FG reintroduces toll plazas on selected roads

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The reintroduction of toll collections has been approved by the Federal Executive Council, on some selected dual carriageways across the country. This is as it exempted diplomatic, military, para-military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles from the scheme. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed these on Wednesday at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The decision was made almost two decades after the Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration dismantled all toll plazas on federal roads across…

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Father arrested for allegedly defiling own three underage daughters

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A 43-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly defiling his three underage daughters. The police, on Wednesday, charged Orisakwe, who resides at Maza Maza, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, with sexual assault. The Magistrate, Ejiro Kubeinje, did not take the defendant’s plea and ordered that he should be remanded in the Kirikiri Custodial Centre. Kubeinje directed the police to send the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. The prosecution counsel, ASP Bisi Ogunleye, told the…

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Mother, son, others arrested for internet fraud

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna State Zonal Command, has arrested Lucky Ebhogie, Richman Kas Godwin, Israel Justin, and Precious Iwuji, over alleged internet-related fraud.   They were arrested on August 5, 2021, in the Sabo area of Kaduna, following intelligence on their alleged involvement in fraud activities. Spokesperson for EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, yesterday, said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were mostly involved in impersonation and romance scams; faking the identities of US military personnel on foreign missions to deceive their victims.   One of the suspects, Lucky…

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Late Gani Fawehinmi’s first son Mohammed, is dead

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The first son of the late renowned lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. It was gathered that the 52-year-old passed on in Lagos on Wednesday. Mohammed Fawehinmi was a graduate of Business Administration of the University of Lagos in 1991. He obtained an LLB degree from the University of Buckingham, England, and was called to Nigerian Bar in 1998. Before his death, Fawehinmi was the Head, Mohammed Fawehinmi’s Chambers, Director, Nigerian Law Publications Limited, Director, Books Industries Nigeria Limited, and Director, Gani Fawehinmi Library & Gallery Limited. He had a terrible…

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Pastor accused of snatching church member’s wife

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The General Overseer of the World Bank Assembly in Eneka,  Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Moses Adeeyo, has been accused by a man, Bright Ben, of snatching his wife, Tina. Bright claimed that trouble started after his wife of 12 years was made an assistant choir mistress in the church and she moved out of the house with their two children. Bright said that he had been searching for her and had called the pastor to seek advice on the matter. He stated that he got to know…

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Nigerian Diplomat assaulted in Indonesia by officials

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A trending video which emerged on Tuesday has exposed some Immigration officials who were assaulting a Nigerian diplomat in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. This was as the Federal Government announced the recall of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Asian country, Usman Ogar, due to the ugly incident. The diplomat, who was apparently in pain while the unyielding Indonesian immigration officers pinned his head to the seat of a car, was heard shouting “I can’t breathe.” Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who announced Ogar’s recall for consultations in Abuja, on Tuesday,…

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COVID-19: Lagos leads as NCDC records 442 new cases

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 422 new infections on Aug 9, 2021 as Lagos state witnessed an upsurge in daily new COVID-19 cases. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday morning. It confirmed that the additional 422 cases were from nine states and the FCT. The agency said that Lagos state was standing at a dire inflection point, with the coronavirus cases surging and most of its population not yet fully vaccinated. Driving the latest wave was the highly contagious Delta variant…

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Chevron MD accused of cruelty, wife seeks divorce

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The Chief Medical Director of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Dr. Rotimi Olalekan Babalola, has been dragged to court by his wife, Mrs. Adediwura Adebukola Babalola, seeking divorce on the grounds of maltreating her and their only child. According to court processes filed by Mrs. Babalola in Suit numbered LD/9231WD/2021, against her husband on the ground that he has been displaying act of intolerable cruelty and inhuman conduct towards her and the only child of the marriage. According to the facts filed in support of the divorce petition, which constitute the grounds…

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Fraudsters forfeit three Lagos duplexes, N200m, vehicles

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Following prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, two convicted fraudsters, Tobilola Bakare and Alimi Sikiru, have forfeited three duplexes in the Lekki area of Lagos and N200m cash to the Federal Government. The forfeited assets include N196,741,216 and N7,054,852 in two bank accounts; two vehicles, a Mercedes Benz E500 and a Toyota Hilux 2020; a five-bedroom duplex on Ibrahim Eleto Street, Osapa London, Lekki, Lagos; a four- bedroom semi-detached duplex situated at Ologolo, Jakande, Lekki, Lagos; and another four-bedroom semi-detached duplex in the Southern View Estate, Mayor Court,…

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IPOB’s sit-at-home order turns bloody, eight killed

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Hoodlums wreaked havoc in Anambra and Imo states yesterday, killing four policemen and four other persons following the sit-at-home order handed down to the people of the South-East by IPOB. Gunmen, who went on a shooting spree in Anambra, attacked a police Area Command in Nnewi axis of the state. The incident was said to have occurred few hours after a joint security patrol team allegedly killed two persons suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network/IPOB, who were enforcing the group’s sit-at-home directives in the area. A police…

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