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Lagos State House of Assembly immediately replaced its impeached Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa with its first female Speaker, Mojisola Meranda and has sworn her in. She took her oath of office after the impeachment of the former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday during a plenary session. Meranda, the former Deputy Speaker, represents the Apapa 1 […]
Continue ReadingLagos State House of Assembly has impeached its Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa over abuse of office and multiple fraudulent allegations. Multiple sources confirmed that Obasa was removed by the lawmakers during a plenary on Monday. Also, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly removed the Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko Onafeko was said to have been singlehandedly […]
Continue ReadingA year ago, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), openly lamented the “craze and quest for gratification, bribes and other compromises” by some of the commission’s investigators. “They are becoming too embarrassing and this must not continue,” he said. Monday last week, the EFCC dismissed 27 officials over alleged […]
Continue Reading22-year-old Nigerian lady identified as Iyanu Adedeji allegedly stabbed her husband, Azeez Funsho Jimoh, to death in the Gbonagun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Reports say a security source mentioned on Sunday that the duo of Iyanu and Funsho were married with two children. The source noted that an argument had ensued between the […]
Continue ReadingFormer commandant of Army Signals, commander of Training and Doctrine, and Chief of Defence Training and Planning, General Ishola Williams (retd.), speaks with The Punch’s IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI on the upsurge in banditry and terror attacks in Nigeria, their attendant consequences, and solutions Nigeria is witnessing a resurgence in terrorist attacks. It appears the bandits are also […]
Continue ReadingThe “Jaguda” is a sort of rough -hewn familiar type in Nigerian urban street parlance. He is a general communal presence in such urban neighbourhoods, an outlaw that is often tolerated for his use value in times of trouble. He is a thug owned by the community in case rascality is needed. But the ‘Jaguda’ is […]
Continue ReadingNigerian gospel singer, worship leader and songwriter, Moses Bliss Uyoh Enang, popularly known as Moses Bliss, and his wife, Marie Wiseborn Bliss, have welcomed their first child. The couple, in a joint Instagram post, shared photos from their maternity shoot to announce the good news of their son’s arrival. To also celebrate the arrival of […]
Continue ReadingEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Subomi and Wahab, sons of billionaire industrialist Razaq Okoya, for interrogation over alleged abuse of the naira. The brothers were directed to appear at the EFCC Lagos office on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, by 10 a.m. on Monday, January 13, 2025. In the invitation signed by Michael Wetkas, […]
Continue ReadingNasarawa State Judicial Service Commission (NSJSC) has demoted Emmanuel A. Jatau, a Chief Magistrate II, to Senior Magistrate I over misconduct in the controversial case involving Chioma Okoli and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). NSJSC’s decision was conveyed in a letter dated January 6, 2025, addressed to Okoli’s legal counsel, Inibehe Effiong. The letter, signed by […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he will participate in the 2025 edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025 (ADSW 2025). Tinubu, who jetted out from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 6:30pm, was seen […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Tiktoker, Olumide Ogunsanwo popularly known as Seaking, has recounted what he observed while he was remanded in Kirikiri prison in Lagos State, Nigeria. In a video shared online, Seaking said that the prison is filled with poor people who cannot defend themselves. According to him, while he was there, he met two inmates, one […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man, Chukwunonso Obiora, formerly of Massachusetts, was sentenced for his role in separate schemes to launder criminal proceeds from fraud and obtaining a United States passport through false statements. The United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New England made the announcement on […]
Continue ReadingNollywood star actor, Yul Edochie has taken to social media platform to share advice for married couples while basking in the joy of his birthday celebration. In a post on Instagram, the actor shared a behind-the-scenes video of his birthday photoshoot, accompanied by an audio tribute from his second wife, Judy Austin. The video featured a […]
Continue ReadingUnited States president-elect, Donald Trump has been sentenced to unconditional discharge for his conviction last year on 34 charges of business fraud related to hush money payment to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Unconditional discharge means Trump will not be imprisoned, fined or face probation, but his conviction still stands, and he will enter office as a convicted […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than 21 Heads of State, including Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame, as well as former African leaders like Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Jacob Zuma, among others, were at the Independent Square in Accra on Tuesday for the swearing-in ceremony of Mr John Dramani Mahama as President of Ghana. And it could not have escaped the attention of these […]
Continue ReadingA viral but eyesore video shared online on Friday showed a completely naked woman casually walking along a road in the Rayfield area in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Full details surrounding the incident are still unclear but some eyewitnesses attribute her behaviour to mental health issues, while others suspect she may have been under the […]
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. It was followed by an intimate hometown funeral near where he was born a century ago. All of Carter’s living successors […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has received $52.88 million in recovered assets linked to a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United States of America. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, disclosed this during the formal signing ceremony of the asset agreement between Nigeria and the United States in Abuja on […]
Continue ReadingA recent case where a catholic priest shot and killed a member of his parish in Imo state in southern Nigeria has occasioned a crisis of faith. The incident has compelled people, believers, and non-believers to raise fundamental questions about the conduct of clerics, and faith in divine protection. As was reported, this catholic priest […]
Continue ReadingA woman’s breasts ballooned in size after allegedly getting her Covid vaccine in what researchers are calling a first-of-its-kind case. The 19-year-old from Canada went from a B cup to triple G cup within six months after receiving the two-shot course. She received her first dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine in September 2022 and her breasts started tingling and […]
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