technology located in a community called Otigba, located in…
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Hameed Ayinla, a 37-year-old man, has been arrested after he was alleged to have defiled his nine-year -old step daughter. Consequently, on Monday, the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates ‘ Court in Lagos ordered the man to be held in a custodial unit. The man, Ayinla, has also been indicted by the police for defilement. Chief Magistrate F.M Kayode-Alamu, who did not consider Ayinla ‘s petition, ruled that he should be held at the Custodial Centre of Ikoyi. In addition, at the Ikeja Sexual and Domestic Abuse Court, the magistrate ordered the police to file the matter. Kayode-Alamu then adjourned the…
On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, the first prosecution witness, PW1, Adebayo Adeniyi, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told Federal High Court Justice Muhammad Liman, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how Adeyemi Ikuforiji, former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, diverted the amount of N14.7 m through his assistant and co-defendant, Oyebode Alade. On the same day, Wednesday, December 11, 2019, both Ikuforiji and Alade were re-arraigned to the tune of N338.8 million on a 54-count indictment bordering on conspiracy and money laundering.. One of the counts reads: “That you, Rt. Honourable Adeyemi Sabit Ikuforiji…
The size and scope of the tech industry’s first worldwide patent war, the one over smartphones, may be dwarfed by battles on several continents over who profits from connected cars , smart homes, and robotic surgery. Automakers are now in court challenging some of the same firms that phone manufacturers like Apple had to pay billions of dollars to use their technology for wireless standards. It is necessary to remember that 5 G technology promises to transform a wide range of products. A key issue in the smartphone wars was the value of standardised technology. Automakers typically leave patent issues…
In Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, bandits have invaded two villages. The communities assaulted, according to Katsina Post, are Tsauwa and Gandu. The newspaper reported that the gunmen killed no less than nine people, while several others were wounded and several more were abducted. Know, in a revenge assault, Tsauwa Village was ransacked by criminals months ago. In Katsina, killings and abductions for ransom have continued despite security reinforcement in the state.
On Friday night, SpaceX aborted a planned launch of a U.S. military GPS satellite with just around two seconds left in the countdown clock. A 15-minute window that opened at 6:43 p.m. was scheduled for the launch. Uh. PT. Until two seconds before delivery, everything seemed to be going smoothly. When it halted the launch, they were just beginning the engine ignition sequence. “Standing down from tonight’s launch attempt of GPS III-4,” SpaceX tweeted a few minutes before 7 p.m. PT, though it didn’t say whether a ground or flight vehicle issue was to blame. She hasn’t yet announced a…
An inquiry into the death of a policeman attached to the Aramoko Division was initiated by the Police Command in Ekiti after he was allegedly smashed by a vehicle on his way to work. Mr. Sunday Abutu, Public Relations Officer of the State Police (PPRO), said this while speaking to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, October 4. Abutu claimed that the inquiry needed intervention to determine the probable cause of the police officer ‘s death. The reports collected were that the unidentified policeman died on Saturday as a result of injuries he received when he was crushed along Efon-Aramoko Ekiti…
A livid Nigerian mum took the drastic routes as she roasted the hands of her 11-year-old son for taking food without first asking permission. Child abuse or child abuse is equally important as physical, sexual, and/or psychological abuse or neglect of a child or child, especially by a parent or caregiver Obviously a case of child violence, the mother of an 11-year-old survivor in Akwa Ibom was abused by Victory ‘s mother. According to the news website, by setting it directly on fire because he took food from the pot without permission, the mum burned her 11-year-old son’s hands. An…
The relatives of Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force, who is facing trial on charges of money laundering, have asked Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja to hand over the case against their son. Relatives of the former pension manager accused the trial judge of bias in a statement signed by their spokesperson, Aliyu Maina, claiming that he made multiple prejudicial remarks in open court against the defendant. They claimed that, in addition to teleguiding the Commission on Economic and Financial Crimes, the EFCC insisted on how to present its…
A cleric, Mr. Kayode Ogunleye, was killed by gunmen who dumped his body in a forest on the Aramoko-Ijero-Ekiti highway in Ekiti. The Nigeria News Agency (NAN) reports that the pastor’s lifeless body, who was also a staff member of the Ekiti West Local Government Area in Ekiti, was discovered on his farm near the forest. Sources revealed that while working on his farm, Kayode Ogunleye, working for the All Christian Fellowship Church, was murdered. Kayode Ogunleye was said to have been shot dead at his plantation while attempting to harvest bananas. Ogunleye’s murder was characterised as barbaric by one…