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El Chapo’s son pleads not guilty to drug charges

5 months ago1074 min

The son of the former Sinaloa drug cartel leader El Chapo pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a raft of charges linked to one of the world’s biggest illicit narcotics operations, prosecutors said. Joaquin Guzman Lopez was arrested in a scheme allegedly orchestrated by Washington without the involvement of Mexico, in which he was detained in Texas on Thursday. The judge in the case denied bail and remanded him in custody, ordering a case management hearing...

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Community pleads with govt to reinstate sacked LASU lecturers

5 months ago4974 min

The residents of Ikoga-Zebbe Kingdom in the Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have appealed to Governor Sanwo-Olu to reinstate five lecturers from the Lagos State University who were sacked by the varsity management in 2019. Our correspondents learnt that the lecturers, who were members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State chapter, were dismissed in September 2019 over allegations of unauthorised removal, retention, dissemination, or publication of official confidential documents. The...

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26-year-old pleads guilty to cable wire theft charge

5 months ago1033 min

A 26-year-old man, Akande Lekan, was, on Friday, arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command for the alleged theft of cable wire valued at N200,000. He was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate O.Y. Adefope who charged the defendant with two counts of theft. The charges alleged that the defendant stole earth cable wire valued at N200,000, property of Vita Construction Limited, on July 14, 2024. PUNCH Metro gathered that a worker...