A Lagos High Court has adjourned the libel suit filed by billionaire property developer, Sir Oluwatumininu Okeowo, against his siblings, Joe Faraday (a company belonging to his brother), Joshua Okeowo, and Tolulope Okeowo, till May 20, 2024. Okeowo is claiming N100 million in damages over an alleged false and libelous publication regarding the estate of…
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Political Violence and Missing Persons, chaired by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, commenced its proceedings on Monday. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State inaugurated the commission to investigate cases of political violence and missing persons spanning from 2015 to 2023. Justice Zuwaira, during the inaugural sitting, said the commission’s mandate…
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has assured the newly-posted Commander of Sector 2 North-East Joint Taskforce Operation Hadin Kai, Brig Gen MCE Ejike, the cooperation of the state government and the people of the state. He made the commitment on Monday when he received in audience, the new commander. “We are collectively in the…
Professor Abubakar Siddique, Director, Centre for Democratic Development Research, and Training, Zaria, has insisted there were moves to site the United States and France millitary bases in Nigeria. Although the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Monday, described as “false” the claim that the Nigerian government was considering establishing…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has debunked a viral report alleging that an unidentified lady allegedly got a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME score without participating in the exercise. An online platform had reported how a Facebook user, Gozie, raised an alarm, alleging that a lady who did not sit for the UTME…
Some residents of Borno State have expressed anger after suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari failed to attend his mother’s burial as a result of his detention in prison. They expressed anger that he has not been granted bail even though the alleged drug trafficking charge filed against him by the National Drug…
A civil society group, Nigeria Youth Advocacy for Good Governance Initiative (NYAGGI) in collaboration with Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should steadfastly refrain from interfering with the judgment of the Kogi State governorship election tribunal and uphold the principles of democracy. In a statement titled “Exposing Attempts to…
Residents of Mende Estate Villa in the Maryland area of Lagos State have decried the recent demolition of their multimillion naira houses in the area by the Lagos State Government while seeking compensation for a new shelter. Our correspondent, who visited the area on Sunday, observed how the estate’s homes were destroyed and how the…
The Federal Government on Sunday faulted the organised labour’s opposition to the electricity tariff hike and the removal of the subsidy in the sector. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Power, Florence Eke, who disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja, said the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu’s justification of the electricity…
Two suspects are in the custody of the Edo State Police Command in connection with the disappearance and death of a 200-level undergraduate of Delta State University of Science and Technology, Agbor, Miss Faith Omodon. PUNCH Metro learnt that the inhabitants of Iru Egbede community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State had, on March…
