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  At the sexual offences court in Ikeja at the  continuation of trial of the medical doctor of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, an Investigative Police Officer, IPO, Inspector Abe Leonard has testified as the sixth prosecution witness in the alleged defilement trial,while the court also admitted documents from him to support his testimony  Giving evidence before Justice Ramon Oshodi of a Lagos State Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, on Thursday, Insp Leonard informed  the court that he is serving at Anthony Police Station while being led in evidence by the State Counsel, Mr. Babajide Boye. In his testimony, the witness informed Justice Oshodi that the victim was 17 years old at the time the case was reported by the wife of the defendant, Mrs Aderemi Olaleye. He explained that the case was reported at the station on November 29, 2021, at about 11:00 p.m. According to him, “A case of indecent  treatment of a child was reported and the DPO of the st...

  In this interview, Managing Director of Valuejet, a start-up Nigerian airline, Captain Dapo Majekodunmi, bares it all on the carrier's preparedness to satisfy its customers'  through impeccable operations ValueJet is a new airline, what are the uniqsue things that you are bringing to your customers and the travelling public? As much as we are a startup, I have experience with what an airline should look like. Professionally exposed, we have flown as experts in different countries, and we have seen the standards. We think that our passengers also deserve the same and even better. You would understand that these aircraft are built by the Western world. It is easier for them to assess spare parts and little things that would keep airplanes going, day by day without expecting a delivery from DHL or FED EX plus custom. We have been putting all effort towards stocking spares and other accessories, as much as we can. We want to keep our aircraft clean, tidy, and attractive for peop...

The Chairman, Ogun State Television (OGTV) Board of Directors, Ambassador Tunde Oladunjoye will on Thursday, deliver the 3rd, 'Diji Akinhanmi Memorial Lecture' on the topic:  'Journalism and Ethical Issues in Nigeria'. The third in the series of  the  Lecture holds  at the OGBC Conference Hall, Ibara Housing Estate, Abeokuta at noon, with the Ogun State Head of Service, Dr Nofiu Aigoro as the Chairman of the occasion. The Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Waheed Odusile, is the Special Guest of Honour. Oladunjoye, a well traveled media consultant, journalist, publisher, writer and a published  poet; has been in the industry  for  more than 25 years. He worked as full time and part time reporter/freelance  with many leading national dailies and has produced several television documentaries.  The former Media Adviser to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina when he was Minister for Agriculture, Oladunjoye has also worked as Media Cons...

  Nigerian start-up airline, ValueJet has concluded plans to begin flight services to Jos, even as the carrier is keeping an eye on some other routes it plans to service. The carrier has also unveiled its expansions plans that would see it spread its wings to other key destinations.  Consequently, ValueJet is working on how to cut down the cost of flight tickets without compromising safety, just as it is keeping an eye on Akure, Yola, Kano, and Gombe.  Those destinations, the airline said, are of great potential while maintaining and concentrating on its six stations Lagos, Abuja, Benin, Asaba, Port-Harcourt, and Jos with an On-time departure with above 95%. Speaking on its 100 days since ValueJet started operations, the Managing Director of the airline, Capt. Dapo Majekodunmi said, “At our 100 days, we have been able to stabilise our operation, understand the market, and make inputs on passengers' preferred time of travel demands into our schedule.” Speaking on route exp...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend busted a warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos belonging to a tramadol cartel, arresting two of its kingpins, seizing millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over N5 billion. This is even as anti-narcotics officers of the agency also uncovered and dismantled a clandestine skuchies laboratory in a remote part of Sagamu, Ogun state where several equipment and various quantities of illicit substances used to mass produce the dangerous new psychoactive substance were recovered on Saturday. In a statement on Sunday, the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said the drug cartels took the first heat last Tuesday from determined officers of the agency who intercepted an imported consignment of Loud, a strong variant of cannabis, weighing 4,878.72 kilogrammes along Awolowo road Ikoyi, Lagos, adding that after a near fatal encounter with some suspected fake security agents escorting the drugs, the NDLEA op...

Halimat Tejuosho, a business woman and philanthropist of note who was recently honoured with the Exemplary Pan-African Leadership Awards for the Most Outstanding Personality by the West Africa Youth Parliament, as well as an investiture into the 2023 Hall of Fame as a Distinguished CHARTERED FELLOW of the CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF THE PUBLIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND POLITICS (GHANA) has again performed another laudable and enviable act. Halimat Tejuosho, who recently gave out school bags and other stationeries to about 200 school children at the End of the Year Children's Party organised by her NGO - Queen Adenike Foundation at the palace of the King of Kweme Kingdom in Badagry, has also facilitated scholarships for; 1. Ayeni Deborah Mercy(mass comm, 200lv) 2. Abah Josephine ( mass comm, 100lv) 3. Ekwebelem Emmanuella( mass comm, 200lv) 4. Adebisi Deborah(Accounting, 200lv) 5. Onyia Sharon( mass comm, 200lv) 6. Saliu Aminu( computer science, 200lv) 7. Sadiq Sulaiman Musa(computer scie...

