Idowu Owohunwa
15 Jan 2024
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Idowu Owohunwa, has berated the Commissioner of Police in charge of Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) on Milverton Road, Ikoyi Lagos, CP Margaret A. Ochalla, for detaining suspects against the laws of the land and violating their fundamental human rights.
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At the budget defense session on Thursday, the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation directed the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to revise and resubmit their budgetary proposals for the 2025 fiscal year. The committee, chaired by Senator Kenneth Eze (APC, Ebonyi Central), questioned the feasibility…
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Bochum were handed all three points by a German FA (DFB) court on Thursday after their goalkeeper was hit in the head by a lighter thrown by fans in a 1-1 Bundesliga draw at Union Berlin in December. The court upheld Bochum's appeal against the referee's decision to play on after a delay of around…
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The High Court of Lagos sitting at Yaba/Surulere has granted an order in favour of Veritasi Homes & Properties Ltd restraining Patricia Technologies Ltd from selling or in any way dealing with 15.021 hectares of land at Idera Scheme, Lagos. Justice E. O. Ashade ruled that the order stands pending the compliance of Veritasi Homes…
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Lagos transport system received a boost on Thursday from the African Development Bank (AfDB) with a promise to work with the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to develop another rail line. The bank is also interested in partnering with LAMATA to expand the capacity of the existing rail system. AfDB Vice President, Private Sector…
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Lamborghini set a new sales record in 2024, the Italian sportscar maker said on Thursday, defying the gloom that has hit mass-market car companies. Lamborghini sold 10,687 cars last year, a rise of six percent on 2023, which was itself a record year. Deliveries were up six percent in Europe and the Middle East, Lamborghini's…
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An international coalition to procure unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for Ukraine, co-led by the UK and Latvia, will send 30,000 newly-ordered drones to Kyiv, Britain's Ministry of Defence said Thursday. The "drone capability coalition" -- formed in early 2024 to deliver devices to Ukraine -- has placed an order worth £45 million ($55 million) for…
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Injured Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface will not return for Friday's Borussia Dortmund clash, while Granit Xhaka is a doubt, coach Xabi Alonso said. Boniface has not played for the defending German champions since returning with a leg injury from international duty with Nigeria in November. Earlier in January, the club said the 24-year-old suffered…
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Guinea could hold a presidential and legislative election this year, the government spokesman said on Thursday, more than three years after a junta seized power in a coup. Under international pressure, the military leaders who took control in 2021 initially pledged to hold a constitutional referendum and hand power to elected civilians by the end…
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Borussia Dortmund have extended sporting director Sebastian Kehl's contract until 2027, the German Bundesliga club announced on Thursday. Kehl played for Dortmund between 2002 and 2015, winning three league titles while also captaining the side. "I am delighted to be able to continue working for this great club," Kehl said in a statement. "We have…
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German prosecutors said Thursday they had charged three people suspected of supplying Chinese intelligence with information on maritime technology with potential military uses. The three German nationals, named only as Herwig F., Ina F. and Thomas R., were accused of "having worked for a Chinese intelligence service", said the federal prosecutor's office. From 2017, Thomas…