An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has convicted the Medical Director of Optical Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, of defiling his wife’s niece.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved charges of defilement and sexual assault by penetration against Olaleye.
Oshodi said that the evidence against the medical director was compelling
The Federal Government has received 108 Nigerian migrants stranded in Niger Republic.
This is contained in a statement by the Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Mr Alexander Oturu, on Tuesday, in Abuja.
The commission said the Nigerians include 32 males, 29 females, 44 children and three infants.
“The migrants were conveyed to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, camp where the NCFRMI and International Organisation for Migration have a tripartite agreement to provide temporary shelter for the returnees.
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“Before they are provided with onward transportation allowance to enable them to get to their final destinations,” he added.
The return, he said, was facilitated by the Nigerian Mission in Niamey and the IOM.
”In line with Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda, the returnees will be integrated into various government programmes, as well as the reintegration programmes of the UN Migration Agency,” he said.
A coalition of Taraba youths led by the state chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Prince Gara Nongha, has called on those working against the N200 billion loan request by Governor Agbu Kefas from commercial banks to fast-track the development of the state to reconsider their stand.
At a press conference in Jalingo, Nongha said the loan facility requested by the governor was in the best interest of the state.
He said the youths have seen the transparency and sincerity of the governor who have clearly indicated how the money will be spent and the sources through which the loan will be repaid.
“This administration intends to transform the state to become more relevant and provide better services to the people of the state, providing modern development and improved services.
“It is in view of the transparency and accountable leadership of Dr. Agbu Kefas that we lend our voice to support the loan request for the growth and development of our dear state.
“We wish to solicit for the maximum support and cooperation of all and sundry to enable the state government access the loan which is targeted at providing public infrastructure like school buildings, health care development, and roads construction among others.
The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun has arrested no fewer than 33 persons for involving in various criminal activities in the state.
The state Commander of the corps, Adetunji Adeleye, said the suspected criminals were arrested in various locations across the 18 local government areas of the state.
Adeleye stated this while parading the suspects on Monday at the command’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital.
He said the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from kidnapping and burglary to stealing among others.
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He said, “We have suspected criminals that have been terrorising every part of the state. We have 33 suspects and their activities range from suspected kidnapping, housebreaking and theft to stealing of motorbikes and human trafficking.
“As you are aware, the festive period is drawing near. I want to use this opportunity to reassure members of the public that the Ondo Security Agency, Amotekun Corps remains resolute in ensuring that the festive period goes without security breaches.
“These 33 suspected criminals were picked up from various local governments of the state.”
He disclosed that 18 of the suspects would be arraigned in court on Tuesday (today).
Some residents, traders and other business ventures on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have been sent packing by a water surge induced by the release of excess water from the Oyan River Dam.
Our correspondent who visited the area on Monday saw that the water almost levelled up the long bridge along the highway.
Residents who live in estates like Isheri Riverview, and other residential surroundings in Warewa to the OPIC area were mostly affected.
Leading Reporters gathered that the dam, which is managed by the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority, and located at Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state, released excess water this month
Some workers at a block industry around OPIC said the water was making it difficult for them to work as there was nowhere to put their feet.
One of them, identified simply as Akande, said, “The water at some point covered up some of our blocks, but it is gradually reducing because we are at the tail end of the water flow. But many vehicles we use for our work and those parked by others have been submerged.”
A resident of Isheri Riverview, Tunde Adebanjo, said, “The water is often released like this every year and we suffer the consequences. I only came here to check if the water had gone down, but there was no positive sign at all. We have moved temporarily to a place in Lagos.”
Our correspondent also observed that the Mikano company along the highway had its frontage and compound flooded. Efforts to get close to the building to hear from the workers proved abortive as the water surrounded the premises. While one or two persons were seen in the compound from afar, other passersby said activities in the company were affected.
Meanwhile, the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday declared a state of emergency in the flooded area as he assured residents of quick intervention.
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The governor spoke with journalists after inspecting the flooded community, saying that his administration is working with the Federal Government to deal with the situation as an emergency case.
The governor said, “We will prioritise the works here because I am touched with what I have seen. I will ensure that we immediately begin to see signs of relief as we step this up. The Minister of State for Environment is already aware. The Vice President is already aware and also the President. It will be dealt with as an emergency and we are taking it as such.
“As an emergency, I would like to take it up myself. Please continue to bear with us as we are going to conduct a comprehensive assessment of what we need to do to make this place conducive for living.”
Addressing residents of Riverview Estate, Abiodun said he had requested an area survey of the estate to identify critical areas that needed immediate intervention.
He assured that the intervention would come through the construction of an elevated road with adequate drainages to mitigate their suffering.
The governor described the environment around the Kara cattle market as an eyesore and not befitting the dreams of a “new Ogun State.”
He said that the market was not conducive to human living and not in tandem with the Sustainable Development Goals and waste disposal.
The Chairman, Riverview Estate, Abayomi Akande, in his remarks, intimated the governor about the suffering residents of the area are going through as a result of the flooding.
He said there was a need for a panel of inquiry into the operations of Oyan Dam to stop the incessant release of water to cause havoc in the state.
The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed the appeal filed by Senator Smart Adeyemi challenging the emergence of Usman Ododo as the Kogi State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
Having lost at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal, Adeyemi had approached the apex court, but his appeal was dismissed as the Supreme Court said it lacked merit.
The court described the two issues raised in the appeal as “unreasonable, vexatious, not triable, and against the provisions of Sections 132 and 133(1) of the Evidence Act 2011.”
