Author: Festus Adeloye

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Directorate said it has secured the conviction and sentence of five internet fraudsters. A statement by the commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale on Tuesday, said the five convicts were jailed on Monday by Justice C.O. Agashieze of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on a one-count separate charge bordering on obtaining by pretence. The convicts are; Desmond Ikpefua, Oyeniji Efosa Temitope, Exiobor Raphael, Emmanuel Gabriel and Samuel Owoicho. The count against Gabriel reads, ‘That you Emmanuel Gabriel sometime in 2024 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court…

The UK government on Tuesday pledged to prioritise mental health as a report into a fatal stabbing rampage by a psychotic patient identified a litany of errors by medical authorities. Nineteen 19-year-old students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and school caretaker Ian Coates died in the attacks in the central English city of Nottingham last June. Health Minister Wes Streeting said it was time to put a greater focus on mental health, amid growing public concern about treatment waiting times and big increases in demand. “It’s time we prioritise mental health so we will be updating the Mental Health Act…

The Branch Controller of the West Africa Examination Council in charge of Ogun State, Ayobami Suberu, has denied reports that the Ogun State Government is owing the examination body. He described online media reports insinuating that the results of some public school students in the state were withheld due to indebtedness, as malicious. Briefing journalists in Ogun on Tuesday, Suberu said the state government is not indebted to the Council in any way, describing the report as mischievous and unbalanced. The branch controller explained that the results of the affected students were still pending because of a technical hitch, which…

Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) have apprehended 16 miscreants at Terminal 3 in the Oshodi area of the state. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video shared on X.com on Tuesday. According to him, the move was to maintain law and order in the state. He wrote, ‘”Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) #LAGESCOfficial earlier today apprehended 16 miscreants at Terminal 3 in Oshodi” The arrest is part of the state government’s zero-tolerance policy towards miscreants and hoodlums, who have been causing trouble in…

The Federal Government has approved a new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration. Disclosing this on Monday through a post on X, the Minister of Health, Ali Pate, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to tackling the challenges surrounding healthcare human resources in the country. He said President Bola Tinubu presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, where the policy was approved. “This policy is more than just a response to the ongoing exodus of healthcare professionals; it’s a comprehensive strategy to manage, harness, and reverse health worker migration,” the minister said. “It envisions a thriving…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory presided over by Justice Sylvanus Oriji has extended the order restricting participants in the #EndBadGovernance protest against the Federal Government to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Justice Oriji extended the order on Tuesday following an application to that effect argued by Dr Ogwu James Onoja SAN on behalf of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike. At the proceedings, all 11 defendants were absent in court and were not represented by any legal practitioner. But the FCT minister through his lawyer drew the attention of the judge…

Politician and presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has reeled out some lessons Nigeria should take into cognizance in the wake of its poor performance at the just-concluded 2024 Paris Olympics. In a series of tweets on his official X handle on Monday, the former Anambra State governor said the country still recorded some positive milestones despite the loss. He, however, urged Nigerians to rid themselves of ‘poor’ political leaders, as they portend more harm than good for the nation. Obi said, “After I lamented Nigeria’s disastrous outing in the 2024 Paris…

Attempts by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to take over the structures of the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following the relocation of President Bola Tinubu to Abuja has been resisted by party leaders in the state. Credible sources in the party informed our correspondent that the onslaught against the governor is being led by the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) also known as the Council of Elders in the state chapter of the party and Seyi, the president’s son. Facts made available to TheScrutiny also reveal that the governor is being checkmated by the Lagos State House…

Chief Emeka Beke, the newly reinstated chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Tony Okocha is not a member of the party in the state. A Rivers State High Court presided over by Justice Sika Aprioku, in Port Harcourt, on Monday sacked the Caretaker Committee of the APC in the state led by Tony Okocha as inaugurated by the National Working Committee of the party. Speaking in an interview on Arise Television, Beke who promised to unite the party members insisted that Okocha was no longer a member of the APC as he…

A notorious phone snatcher, Sonny Stringer, has been sentenced to two years in prison following his arrest by the City of London Police, according to a statement on the police’s website on Monday, August 12, 2024. Stringer was arrested with a bag containing 22 mobile phones while two other phones were recovered after tactical contact was made with his electric motorbike. He was sentenced at the Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, August 8, 2024. The statement noted that at about 11.15 am on March 26, 2024, a woman (name undisclosed) reported to the police that her iPhone 15 was snatched…