Saints and sinners of political prostitution – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

There are more male prostitutes in the crooked field of partisan politics than there are female harlots in the brothels across Nigeria. The prostitute politicians come armed with the bewildering dimension of wanting to be canonised as saints. Their prostitution…

Revolution is inevitable in Chima Ubani’s dream Nigeria – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It’s crucial in this charged season that a good number of clowns in the name of politicians are toying with democracy in Nigeria that one remembers the departed one: Chima Ubani. A crusader, organiser, activist, revolutionary, hero, strategist, and above…

*Police deploy operatives to boarding schools in Lagos (Guardian)*Court remands 4 over burglary in Lagos (DailyTrust)

Police deploy operatives to boarding schools in Lagos (Guardian) The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has fortified security in and around boarding schools in Lagos State to protect students, staff and their facilities. The police boss yesterday, in…

*Lagos generated N25bn during lockdown, leveraging on technology – Head ICT-LIRS (Guardian) *Police arrest two robbery suspects at Lagos checkpoint (Punch)

Lagos generated N25bn during lockdown, leveraging on technology – Head ICT-LIRS (Guardian) The Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) says it generated a whooping N25 billion through taxation in April when there was total lockdown. Mr Rasheed Olu-Ajayi, Head, Information and…

Police seal APC National Secretariat

Armed Police personnel sealed the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday. The PUNCH gathered that the IGP had scheduled a meeting with some of the feuding…

*Businessman being investigated for N75m fraud dies during COVID-19 test (Punch) *2 Customs commands bicker over sealing of a controversial terminal (Vanguard)

Businessman being investigated for N75m fraud dies during COVID-19 test (Punch) A businessman, Godwin Julius, who was being investigated for alleged involvement in a N75m fraud, has died while being tested for COVID-19 at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos…

*Lagos dislodges land grabbers from Lekki (Nation) *Motorists lament barricades, gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Punch)

Lagos dislodges land grabbers from Lekki (Nation) Lagos State Government has dislodged suspected land grabbers from some parcels of land in Ajah. An enforcement exercise was carried out by officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Land Grabbers (LSTFLG) on…

Edo 2020: APC disqualifies Obaseki, two others from primary

The All Progressives Congress has declared the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and two others ineligible to contest in the July 22 governorship primary election in Edo State. The screening committee announced the disqualification while presenting its report to the…

*EFCC re-arraigns social media celebrity, Mompha over alleged N32.9bn fraud (DailyTrust) *Coronavirus: Ministers undergo thorough screening ahead of FEC meeting (Punch)

EFCC re-arraigns social media celebrity, Mompha over alleged N32.9bn fraud (DailyTrust) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Ismaila Mustapha (a.k.a. Mompha), before Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, over alleged N32.9billion…

Court suspends Oshiomhole as APC chairman

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered an interim suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.Delivering a ruling on an application for an interlocutory injunction, Justice Danlami Senchi,…

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