We are constrained, to clear the air again, on allegations made by some youths in Iragbiji under the aegis of Iragbiji Youths Development Association, which, to our consternation, the immediate past governor of Osun state, now a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola revisited over the purported conversion of the Social…
Football stakeholders have called for the immediate sack of Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro, following the team’s second consecutive draw in the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifier. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Super Eagles recorded a second consecutive draw on Sunday after struggling to hold the Warriors of Zimbabwe to a…
Colombian superstar, Shakira will pay a fine of over €7.3 million ($7.98 million) as part of a deal with Spanish prosecutors to avoid trial for tax fraud, a Barcelona court said Monday. Prosecutors had accused the superstar of defrauding the Spanish state of around €14.5 million ($15.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014,…
The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has secured a six-month jail term conviction of one Kolajo Damilare for stealing household items belonging to one Razaq Salaudeen in the Abeokuta area of the state. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, David Ojelabi, confirmed this in a telephone chat with PUNCH…
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday arraigned a man, Jackson Clinton, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, for allegedly burgling and stealing his employer’s property in the Gbagada area of the state. The 24-year-old defendant was arraigned on two counts bordering on burgling and stealing before Magistrate Linda Balogun. The defendant…
In a judgment on Sunday, the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return given to Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State. The court declared Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress the rightful winner of the March 18 governorship election, ordering INEC…
Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr. Victor Olaiya has disclosed that one suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Higher National Diploma (HND) 1 female student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Miss Toyin Bamidele. It will be recalled that the deceased, a student of the Food Science and Technology Department…
The Delta State Police Command has said it had commenced a manhunt for a carpenter, simply identified as Orunor for allegedly beating his apprentice to death in the Sapele area of the State. It was gathered that the apprentice named Onome was disciplined for arriving late to work and eventually died in the process. According…
The Federal Government has disclosed that it has raised N585million to be used for the payment of fines to secure the release of 4, 068 inmates across the federation. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said the money was donated by several organisations as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, to the country. He…
Nigerian chef, Temitope Adebayo, better known as Tope Maggie has reportedly broken the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, surpassing Irish chef, Alan Fisher’s 119-hour and 57-minute record. According to Oyo Affairs on Twitter (X), Chef Maggie completed a 200-hour cook-a-thon which ended in the early hours of Saturday, November…