  A non governmental organisation, Transparent Protection Limited/Gte (TPL) has called on the public to support the recent hike in Motor Vehicle Third Party Insurance cover for motorists from ₦5,000 to ₦15,000, insisting that it remains the only criteria for insurance companies to pay indemnity to accident victims in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, the Director, Transparent Protection Ltd/Gte, Dr. Sam Onyeka said the recent decision by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) was in the best interest of all stakeholders, insisting that there was no way insurer would pay the required indemnity when the cost of insurance was as low as N5,000. He said: “TPL is aware that in December 2022, The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) released a circular where it announced a raise in the premium of compulsory Motor Vehicle Third Party Insurance cover for motorists from ₦5,000 to ₦15,000 with effect from January 2023. Consequently, from January 1st 2023,...

  The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) – the brainchild of Industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, and the BUA Foundation have awarded development grants worth N1.5 billion to Yewa Land in Ogun State comprising Ilaro, Igbogila, Ibeshe, Egua, and Igonade communities for key community, social, and infrastructural development projects. This was announced at the grant presentation and mutual accountability framework signing ceremonies held today in Ilaro, Ibese, and Igbogila. The grants will be channeled towards interventions in the areas of health, education, or social development initiatives that are identified for implementation. Presenting the grants award letter to Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, the Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland in Ogun State, Ubon Udoh, Managing Director, ASR Africa assured of more partnership with the people of Yewaland and reiterated that the vision of Abdul Samad Rabiu, Founder of ASR Africa and Chairm...

  . Seizes 3,975kgs skunk, 58,200 tramadol pills in cross country interdictions Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted over 37.5 kilogrammes of illicit substances at airport and seaport in Lagos in the last one week. The anti-narcotics agency also arrested 11 suspects in interdiction operations across the country during which seizures of almost four tonnes of skunk were recorded in the same period. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said attempts by elements of Organised Criminal Groups to use various disingenuous modes of concealment to import consignments of illicit substances into Nigeria and export same to the United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirate through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and Tincan seaport, Lagos were thwarted.  He said: “No less than 37.5 kilogrammes of such illicit consignments were intercepted in the past week, with the arrest of 11 suspects in interdiction operation...

  The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo punished him while he was governor of Lagos State. Tinubu explained that the decision was not a personal punishment but an action taken against the Lagos State Government. He said Obasanjo took the decision against his administration because he was in the opposition party. The APC flagbearer spoke during his presidential campaign rally in Benin City, Edo State against the backdrop of Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He accused the former president of frustrating his efforts of solving the challenges of electricity supply during his tenure as governor. Tinubu also accused the then Obasanjo’s administration of diverting and embezzling money meant to solve electricity challenges. According to Tinubu: “I brought Enron to solve electricity problem and help Lagos economy but Obasanjo and PDP frustrated it. ...

  Pan Nigerian Group ,the Team Nigeria for Change has concluded arrangements to hold a Voters' Sensitization and Education forum in Lagos,towards the 2923 election The Forum will hold at the prestigious Excellence hotel,Ogba Ikeja Lagos in Friday 13th January 2023 by 10 am  Resource persons expected at the one day forum include Mr Richard Akinnola,Mr Yemi Adaramodu, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Lagos state Electoral Commission (LASIEC),trade Unions,civil society organizations as well as youth groups  The national coordinator of the group,Otunba Bestman Jumbo Nze disclosed that Team Nigeria for Change is not just talking about peaceful electoral process, but also educating the people on what their rights are ,as well as there responsibilities. He promised the occasion will be an educative one where so many issues will be extensively discussed as the 2023 election approaches

  At the continuation of trial of the   doctor of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye on Wednesday, a medical doctor in Family Medicine, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Dr. Akinbunmi Oyebimpe has testified as the fourth prosecution witness. Giving evidence before Justice Ramon Oshodi, of a Lagos State Sexual Offences in Ikeja, the medical doctor who works at Mirabel Centre where the alledged survivor was examined  following referal from the police revealed her findings to the judge about the medical examination carried out on the 15 year old said to have been sexually abused by the defendant. In her testimony also as a medical examiner with Mirabel Centre and staff of LASUTH, who personally carried out medical examination on the victim following referral from the Gender Section of the Lagos State Police Command, Headquarters, Ikeja, explained that the victim was referred to the centre together with a complaint of repeated sexu...

  - Speaker congratulates Nigerians over New Year - Urges massive support for Sanwo-Olu The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has expressed optimism that Nigerians will experience a better 2023 with the citizens voting massively to elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as their President. Dr. Obasa said this in his New Year message on Sunday, while congratulating Nigerians for witnessing the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023. Obasa, in a statement released by Eromosele Ebhomele, his Chief Press Secretary, said with less than two months to the general election, only Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is better positioned to succeed President Buhari, who will leave office on May 29, 2023. He described Tinubu as the hope Nigerians currently have for a better country judging from the positive result of the foundation the former governor laid in Lagos State between 1999 and 2007. The Speaker specifically commended L...