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Jumoke, another member of the family of Mary Samuel, a police sergeant, who died with two others in their residence in Osogbo on Thursday, is dead. Jumoke, a mother of two, died at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile Ife, late Thursday, after she had been revived at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo. The sergeant and one of her children, Abigail, and her grandchild were confirmed dead at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, after they inhaled what was suspected to be fumes from their generator. Jumoke, who was still breathing when the victims were evacuated, was immediately placed on life support and taken to OAUTHC, where she eventually died. Residents of Olorisaoko Compound, Oja Oba, Osogbo, the neighbourhood where the victims lived, told our correspondent that Jumoke, who was the eldest daughter of the late Mrs. Samuel, arrived at the house with her children last Sunday. It was also learnt that Samuel had last weekend a...

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Chibuike Nwachukwu for alleged murder of his father, Osita. Nwachukwu reportedly hacked his father to death in the early hours of Friday in their residence at Amuri Community in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the police in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, but said the circumstances under which the crime was committed had yet to be ascertained. Survivor of Osogbo family killed by generator fumes dies Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police, in a statement on Friday, said the 25-year-old suspect had been taken to custody for proper investigation. He said, “A son identified as Chibuike Nwachukwu, who is about 25 years old, has allegedly hacked his father, Mr. Osita Nwachukwu, who is about 60 years old, to death with a machete over a yet-to-be established issue. The alleged incident has thrown the entire Amuri community into mourning.” Amaraizu added th...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed an application before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos seeking the permanent forfeiture of N1.9bn belonging to business mogul and socialite, Bola Shagaya. This comes two years after Sunday PUNCH exclusively reported that the EFCC had frozen the bank accounts of Shagaya due to fraudulent activities she allegedly perpetrated in conjunction with Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of the immediate past President. In an EFCC fact sheet made available to Saturday PUNCH on Friday, the commission said it had been able to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the funds, which have been frozen since 2016, were part of a fraudulent N3.3bn oil deal between Shagaya and Mrs. Jonathan. The commission said it had no intention to prosecute Shagaya but its primary goal was to forfeit the funds to the Federal Government. Narrating how the alleged fraud took place, the anti-graft agency in an affidavit deposed to by an operative, Musbahu ...

Olaitex With teary eyes, 27-year-old Toyin Olaofe looked down and said a prayer for her father, perhaps the umpteenth one in the last 48 hours. She looked lost, defeated and disorientated as she darted her eyes in every direction, unsure of what to say or how to begin. Toyin is the eldest daughter of Olaofe Abolarin, a 49-year-old night security guard who committed suicide at the Ekiti State Secretariat, Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday night. She sniffed and sighed from grief of her terrible loss but at the same time, she couldn’t stop herself from asking – ‘why did you do it, daddy?’ Toyin, who noted that her father hated indebtedness with a passion, however, said she would never have thought he could take his life over the situation in which he had found himself before his death. The man, who until his death, was an employee of the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, was said to have complained to his sister-in-law and confidant, Mrs. Elizabeth Babalola, at about 4.30pm on Tuesday that he was ...

1.Happy new month, beautiful sweetheart, may you be all that you were meant to be this month. May grace and favour find you out and elevate you to greatness. 2.The world awaits you this month honey and you’ve got so much to offer. May this be your best month yet. May you smile all through. Happy new month. 3.May new opportunities find you out. May your name be echoed in the corridors of greatness. May you shine brightly my love. happy new month. 4.Anyone who underestimates you has not seen what you’re capable of and does so at his risk. Go this month darling and be awesome. I love you. You’ve got it in you baby, the stuff it takes to make the world better. You never cease to amaze me. Be you this month, be great. Happy new month. 5.I would serve you the world on a platter, but you need the fulfillment and satisfaction work gives. So here’s to a month of work and fulfillment. May the Lord bless you with pleasant surprises. Happy new month. 6.May long awaited opportunities l...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said Nigerian economy under his watch was looking good. He, however, promised his administration’s commitment to making it better. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Nigeria, Mr. Jesper Kamp, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “The Nigerian economy is looking good and we look forward to making it better,” the President told the Danish Ambassador after receiving his Letter of Credence. Buhari said Nigeria welcomed further strengthening of relations with countries, especially in the areas of agriculture and trade. He told the Danish Ambassador that he was pleased that relations between Nigeria and Denmark have remained strong. He, however, admitted that in the economic sphere, there is still some more work to be done. The President also received Letters of Credence from the new High Commissioner of Pakis...

A man who reportedly sneaked into a mosque to steal an expensive phone has been arrested and charged to court. The police have arraigned two men, Tijani Rasheed, 29, and Tosin Oluwafemi, 30, in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a cellphone from a mosque The prosecutor, Insp Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on November 28, 2018 around 6am at Odi Iredumi Oke-Atan area, Ile-Ife. Abdullahi said that the accused conspired among themselves to commit the offence. He alleged that the accused persons entered into the mosque located at Odi Iredumi Oke-Atan, Ile-Ife and stole one Itel 2016 valued at N38,000 belonging to one Gani Olihu, while he was praying in the mosque. The prosecutor told the court that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 383, 390 (9), 411 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges of conspiracy, entering and stealing. Defence Counsel,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has aimed a dig at those accusing him of attempting to Islamise Nigeria, describing himself as “a descendant of Abraham just like Bishop Crowther”. Mr Buhari said this in an opinion article that earlier appeared on the UK-based Christian Times on Friday. In the article, the president referenced a Biblical verse and argued that Christians and Muslims share the same root, although their belief differs. Read below: In 1844, the Revd Samuel Ajayi Crowther returned home to Yoruba land (now part of modern-day Nigeria). Twenty years earlier, he had been kidnapped and sold to European slave traders who were bound for the Americas. He was freed by an abolitionist naval patrol, and received by the Church Missionary Society. There, he found his calling. Crowther made his voyage home to establish the first Anglican mission in Yoruba land. He came with the first Bibles translated into Yoruba and Hausa languages. He opened dialogue and discussion with those of other f...

Congratulations are in order for a Reverend Father who emerged as the best male student from the Nigerian law school. The cleric identified as Rev. Fr. Gabriel Emeasoba of the Lagos Archdiocese, today 29th, November 2018 became an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and was specially recognised. According to reports, the Reverend Father bagged First Class Honour for the fourth time in his academic pursuit. He graduated with a first class in Philosophy (B. Phil), Theology (B.Th), Law (LL.B) and Law (BL) in the Nigerian Law School. The cleric earlier revealed that he attended the Nigerian Law School as a Catholic priest after his degree programme at the University of Lagos. He lived most times in the hostel at the Lagos Campus of the Law School and spent all his weekends in his parish ministering and focusing on things other than law. Congratulations to him.

By Olawale Abdul-Fatah Monarchs in Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode’s hometown, Epe, have endorsed All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu ahead 2019 election in the state. The endorsement of Sanwo-Olu and his running mate, Dr Femi Hamzat as the monarch’s consensus candidate to succeed the incumbent governor in 2019, came barely two months after APC gubernatorial primary in the state. In their unanimous tone, the traditional rulers indicated that the choice of Sanwo-Olu and his running mate was sign that next administration would also follow the state development master plan and as well carry along Lagosians. The leader of the division of the traditional rulers, Kamodudeen Animashaun, Oloja of Epe, disclosed that the entire monarchs from Epe reached agreement that they would support Sanwoolu-Olu and his running mate during 2019 governorship election. Speaking during a visitation by Lagos APC’s governorship candidate and his campaign team to ...