Oba Of Lagos Blames Obasanjo, Says He Is The Reason Lagos Was Not Granted Special Status

Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu during the 3rd Town Hall Meeting of Governor Akinwnumi Ambode for Lagos Central Senatorial District, accused former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo for not granting Lagos a special status while he was in power.

Akiolu said Obansanjo had the opportunity to have granted Lagos a special status during his eight years tenure, but he never did it in spite of the pressure mounted on him.

“Obasanjo is the cause of Lagos not getting a special status,” saying he personally led eminent Lagosians to meet him during his tenure to ask for a special status for Lagos.” He said Obasanjo told him and others that he had already drafted the special status plan for Lagos, but lamented that the former president never fulfilled that promise,

He further went on to say Yar’Ardua had promised to grant Lagos but for his death. “Yar’Ardua had promised to grant Lagos a special status. If Yar’Ardua had not died, it would have happened by now,” he said.

Buhari Appoints Two New Supreme Court Justices

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed two new justices for the Supreme Court. They are Justice Sidi Dauda Bage and Justice Paul Adamu.

This came to light on Tuesday when the Senate President Bukola Saraki read the contents of a letter sent to him by President Buhari on the floor of the Senate for confirmation of the nominees.

The two justices are from the North.

SERAP Issues 7-Day Ultimatum To CJN Over Corrupt Judges

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to immediately take over from the Department of State Service (DSS) the cases of all the 7 judges released by the DSS and refer the cases of those judges to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for conclusion of investigation and prompt prosecution,”

The organization asked the NJC to “refer the cases of the 7 released judges to the EFCC and ICPC within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter. SERAP will take appropriate legal action to compel the NJC to take action on the cases if it fails and/or refuses to act as requested.”

How Footballer Joined His Friend To R3pe 19-Year Old Girl

                                   Evans attends Court with fiancee Natasha Massey (right)

Footballer Ched Evans has told a court he did not speak to his alleged rape victim before having sex with her, adding: 'It wasn't really a time for conversation.'

But the former Wales and Manchester City player insisted he would 'never hurt a girl' as he denied raping the teenage waitress in a hotel room.

Evans, 27, is accused of raping the woman after joining a friend who had taken her back to a Premier Inn hotel in Rhuddlan, North Wales.

He took a key to the room before joining in sex with the young woman, who says she was too drunk to remember anything.

Asked by prosecutor Simon Medland QC: 'You didn't speak to her at all during the conversation of this episode did you?'

Migrants Gang Rape Wheelchair-Bound Woman

A wheelchair-bound woman was gang-raped by up to six migrants at a Swedish asylum centre after asking if she could use their toilet, it has been reported.

The woman, in her 30s, was sharing a taxi home with a man after going in the medieval town of Visby on Sweden's Gotland island when she asked to stop off.

Her fellow passenger invited her inside before she was brutally set upon in the toilet, her lawyer said.

The assault sparked anger in the town and extra police were called to the island when an angry mob attacked the asylum centre with rocks.

Pictured! ‘Mad’ Woman Caught With 25 Sim Cards, 2 Atm Cards At Oshodi

Onlookers at Oshodi yesterday had a ‘great show’ when a woman who is believed to be mentally unstable was evacuated by workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation while trying to work on one of the train station’s bus stops. She was asked to leave the place so that it could be tidied up and to the surprise of many, 25 sim cards and two ATM cards were found on her. A functioning mobile phone was also seen with her making many ask if she is truly mad.

Tribunal Grants PDP, Ize-Iyamu’s Request To Inspect Electoral Materials

The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin has granted a motion ex parte to the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to inspect all the materials used in the conduct of the September 28 governorship election in the state.

The three-man panel of judges led by Justice A. T. Badamasi, on Tuesday, granted the PDP and its candidate the motion to inspect the electoral materials.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, the winner of the poll, but PDP and its candidate opposed it.