The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions on Wednesday asked an Ikeja High Court to convict one Akolade Arowolo for allegedly stabbing his wife to death. The DPP Director, Mrs Olabisi Ogungbesan, made the call in her final address at the trial of Arowolo before Justice Lateefat Okunnu. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that […]
An attempt by a former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, to stage a comeback to the centre of the state’s politics suffered a setback as his request to visit the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, was rejected for security reasons. The governor had written to the monarch on November 30, on his plan […]
Punch The image of Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, sitting with Mrs. Joy Ifije, and her son, Bright, reminds me of President Barack Obama’s “Beer Summit.” After Obama jumped into a matter he was ill-informed about and received severe lashing from “post-racial” America, he called the protagonists of his own drama to a beer summit. […]
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the kidnap of a 29-year-old National Youth Service Corps member, Ayobami Jaiyeola. Relatives of the victim told PUNCH Metrothat she was last seen while leaving her elder sister’s house at Dideolu Estate in the Oniru area of the state in the evening of Friday last week. When […]
Speculations were rife on Wednesday that the trip of President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, to Germany which the Presidency described as “a private visit” might be on health grounds. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, had on Tuesday issued a statement indicating that Jonathan would […]
-Punch The Nigeria Airspace Management Agency has closed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to air traffic. It was learnt that this followed the blocade of of the runway by a Saudi Airline cargo plane, which landed around 9pm on Wednesday but developed a minor problem after landing. NAMA subsequently issued a Notice To […]
Effecct of pre-dawn attack by Boko Haram in Maiduguri. | credits: File copy The military authorities have commenced investigations into the attacks on the Nigerian Air Force Base and other military formations by the Boko Haram insurgents in the early hours on Monday . A security source disclosed this to our correspondent in Abuja on […]
In an interview with Fusion TV’s Jorge Ramos on Tuesday, Clinton said he “never denied” smoking marijuana. “I didn’t say I was holier than thou, I said I tried. I never denied that I used marijuana,” Clinton said. President Obama has been open about the fact that he experimented with both marijuana and cocaine when he was […]
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III The leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, has demanded immediate release of an alleged Boko Haram recruitment officer, Dr. Mohammed Yunus. The group claimed Yunus was not a Boko Haram member. Yunus, a lecturer with the Kogi State […]
Fisayo Ajibola | credits: EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Fisayo Ajibola before Justice O.A Ipaye of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, for allegedly conning one Audun Gerhardsen of some money. The victim thought he was dealing with a white female. The defendant was arraigned on eight counts of possession of […]
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