September 12, 2024
Osun monarch, Aromolaran, dies at 86
A first-class Osun State monarch, the Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran, is dead. His death was announced in a statement, signed by Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, obtained by PUNCH Online on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital. Before Fasuyi’s confirmation of the monarch’s passage, there was anxiety over the health of […]
60 presidential amnesty scholarship students bag first-class
The Presidential Amnesty Programme Office on Thursday stated that no fewer than 60 students on its scholarship had made first class in different competitive disciplines between 2016 and 2023 at various partnering universities. This was disclosed in a statement by the PAP Head of Education, Dr Charles Ariye. Ariye said their disciplines include electrical/electronics engineering, […]
Let Mohbad’s soul rest, social media critic tells bloggers
*Begs Gov Sanwo-Olu to intervene in family fracas ONE year after the death of Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter, late Ileri-Oluwa Aloba, popular as Mohbad, a social media critic, Mr Ibrahim Koleosho, has appealed to online bloggers profiting from the fracas within the Aloba family to desist from disrespecting the soul of the late singer. […]
Campaign funds: LP asks EFCC to probe Obi, Yesufu, Afenifere
The National Working Committee of the Labour Party, led by Julius Abure, has called on the National Security Adviser and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Aisha Yesufu, Pastor Itua Ighodalo, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and leaders of Afenifere for alleged misappropriation of funds from the 2023 presidential campaign. The […]
Court Grants N100m Bail To 10 #EndBadGovernance Protesters
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters standing trial for alleged treason and attempting to destabilise the country. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on Aug. 30. The defendants include Michael Adaramoye also known as Lenin; […]
Court jails father of four for raping wife’s 17-year-old sister
Akure—A 30-year-old motorcyclist, Michael Olorunfemi, has been arrested for allegedly raping his wife’s 17-year-old sister inside the bush, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The suspect, a father of four, was said to have raped the victim sometime in August 2024, at 10 p.m., in the Onigaari area of Irese Road, Akure. Police source told […]