President of the United States, Joe Biden, 80, met with the King of the United Kingdom, Charles III, 74, on Monday at Windsor castle in London after his absence at King Charles’s coronation in May, and amidst allegations that he is anti-British. They had discussions focusing on climate on the eve of the crunch NATO…
An admission seeker, Sodiq Oladebo, who was travelling from Osun State to Benin, Edo State, on Saturday, accused policemen attached to the Osun State Police Command of extortion to the tune of N20,000 along the Ilesa Expressway area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened after the policemen at a checkpoint on…
Veteran singer-songwriter and ex-member of the defunct Plantashun Boiz, Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo, better known as Blackface, has accused Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Asake of intellectual property theft. The ‘Ghetto Child’ crooner said the trio sampled his songs without his permission. Blackface made the allegations during a recent interview with Naija FM in Lagos. “Ginger’ by…
At least 1,147 Ogun State pilgrims have been airlifted back to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia after performing the Hajj rites in 2023. Tajudeen Asaye, the chairman of the State 2023 Ad-hoc Committee of the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board in Ogun, revealed this on Monday. According to him, the committee took 1,238 pilgrims from Ogun for…
Organized Labour under the auspices of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Osun State Council, has justified the ongoing staff audit in the state public service, commending Governor Adeleke for his courage and persistence. In a press statement issued in Osogbo this morning, the TUC Chairman, Comrade Adekola Adebowale said critics of the exercise are…
No fewer than 380 Lagos State pilgrims that participated in the just concluded 2023 holy pilgrimage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia arrive Lagos, on Monday. The pilgrims departed King AbdulAzeez International Airport, Jeddah, aboard a Flynas airline XY 7656 at 11.30 am Saudi Arabian time, and touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has written to the state House of Assembly requesting for an extension of his medical leave. The Speaker of the Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, confirmed the receipt of the letter in Akure, the state capital. Akeredolu said in the letter that the request was sequel to doctors’ advice on the…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as governor in the March 18 poll. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order after Mr Michael Aondoaka, SAN,…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has denied being in exile. Buhari described the report of him fleeing the country and in exile as false. Speaking through his former media aide, Garba Shehu, Buhari said there was no veracity in the report because he had returned home to Daura, Katsina State. In a statement, he said it…
A former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who was reported missing earlier on Sunday, has been found. Mr. Dipo Fasina, popularly known as ‘Jingo’ was declared missing on Saturday, July 1, in an incident confirmed by the incumbent President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke. The 76-year-old Nigerian scholar and activist was…
