A 41-year-old man, Ibrahim Lemo, has been jailed in Lagos. He was ordered to be remanded by a Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday, for gr*ping the breast of a woman. The court heard that Lemo beat up his victim, Zainab Babalola when she demanded he stopped the unlawful act Chief Magistrate Fadahunsi Adefioye remanded Lemo after…
Stanley Nwanne has reportedly committed suicide. The final year student of the Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Calabar allegedly took his own life in his apartment, off the University campus, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. According to Grassroot Reporters, his body was discovered by his cousin who saw him dangling in the toilet…
Olalekan Jacob Ponle, the Nigerian man who is more popularly known as Mr Woodberry, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, The PUNCH reports. He also agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds of wire fraud as well as luxury cars and watches to the foreign government. Mr Woodberry, a known associate of the now-imprisoned internet…
It has been revealed that the federal government will spend the next 25 years repaying an $800 million loan approved by the World Bank as subsidy palliative. Punch reported that the next administration will start the loan repayment. Last week, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, revealed to State House correspondents…
The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has disclosed that there was no approval given for the construction of the seven-storey that collapsed in Banana Island while the casting was being done on Wednesday evening, April 12. The construction workers were said to be on the sixth floor of the building attempting…
Different Nigerian journalists who were seeking to visit the site of the collapsed seven-storey building in Banana Island, Lagos State have been denied access to the estate, The PUNCH reports. The reporters from various media houses including The PUNCH, Channels TV, TVC, Arise, Guardian and others, have been asked to wait outside the estate gate. …
The Francis Catholic Church located in Owo, Ondo State, reopened for religious activities on Sunday, April 9, about ten months after the church was attacked by gunmen. The PUNCH reports that on June 5, 2022, gunmen attacked the church and killed some of the worshippers while others were left injured. The governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, had…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the killings of innocent people in Benue State. He condemned the recent killings in Benue State in which tens of people were killed in the Umogidi community of Entekpa-Adoka in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state, urging that all efforts be made to end the “extreme violence.” In…
Ayoola Babalola has been suspended by the Nigerian online newspaper, the Peoples Gazette. Babalola was the reporter who leaked an alleged audio conversation between Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church. He has been suspended for one month without pay for violating the newspaper’s social…
The founder of Cash App and former chief technology officer of Square, Bob Lee has been stabbed to death. He was 43 years old. According to sources, the tech executive was stabbed early Tuesday morning near downtown San Francisco, KPIX reports. The tech mogul, who formerly served as the chief technology officer of Square, was…
In what will come across as a really startling development, some police officers who were on routine stop and search duty have allegedly killed a man. They allegedly shot dead an unidentified young man in Asaba, Delta State. Details as to what led to the killing were still sketchy at the time of this report. The…
The police also stated that the force will not condone any act of assault or attack on its officers who are on lawful duty. The Nigerian Police Force has confirmed that it would prosecute a certain musician, named Habeeb Okikiola (AKA Portable), for allegedly exhibiting irrational behaviour and hurling insults at officers of the force…
A video of the moment a transgender mass killer stormed a school and shot six people dead, including three 9-year-olds, has been released by Nashville Police. Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a biological woman who identified as a male named Aiden, was shot dead after being confronted by police at the private Christian school. The 28-year-old resident…
The Buhari-led administration comes to an end in barely two months. Senior Special Assitant to the president on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has assured that Nigerians will yearn for President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office. Speaking during an interview with Channels Television, Shehu frowned at the level of criticism the current administration has…
The governor has sent his condolences to the families of the affected victims. Executive Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared a three-day mourning following the tragic Train accident, which happened on Thursday and has claimed the lives of three state government workers. Governor Sanwo-Olu has also suspended his re-election campaign due to the…
A breakdown of the expenses have also been elucidated by the the Federal Government. As the date draws near for the National Population and Housing census, the Federal Government has projected a whooping N869 billion of the successful execution of the national exercise. The counting exercise will be held across the country between March 29,…
The apex court has also nullified the president’s earlier proclamation that the N200 old notes remains a legal tender. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has mandated the continued circulation of the old naira notes until December 31st, 2023. Naira scarcity has been one of the major issues facing Nigerians since the beginning of the year…
The septuagenarian was annouced as the president-elect few hours ago. President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerians to unite behind him to drive Nigeria forward regardless of the results. The former Lagos State governor was handed his Certificate of Return at a ceremony on Wednesday by the Independent…
The PDP and LP had earlier called for the cancellation of results collation. The chairman of the Inter – Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), Yabagi Sani has urged INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood to continue with the collation of the results of the General elections held in the country. Sani said this after INEC chairman suspended the…
The first lady has denied posting a fake news on her social media platforms earlier today. Wife of the President of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari has dissociated herself from the recent Instagram and Facebook post claiming that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed the continous use of the old N500 and N1000 naira notes….
