The Ogun State Government has said that it is considering signing the Death Warrants of condemned criminals sentenced by competent courts to serve as a deterrent to those who may want to commit heinous crimes in the state. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN), made this known on Friday…
Section 197 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Resisting public officersAny person who in any manner obstructs or resists any public officer while engaged in the discharge or attempted discharge of the duties of his office under any order, Act, law, or Statute, or obstructs or resists any person while engaged in the discharge…
Following reported cases of stampedes in Abuja and Anambra State where many lives were lost at funfair and palliative distributions events, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has called for caution and end to such unorganised events in the country. Egbetokun who described the incidents as worrisome scenarios said it calls for urgent…
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Barrister Ukeyima Akutah, has said that based on the remarkable level of the Ease of Doing Business Index in Ogun State, the state is leading the rest of the country in the ongoing industrial revolution embarked upon by the Federal Government. He noted…
Gafar Asaolu, the Personal Assistant to the former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu has been arrested and detained by the police. Gafar was arrested on the allegation that he led the attack on the vice chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikenne Local Government,…
…as government’s delegation visits family of late student The Ogun State Government has shut down Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-emi over the death of Master Monday Arijo, an SS2 student of the school. This followed the arrest and suspension of the teacher allegedly responsible for the death of the student on Friday last week as…
The Ogun State Government, on Tuesday, dismissed several reports in the media indicating that the state had joined some states of the federation in a case at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It added that the issue it is contending in court relates to the Nigerian…
The Lagos State government has sacked six officers of the Lagos state traffic management authority (LASTMA) over gross misconduct and abuse of office. The sack letter of the officers was handed down to them on Thursday at the headquarters of the traffic management agency in Oshodi. According to the LASTMA, the sack of the officers…
By Amidu Arije The Nigeria police said it recorded arrest of 2,740 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and others across the country in the last one month. During the arrest, a total of 4,087 arms and ammunitions were recovered, the force public relations officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has said. Adejobi in a statement in Abuja on…
No fewer than 9 kidnappers were gruesomely killed in Lagos by the Nigeria police force in a fierce shootout with the criminal gang. Among the nine kidnappers who were killed by the police in the shootout include an up-and-coming Nollywood actor and a producer. The actor, who was based in Port Harcourt, and the producer,…
