Harrasment
Lagos assembly warns local councils against extorting courier, logistics operators
Pool Photo The Lagos House of Assembly on Monday ordered local government councils and local council development areas (LCDAs) in the state to desist from extorting and harrassing operators of courier and logistics services in the state. Mudashiru Obasa, the House speaker, said the local councils do not have the power to tax logistics and courier services. He said the power of the councils was limited to the registration of bicycles as dictated by the Constitution. Mr Obasa said it was important to act against the action of the councils because it affects the ease of doing business in the state. “We have to make them understand that going out to disturb well-planned and organised businesses that stand to create employment for our youth especially with the rate at which students graduate wi...
“No Sleep For the Wicked” CDQ Vents Online After Being Harrased By NDLEA Operatives
Rapper CDQ has taken to his Instagram handle to vent and curse after he was unlawfully harrased by operatives NDLEA. The Nigerian Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had stormed the rapper’s house, ransacked the building in search of drugs and harrassed him in the process. But he was never whisked away or left scathed. CDQ however claimed this was the handiwork of his detractors and that those seeking to set him up will have no peace. He never revealed more than this on his Instagram page, however someone else did. An Instagram handle @Wilmerafrica who claimed he was an eye witness revealed that the singer was accosted in his home by the NDLEA operatives who said they got a tip off and that they were there to search for illegal drug possession. When the rapper denied them entry due to the...
I slapped Senator Akpabio because he harassed me sexually – Ex-NDDC boss
The suspended Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Interim Management Committee, Joi Nunieh, has revealed that she once slapped the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswil Akpabio, for sexually harassing her. She made this known while fielding questions on Arise News on Monday but said what Akpabio attempted to do could not be regarded as ‘attempted rape’. Justifying why she slapped the minister, the former NDDC MD said Akpabio was always scheduling a meeting with her either at his guest house in Apo or in the hotel. She said when he (Akpabio) could not succeed to sleep with her, the Minister then came up with accusation of insubordination to suspend her from office. Ms Nunieh says: “When Akpabio saw that I cannot bring out the money, he now tried Plan B, a case of i...
