Month: January 2022

Embattled Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha has dropped plans to file a no-case submission in his trial before an Ikeja Special Offences over allegations of defilement. Baba Ijesha is charged with six counts of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault by penetration. NAN reports…

No fewer than 150 political thugs have been arrested by men of the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Akure, Ondo at Ita Awure/Efon Junction in Efon Alaaye in Ekiti State. Report has it that the political thugs were heading towards Ado Ekiti for the primaries of some of the political parties ahead of…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele has cautioned Nigerians to stop transacting with popular loan platform, sharks, according to him, patronising them comes with scathing conditions and humongous interest rates that eventually hurts the borrower. The CBN Governor gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja, at a media briefing to…

Punch Newspaper A housewife, identified as Motunrayo, has allegedly killed her husband, Alaba, aka Bama, in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the couple had an argument at their house, which degenerated into a fight. Motunrayo was alleged to have plugged a pressing iron, which she used to inflict burns on…

Punch Newspaper The Nigeria Police Force has charged the owner of Hilton Royal Hotel, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and six others to an Abuja High Court over the circumstances surrounding the death of Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, who reportedly died at the hotel on November 6, 2021. Adedoyin, according to…

A 17-year-old undergraduate, Prosperity Olorunfemi has ‘bragged’ about his achievement of becoming a millionaire within six months. Olorunfemi took to his LinkedIn page to celebrate himself for the feat. Checks by Vreporters on his LinkedIn profile shows that, Olorunfemi is a fresh Varsity Student in Ekiti State studying computer science, the young man however didn’t…

Kano-born busines mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has retained his rank as Africa’s richest man as confirmed in the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s Billionaires List. Dangote who has been fronting the list of Africa’s richest person for 11 years in a ro. He has an estimated networth of $13.9 billion, up from $12.1…

The Lagos State Government has suspended the operations of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the Idumota area of Lagos Island following the deadly clash recorded in the area. Lagos State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, made this known in a chat with The PUNCH on Tuesday. Details Shortly….

A 23-year-old suspected burglar has been arrested by by the operatives of Fele Divisional Police in Ibadan, Oyo State capital for allegedly stealing mobile phones and accessories to the tune of about N2m. The command spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, let this out in a release on Tuesday described the suspect, Awoola as a “habitual burglar”. Osifeso…