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Amuka Narrates Publishers Efforts to Secure Sowore Release

December 11, 2019 8:17 am

Elder statesman, publisher of Vanguard Newspapers and Nigeria’s leading journalist, Mr. Sam Amuka-Pemu, yesterday spoke of newspapers publishers’ spirited efforts to secure the release of Sahara Reporter’s publisher and Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from detention by the Department State Services (DSS).

Amuka-Pemu, who was part of a delegation that intervened for Sowore, told a gathering in Abuja that their intervention was to secure the release of Sowore.
He spoke against the backdrop of false reports that the publishers had tried to negotiate with Sowore to stop attacking the federal government as a precondition for his release.…

Sanwo-Olu Pledges To Focus On Technology To Secure Lagos

December 5, 2019 1:43 pm

Lagos State Governor Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to focus on technology to combat crime in the state.

Sanwo-Olu disclosed this at the 13th Annual Town Hall Meeting on security, which was organised by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), with the theme ‘Transformational Security’.

The town hall event is organisd as a feedback mechanism where residents and other stakeholders in the security system meet to obtain a first-hand report on the state of security in Lagos, serving also as a forum for fundraising towards improving state security.

The Governor commended the efforts of the …

Kim Kardashian helps to secure the release of 17 prisoners

May 7, 2019 6:08 am

American media personality, Kimberly Noel Kardashian West, has helped to secure the release of 17 prisoners in the U.S.

She has in the past 90 days helped to secure release of 19 prisoners, who were being detained for lesser crimes.

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that a few months ago, Kardashian hinted that she was deep into her new found love for criminal justice when she helped foot the rent bills for a man who was recently released from jail.

According to reports, the reality TV star and mother of three has been spending a lot of money to …

JAMB advises candidates to secure registration details

May 1, 2019 9:23 pm

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates who wrote this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to guard their profile code and registration details well.

The board said unscrupulous individuals were on the prowl to dupe unsuspecting candidates.

JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice yesterday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He also said the board had secured conviction of three persons who were arrested for impersonation during the examination.

The spokesperson said the three offenders had been sent to two-year jail with no option of a fine.

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Ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal, others secure ₦50 million bail

February 14, 2019 12:05 am

ABUJA—Barely 24 hours after he was remanded in the custody of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, secured bail from an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, yesterday.

The court, in a ruling by trial Justice Jude Okeke, granted the ex-SGF, who is facing trial over alleged complicity in a N272 million contract fraud, bail to the tune of N50 million with one surety in like sum. Justice Okeke handed the same bail condition to Lawal’s three alleged accomplices in the fraud, Hamidu David Lawal, Sulaiman Abubakar and Apeh …