Justice Emmanuel Agim, in the apex court’s lead judgment, also ordered Adeyemi to pay N1m damages to each of the first and third respondents in the matter
He said, “The appellant never alleged that there was no evidence to support the findings of the two lower courts. This court has no power to revisit those issues of facts raised in the Notice of Appeal unless there is an allegation that the findings were perverse.
“On the whole, this appeal fails. The appellant shall pay the cost of N1m each to the 1st and 3rd respondents (the governorship candidate and the APC). “
The court also described as contemptuous, the practice of parties appearing on TV stations to discuss pending appeals.
He said, “You go saying on television that if the court is a court of justice, the appeal should go in your favour.”
“The court frowns at this practice. Once you’ve engaged a lawyer, go and rest.
“I am giving this elaborate talk so that you don’t go out and say things that are not reasonable.”
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has revealed that over two million unregistered pharmaceutical premises are presently operating in the country.
The body lamented that the country is becoming a fertile ground for fake and substandard drug production due to the large number of such locations where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold.
This alarm was raised by the PSN President, Professor Cyril Usifoh, who called for stricter measures to be adopted and enforcement of pharmaceutical regulations, stressing that unregistered premises pose a serious threat to public health, as they may not meet safety and quality standards.
“The PSN estimates that there are over 25,000 registered pharmacies and patent medicine shops in Nigeria, but this number pales in comparison to the estimated 2 million unregistered premises. Many of these unregistered premises are operating illegally, without any regulatory oversight or adherence to safety and quality standards.
Speaking at a press conference held in Lagos on Saturday, in commemoration of the forthcoming 96th Annual National Conference of the society tagged ‘Jewel City 2023, meant to take place in Gombe State from October 30 to November 4, he expressed displeasure that the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, which is the regulating authority empowered to curtail the excesses and abuses of some unregistered pharmaceutical premises, lacks a substantive registrar.
The PSN president insisted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration needed prompt guidance from the nation’s chief legal officer to help navigate the challenges facing the pharmaceutical sector.
He stressed that the president must address the PCN’s financing shortfall and appoint a substantive registrar to close the regulatory deficiencies in the industry.
According to him, “We can’t as a nation have a consuming evil of monstrosity, which the National Assembly has also identified, and you walk away as a government because some financial technocrats think they want to save money. It amounts to a comprehensive abdication of responsibility by an otherwise responsible government to contemplate this with PCN, which is both a peculiar and unique professional regulatory Council.
“Poor funding and the status quo of the Federal Government involvement have compelled Nigerians to live with physicians dispensing drugs in private hospitals, a thriving drug abuse and misuse culture, which is seriously consuming Nigerians, especially youths and even women.
“From the purview of existing laws, the Federal Government is compelled in Section 9 (1) of the PCN Act 2022 to provide budgetary and extra-budgetary allocations to the PCN.
“It will, therefore, be unlawful and illegal for the Budget Office to stop allocations to the PCN in the public interest.”
Usifoh, further lamented that Nigeria has lost over 6,000 pharmacists to brain drain in the last six years while more are preparing to leave.
He said, “We acknowledge that a few steps like the new salary structure and consultancy cadre, together with the PCN Act are welcome but much more is needed to significantly reverse the trend.”
The 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory generated N1.925 trillion as Internally Generated Revenue in 2022.
The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its Internally Generated Revenue State Level report on Monday.
The states generated the revenue from Pay As You Earn tax, PAYE, Direct Assessment, Road Taxes, Stamp duties, Capital gain tax, Withholding taxes, other taxes and Local Government Areas revenue.
The figure represented 1.57 per cent higher than the N1.895 trillion recorded in 2021.
The leading states in total IGR during the year were Lagos, Rivers, and the FCT, with N651 billion, N172 billion, and N124 billion, respectively.
Conversely, the lowest three performing states during the year were Kebbi, Taraba and Yobe, with N9,146 billion, N10,238 billion and N10,456 billion, respectively.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said it will investigate the alleged murder of a Nigerian student by a group of Chinese citizens in the Philippines.
This was disclosed in a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Head of Media, Public Relations, and Protocol Unit of NiDCOM.
According to the statement, the investigation is intended to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of the student identified as Ikem.
“The attention of Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has been drawn to a viral social media news item on the death of a Nigerian student, identified as Ikem, who was allegedly murdered by a group of Chinese in the Republic of Philippines.
“Though the matter had not been officially reported to the Nigerian embassy in the Philippines, NIDCOM has asked the eyewitness who posted the gory incident on his social media handle to provide more details to the Commission’s e-mail —admin@nidcom.gov.ng,” the statement partly read.
Agbor—Delta State Police Command has paraded a 46-year-old male proprietor of a private school in Agbor, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old female pupil of the school.
A statement made available to Vanguard by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, said the pupil disclosed to her mum that she was defiled by the proprietor of the school.
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According to Edafe:” One Mrs Joy reported that while she was bathing her 4-year-old daughter, she discovered blood stain in her private part. Upon questioning, she said her daughter kept stating that her uncle used school scissors to cut her on her private part.
“Upon receipt of this complaint, the Area Commander Agbor , detailed a team of investigators to proceed to the scene of the alleged crime.
“The suspect who doubles as the owner of the school and also the only male teacher in the school was arrested and taken into custody. Preliminary investigation led to the issuance of a medical report and the initiation of an identification parade exercise where the suspect, when placed amongst random men, was identified by the victim as the person who allegedly defiled her. The medical report affirmed that there was “no hymen visualized” in the victim’s private part.
“Though the Area Command, Agbor had concluded their investigation and charged the case to court, the Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Wale Abass ,directed the case be withdrawn from the court and immediately transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department (SCID) for further meticulously executed investigation.”
The police statement assured that CP Abass was determined to get justice for the family of the victim.
