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Fire on Friday gutted a factory belonging to Teju Foam in the Ilupeju area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency in a statement said the fire started around 7:30pm. Punchng General Manager of LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the fire had been contained and prevented from spreading to adjoining buildings on the premises. The agency said the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained. News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/34lMFLe via EDUPEDIA

Some gunmen on Friday attacked Ikolaba Police Station in Ibadan, Oyo State, killing one of the policemen on duty. SaharaReporters gathered that other officers escaped with bullet wounds. The gunmen after killing the policeman ransacked the whole station and made away with some ammunition. Gbenga Fadeyi, spokesperson for Oyo State Police Command, confirmed the attack but said he was yet to get the details.  He said, “I only got the brief information this evening that the station was attacked but I am yet to get the full details.” CRIME Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2E65449 via EDUPEDIA

Abubakar Malami Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, is secretly sponsoring a bill before the National Assembly as part of moves to take over the affairs of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, document seen by SaharaReporters has showed. The bill tagged “An Act To Repeal The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004 (Act No. 1 Of 2004) And Enact Economic And Financial Crimes Agency Act” if passed into law will allow the office of the AGF to interfere with the anti-graft agency’s investigation. Abubakar Malami “The Attorney-General may after notifying the agency, intervene in the proceedings, at first instance or on appeal, where in the opinion of the Attorney-General, public interest, the interest of justice and the need to prevent abuse of legal process so demand. “On receipt of the notice under subsection (2) of the section, the agency shall handover to the Attorney-General the prosecution file and all docu...

The Nigerian Government has directed the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Lagos, Wale Babalakin, and Vice Chancellor, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, to recuse themselves from official duties pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Federal Ministry of Education spokesperson, Ben Goong, made this known in a statement on Friday. The statement said, “FG directs Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Governing Councilof the University of Lagos, Dr. B. O. Babalakin and the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin T. O. Ogundipe to recuse themselves from official duties, pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by the President.”  Babalakin’s Governing Council had on August 12 sacked Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor over alleged financial misappropriation and misconduct. Ogundipe, however, rejected the Council’s decision, saying the university’s due process had not been followed. The university’s Senate, alu...

A boy subjected to severe beating, torture and hunger strike in Maiduguri, Borno State, has been rescued by rights activists. The boy was subjected to the inhumane and dehumanizing treatment by his step-mother. One of the activists, who rescued the boy, spoke with SaharaReporters, saying the case had been taken over by the Borno office of the National Human Rights Commission. “The boy’s ordeal started after his father divorced his mother. “His step-mother regularly subjected him to serious beating and starvation. “Officials of National Human Rights Commission have reportedly taken up the matter,” one of the activists said. Three people have been rescued in the last two weeks after they were locked up in different locations in Kano by their families. A 32-year-old man, Ahmad Aliyu, who had been locked inside a room by his father and stepmother for over seven years, was rescued by the police in Kano. He was rescued on Thursday evening by police and some human rights groups...

UNILAG VC, Prof Ogundipe. Recently removed Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Toyin Ogundipe, on Friday withdrew a lawsuit he filed at the National Industrial Court to challenge his sacking by the varsity’s Governing Council. The suit, marked NICN/LA/278/2020, had as defendants: UNILAG; the varsity’s Council; its Senate; Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN); Registrar, Oladejo Azeez; and Prof Theophilus Soyombo, who was appointed Acting VC in the wake of Ogundipe’s controversial sacking. Prof Toyin Ogundipe. According to a member of his legal team, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), Ogundipe’s decision followed his deference to the authority of President Muhammadu Buhari as the varsity’s Visitor. Adegboruwa said, “Contrary to the falsehood being peddled by mischief makers, the National Industrial Court has never sat or conduct any proceedings in respect of the court case filed by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Oluwole Ogundipe. No court pro...

The Kano State Police Command on Thursday uncovered the corpse of a woman allegedly locked up in a room by her husband for three days. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred at Mariri Quarters in Kano Metropolis. The corpse, which had since begun to decompose, was discovered by neighbours, who alerted police to the situation. The development comes a day after the police in Kano rescued a 55-year-old man allegedly confined for 30 years in a solitary room by his relatives. On August 13, Ahmad Aliyu, a 32-year-old man, was also rescued by the police after being locked up in a room by his father and stepmother for seven years . Aliyu, a resident of Farawa Babban Layi in Mariri quarters of Kumbotso Local Government Area in Kano, was said to have been chained and caged after he was accused of drug abuse by his parents. CRIME Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 2...

Benue State House of Assembly member representing Katsina-Ala East Constituency, Mr Jonathan Agbidye, of the All Progressives Congress has been remanded in prison by a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court for alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, and abduction. Agbidye was remanded with one Denen Zuamo of Katsina-Ala town for the alleged offence. Earlier, the police prosecutor, Fidelis Ogbobe told the court that on May 22, 2018, a Toyota Hilux van with registration number SWA-215-FM and other valuables belonging to Apin Public Health Initiatives was snatched at gunpoint along Katsina-Ala -Tordonga road in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of the state to an unknown destination. Vanguard He explained further that during police investigation, Agbidye and Zuamo were both arrested with the said vehicle which had been re-registered as MKD-992-AD in Makurdi, Benue State. Ogbobe stated that further investigation by the police revealed that Agbidye, Zuamo and others now at large co...

Paul-Usoro, NBA President. President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, has said that the withdrawal of Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, from speaking at a conference of the association scheduled for later this month, had no religious or ethnic undertone. The invitation was withdrawn from the governor following a petition by some lawyers under the aegis of Open Bar Initiative following rising killings in Southern Kaduna. Paul Usoro, NBA President. In letter dated August 21 and addressed to Asishana Okauru, Director-General of Nigerian Governors Forum, Usoro said, “I take full responsibility for the unintended embarrassment and tender my regrets and apologies.”  See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Nigerian Bar Association Withdraws El-Rufai's Invitation As Speaker At Conference Over Kaduna Killings 0 Comments 1 Day Ago He further explained that he was answerable to the association’s National Executive Committee, which approved the decision and he cann...

Pastor Daniel Olukoya The United Kingdom Charity Commission has revealed why an interim manager was appointed for the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International in August 2019. The commission had in March 2018 opened a statutory inquiry into a number of concerns at the church, which included the repeated late filing of financial information and a failure in the administration resulting in opportunities for significant losses to the charity. The commission in a statement seen by SaharaReporters said the interim manager assumes these duties at the exclusion of the charity’s trustees, stating that the trustees retain control over matters relating to religious activities. Pastor Daniel Olukoya The UK charity regulator claimed it had serious concerns over MFM Chair of Trustees, Dr Daniel Olukoya, and his personal handling of serious incidents. It accused Olukoya of illegally meeting a former employee of the charity alleged to have stolen between £150,000 and...

Ibrahim Magu There was drama on Wednesday at the venue of the ongoing probe of Ibrahim Magu, suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, after two lawyers, Fatima Hassan and Victor Giwa, were whisked away by operatives of the anti-graft agency from the Presidential Villa where a panel led by Retired Justice Ayo Salami has been sitting. In a petition, Donald Wokoma, Special Assistant to Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, accused Magu of attempting to extort him of N75m through Giwa, who he referred to as his former lawyer. In his testimony before the committee, Wokoma reportedly presented an audiotape of his conversation with the lawyer in order to implicate Magu. Ibrahim Magu Sources said the panel then summoned Giwa to appear before it on Tuesday where he was confronted with the recording of his telephone conversation with Wokoma. He challenged the panel to point at any reference to any bribe payment or solicitation in the audio conver...