A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, has sentenced two persons, Gidado Shuaib and Olufemi Alfred, to three months imprisonment over a case of criminal conspiracy and defamation levelled against them. The offences contravened Sections 97 and 392 of the Penal Code. Their arraignment followed a petition by Hillcrest Agro-Allied Industries Limited along…
A medical practitioner, Dr Lanre Adebayo, has decried the rate of blindness in Nigeria even as he disclosed that eyecare service in the country is grossly inadequate. Adebayo who is the Project Director for Eye Care Hospital, Diabetes and Cancer Research Centre of the Lions Clubs International District 404, explained that the project initiated by…
A total of 1, 336 suspected cases of cholera, including 79 deaths, have been recorded in 12 states this year, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said. The states are Abia, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Kano, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Sokoto and Zamfara. The NCDC, in its situation report yesterday,…
Barring any last-minute change of plans, the Federal Government will begin payment of the planned increase in civil servants’ pay by the end of this month (April), The PUNCH can report. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, retd, is expected to give his final assent for disbursement any moment from now. If the proposal sails…
Comedian Ayodeji Richard Makun, popularly known as AY Makun, has revealed that colleague Bright Okpocha, also known as Basketmouth is not the type that apologises. Recall both comedians have been having a go at each other over the past few weeks with accusations and counter-accusations of wrongdoing off their longstanding feud. In an interview with…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the extension of direct entry registration till April 28. The board in a statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs, Fabian Benjamin, on Monday, noted that the extension is partly to give holders of Cambridge A/Level certificates sufficient time to complete their registration. Recall that the Board,…
Osun State Police Command on Monday paraded an 18-year-old tailor, Abiodun Kowiyu, for allegedly being a part of a gang led by Rasidi Oko’lu, a leader of a dreaded cult group based in Ede, accused of killing residents of the town. Kowiyu, who said he recently returned to the state from Lagos, after he had…
••• Police commences search, rescue operation to free the victims A couple, whose names are yet to be ascertained, had been abducted by some unknown gunmen along Osogbo/Iragbiji road. The victims were said to have been abducted in the early hours of Saturday while travelling on a motorcycle along the road. A resident of Kelebe,…
Nollywood actor, Kunle Remi, has spoken out about his exclusion from the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 2023 nominations, despite the fact that the movie ‘Anikulapo,’ in which he played the lead actor, received 16 nominations. The actor thanked his fans for their concerns and congratulated his friends and colleagues who received the AMVCA nomination….
