Jacob Olalekan Ponle popularly known as Mr Woodberry has been to eight years and three months in prison for coordinating a multimillion-dollar fraud. Mr Woodberry who is a known associate of imprisoned Nigerian fraudster, Hushpuppi, was sentenced on July 11 by Judge Robert Gettleman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of…
An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a 30-year-old hotel worker, Jeffrey Ehizojie to death by hanging for strangling his employer, Olusola Olusoga and the hotel manager, Tunji Omikunle, to death in Lagos. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Justice Oyindamola Ogala, held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts. Mrs. Ogala…
Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has cursed any partner who would subject his daughter, Uloaku to Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL, enlargement operation. In a video on his Instagram story on Monday, the actor shared a tale of a young woman who eventually passed away from an infection after she was compelled by her boyfriend to…
A yet-to-be-identified 32-year-old German man has died after a catering worker referred to as Torben K, 46, injected his manhood with silicone oil for penis enlargement. The German reportedly had silicone oil injected into his genitalia by a catering worker who posed as a medic, Daily Mail reported on Monday. Seven months later, the German…
The Federal Government has revealed its plans to increase Nigeria’s revenue without imposing extra taxes by technologically monitoring revenue collections in real-time. Zacchaeus Adedeji, the special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on revenue, disclosed this on Monday, July 10, in an interview with Channels Television. He said the federal government will integrate the activities of…
Jermaine Franklin has been in the ring with both Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte recently and so, is in a position to know the abilities of the two pugilists, who will meet for the third time at the O2 Arena, London, next month. When they were still amateurs, Whyte had the better of Joshua, but…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to prosecute drug hawkers nationwide, saying such drugs are dangerous to the health. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known at the launch of NAFDAC Media Sensitisation Workshop On Dangers of Drug Hawking in Abuja on Tuesday. Adeyeye…
Governors Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Umo Eno, are the early arrivals at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s lodge, the venue of the inaugural meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum in the current dispensation. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has also arrived at the meeting. Makinde, alongside former governors…
Unknown persons have allegedly carted away the recently reinstalled airfield lighting systems at the domestic runway 18/36L of Murtala Muhammad Airport. The PUNCH gathered that the disappearance of the approach lighting systems had raised security concerns in Nigeria’s busiest airports. According to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity, those who carted away the…
By Sola Isola Myles Munroe, the world renown Bahamian Evangelist once said, “when the purpose of a thing is unknown, abuse is inevitable”. This is the only conclusion I came to when I saw the release by Prof Ishaq Akintola of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) accusing the Osun state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke of favouring…
