Author: Biyi Lawrence
A High Court sitting in the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has sentenced a senior lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies at the Federal University, Lafia, Dr. Fred Ayokhai, to six months imprisonment. Recall that Fred and his children were arrested and arraigned by the Police in October 2022 for assaulting the orphan in Lafia after a video of the incident went viral on social media. Fred, who has been in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Lafia, since 22 October, 2022, was convicted for assaulting a 20-year-old orphan, Blessing Mathias. He was first…
Former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Prophetess Silekunola Naomi Ogunwusi, has ruled out any possibility of reconciling with the monarch and returning to the palace. Recall that on Thursday, 23 December, 2021, Naomi took to her social media handles to announce her break-up with Oba Ogunwusi. In September 2022, the monarch began picking new wives and has so far picked six women as wives. In a recent interview with Punch, Naomi who is the mother of the crowned prince, Tadenikawo, ruled out going back to the palace. She said that the monarch now has six strong women in the…
A middle-aged man has lost his life and three others were injured in a road accident that occurred in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The accident reportedly involved four persons, who were riding on a motorcycle on Eid-el-Fitr day in Ilorin. The three other people on the bike, which rammed into a vehicle, sustained serious injuries. The victims were said to be returning from the Ilorin Eid prayer ground when the incident occurred at the Balogun Fulani axis, in the Ilorin South Local Government Area of the State. Two of the injured persons were said to have been admitted to the…
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has announced the temporary closure of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. He ordered the closure due to the collapse of a floodlight mast. Mr. Dare made this known in a statement after inspecting the collapsed floodlight mast. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr. Dare had paid a scheduled visit to the stadium on Friday, promising to make his stand known after due assessment. However, after the tour round the stadium, the minister ordered the closure of the stadium to avert any unforeseen circumstances. “Thank God there was no casualty.…
Some Nigerian Governors have congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the completion of the Ramadan fast which ultimately heralds the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, calling on them to sustain prayers for the state and its leaders. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, in a statement released by hia Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, said that though the Ramadan season is over, Muslim faithful must continue to practise the lessons that the Holy Month taught us all by remaining pious and close to Allah and denying themselves in total submission to His will. He said: “I also want to charge our brothers and…
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and Southern Senators Forum Chairman Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, have urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the country, ahead of the 29 May takeover by the President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu. Omo-Agege, also the Delta governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 General Election, this in his Eid el Fitr message, signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sunny Areh Friday in Asaba. “We have to keep seeking God’s favour and grace for our country. “He saw us through a peaceful general election and now we have to pray…
Mixed reactions have trailed the tweets made by Nigerian stand-up comedian, Oluwaseyitan Lawrence, aka Seyi Law, concerning those protesting the ‘Yoruba for Yoruba Jobs’ agenda in South West. Seyi Law, who shared a photo of a man posing with a poster that reads ‘Yoruba Jobs for Yoruba People’, described the trend as “absolute insane”, adding that he didn’t support Asiwaju (Tinubu) to see all these things. Recall a group had earlier urged companies, government agencies, and businesses to hire Yoruba people at a rate of 90% after Tonia Somaga, a graduate from Anambra and Labour Party (LP) supporter was seen…
Muslim Faithful across the world are celebrating Eid el-Fitr on Friday, 21 April, 2023, and Nigerians are not left out. The celebration marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims fasted during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. It is a celebration of the completion of the training in the “school of Ramadan” where Muslims “attended courses” in patience, perseverance, honesty and the consciousness of the Almighty. Muslims including prominent politicians assembled in different Eid grounds across Nigeria and they observed two rakats. New Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Rabiu Kwankwaso was…
A severe rainstorm that hit Oko Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State has killed six persons and left five injured. The rainstorm which wreaked havoc, destroyed buildings in Okwe and Issele-Azagba among others. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, who confirmed the situation on Thursday in Asaba, said five others who sustained various degrees of injuries were being treated at the hospital. He said: “Six persons lost their lives to rainstorm and windstorm recorded in Oko Community area. “A building structure collapsed which led to the death of six persons, one other person is critically injured…
There was pandemonium in the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital as passersby, road users and commuters scampered to safety amid a clash among rival cult groups with one shot dead. One person was killed in the recent clash in the State. The latest victim, popularly known as Asari, who was in his twenties, was killed at about 7:55 pm along Ekwe/Ikwerre road, Mile 3 Diobu in the metropolis. Eyewitnesses said ‘Asari’ was standing with some persons when about five armed men came out from a car, rained bullets on him and zoomed off. The Punch correspondent who…