archiveJuly 2020

Lagos State House of Assembly has directed its members to undergo a COVID-19 test following the death of a member, Tunde Braimoh. Temitope Adewale, representing Ifako Ijaiye Constituency I, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. Adewale is the Chairman, House Committee on Transportation. The lawmaker said...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal office, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, arraigned an alleged fraudster, Osho Aluko-Kola, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on nine-count charges bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N206, 502,490.02 (Two Hundred...

This year’s edition of the MSMEs Awards holds this week virtually as the Buhari administration continues to roll out palliatives and other supportive measures for small businesses in the country amid the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. The Secretariat of the National MSMEs Clinic which organizes the...

The Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West League of Professionals has condemned what it described as unprovoked attacks on the immediate past Deputy Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Engr. Gerald Irona by agents of the state government. The group made its position known in a statement jointly signed by its Secretary, Nwando Ethel...

An international Museum of Happiness said that it has opened its doors for the first time in the Danish capital Tuesday. “We Danes often hear that we are among the happiest people in the world, and with the museum we want to convey what that really means,’’ Meik Wiking, CEO...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of Lagos and Ekiti State to hear cases virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour held that virtual court sittings are presumed to be valid and not been declared unconstitutional by the...

*Secrecy provides cover for criminality, VP adds, noting that some countries still resist stemming IFF The devastating effects of secret and beneficial ownership on economies across Africa require that stakeholders on the continent including governments must collaborate to stem the tide of the phenomenon, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...

The Senate on Tuesday raised the punishment for an offence of kidnapping from 10 years to life imprisonment. The Upper Chamber also deleted the statute of limitation on defilement as well removed gender restrictions on the offences of rape. These resolutions of the Senate followed the third reading and passage...

Dr Michael Ryan, a senior World Health Organisation (WHO), official has called for comprehensive, data-driven COVID-19 public health strategies, and not a politically-driven decision-making process as schools reopen. Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, said this while responding to questions from reporters at the regular WHO news...

…seeks protection of mentally challenged persons The Senate on Tuesday passed a Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 2004. The passage of the bill followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. The piece of legislation, if assented...