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Police have released Sylvester Oromoni Jnr’s body to his family after autopsy. Point News247 reports that the Lagos State Police Command says it has released the corpse of the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr to his family for burial. The Command’s Spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu disclosed this in a terse statement sent to TheCable Lifestyle on Friday. Ajisebutu stated that the student’s corpse was released to his family after an autopsy was conducted on him to ascertain the cause of his death. However, the Police Public Relations Officer said the result of the autopsy conducted has not been…

In line with the Bank Employees, etc (Declaration of Assets) Act 1986, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to verify the assets of bank Chief Executive Officers and top managers. Point News247 reports that this is coming on the heels of the anti-graft agency’s March 2021 directive to top bankers to submit their assets declaration. According to reports, more than 500 bank executives, including 120 Chief Executive Officers/Managing Directors and Executive Directors have declared their assets in line with the June 30 deadline set by the EFCC. Defaulters of the enabling Act risk 10 years in jail…

President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking help to defeat terrorism and insurgency on the African continent. Speaking at the third edition of Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul on Saturday, Buhari said Boko Haram has been degraded but it is still preying on “soft targets”. Point News247 reports that the president expressed happiness that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart, has given consideration to the issue of terrorism and is still focusing on the development of infrastructure in Africa. “Another area this partnership must focus on is the global challenge of climate change which is impacting us in Nigeria, Turkey, across Africa,…

Point News247 reports that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a container loaded with guns at the Tin Can Island, Lagos. According to the service, the owner of the container allegedly declared its content as plasma televisions, but checks by officers revealed that guns were concealed in the facility. Reacting to the development on Friday, Uche Ejesieme, public relations officer of Tin Can Customs, said the container was discovered during a routine examination at terminal B2 (Vehicle) of the TICT. He said on discovering the arms, the container was evacuated to the enforcement unit where necessary procedures will be…

Three persons, including an inspector of police, were killed during a mob attack on a police station in Yagba-West LGA of Kogi state. Point News247 reports that the Kogi police command said the incident occurred on Tuesday. According to the police, the mob attack followed robberies at three banks in Odo-Ere and Egbe towns in the LGA. William Aya, police spokesman in Kogi, said the police launched a manhunt for the robbery suspects and arrested two of them. He said the manhunt was done in collaboration with operatives of other security agencies, hunters and vigilantes and that it took the…

Hon. Justice Oyebiola Oyewumi of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has ordered the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and the Nigerian Correctional Service to reinstate a Deputy Controller of Prisons, Mr. Kayode Odeyemi back to service and be promoted to the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General with payment of all his entitlements in accordance with his due date of retirement on April 23, 2019. Point News247 reports that the Court held that Odeyemi purported dismissal was null and void, of no effect, wrongful, and in breach of his contract of employment, ordered the defendants to pay Mr.…

The United Kingdom (UK) government has lifted the pause on processing visitor visas in all countries previously on the red list, including Nigeria. Point News247 reports that the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) announced this in a statement on Wednesday. The government said it lifted the pause due to the removal of Nigeria and other countries from red list restrictions over the Omicron COVID-19 variant. “From 4:00 am on 15th December, all countries currently on the red list will be removed. In line with the lifting of red list restrictions, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) will lift the pause on…

Point News247 reports that a major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed a fault, and officials were forced to invite an auto technician from outside the airport to fix it. Unconfirmed sources told the newspaper that the FAAN workers resorted to fetching a technician from the city because the agency’s department meant to cater to such…

The National Judicial Council (NJC), on Thursday, came down hard on three judges from courts of concurrent jurisdiction. Point News247 reports that a statement issued by the Director of Information, NJC, Soji Oye, in Abuja, revealed that the judges were said to have granted conflicting ex parte orders in matters with the same parties and subject matters. As a result, they were barred from promotion to the higher Bench for a period ranging from two to five years whenever they were due for such promotion. Even though there was no written petition, allegations of corruption or impropriety against the judges,…