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Punch Newspapers Sections Oladimeji Ramon Published 13 March 2021 The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights abuses against the disbanded police Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Saturday gave a cheque of N7.5m to a 40-year-old man, Marc Nwadi, unduly incarcerated for six years in at the Kirikiri prison without trial. Nwadi had during his appearance before the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel recounted how his inability to pay a bribe of N10,000 to policemen in the Idimu area of Lagos led him to prison where he spent six years unjustly. In her ruling on ...

Appoint LASU VC on merit, dons tell Sanwo-Olu Published 13 March 2021 Some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, have appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to pick the best candidate among the three nominees submitted to him for the position of a substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The academics, who referred to themselves as ‘the liberators,’ made the request at a press conference in LASU, ahead of the imminent announcement of a new VC. The joint-selection committee, headed by the Chairman of the ...

Navy begins court-martial of 13 officers over civil offences Joseph Olaoluwa Published 13 March 2021  Thirteen persons consisting of officers of the Nigerian Navy on Friday appeared before a court-martial panel over offences bordering on economic sabotage. The naval personnel included a captain, commanders, lieutenant commanders and a sub-lieutenant. The others were ratings, including a female alleged to have connived with others to commit the offence. Saturday PUNCH however gathered that the officers were arrested in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, as the navy vowed to flush econo...

Punch Newspapers Sections John Alechenu, Abuja There are strong indications that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole, is set to defect from the Action Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. This followed a meeting between Bankole, the Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni; and his Jigawa State counterpart, Abubakar Badaru, in Abuja, on Friday. It was gathered that the three leaders met at Badaru’s private residence for a little over an hour behind closed doors....

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 March 2021 Nigeria Women’s Football League leaders, Bayelsa Queens, have been fined N600,000 by the Nigeria Football Federation following the club’s breach of the NWFL rules, Saturday PUNCH reports. Fans of Bayelsa Queens side encroached the field in the 79th minute during their game against Edo Queens on February 17, 2021. On Friday, the disciplinary committee of the NFF found Bayelsa Queens guilty of infringement on the field of play by their fans while also breaking the COVID-19 protocols. In a communiqué signed by the NFF’s Director of Commun...