The Group Managing Director of Sujimoto Holdings, Olasijibomi Ogundele, has been arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) in Abuja for alleged fraud involving $325,000. The investigation centres around a real estate deal dating back to November 2020, in which Sujimoto Construction Limited reportedly received the sum from a client, Kabiru Garba…
Three prominent clerics of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) passed away on the first day of the new year 2025, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The deceased clerics are Evangelist Oladotun Elusanmi, Shepherd Olumuyiwa Michael, and Assistant Venerable Superior Evangelist Johnson Olajuwon. Elusanmi was the Shepherd at Orisun Ayo Parish, Ilupeju, while Michael served as…
Parents of teenager, sentenced to death by Osun High Court, for stealing a fowl and eggs, have appealed to Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke for pardon Segun Olowookere, who was 17 years old when he was condemned, is detained at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, Lagos State, awaiting the hangman’s noose. He was said to have…
Viral personality, Baltasar Ebang Engonga appears in a Malabo court after spending ten months in detention, as his high-profile corruption trial continues. The former director-general of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) had been detained at Black Beach Prison since September 2024. He is facing embezzlement charges alongside several other former senior officials. During…
The Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, has donated 3,000 rams to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Zamfara to bolster the Sallah festivities. Distributing the rams on behalf of the minister in Gusau on Thursday, the APC State Chairman, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani, said that 100 rams were allocated to each of…
The leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Kwara State, Alhaji Idris Abubakar Sakaina, has been shot dead by gunmen. The incident, it was gathered, occurred around past 10:00 pm on Saturday when his attackers accosted and shot him dead in front of his residence in Oke Ose, Ilorin. “His attackers left…
Hon. Kevin Solomon Olaolu, the Senior Special Assistant on Student Affairs to the Ondo State Governor extended warm birthday wishes to Hon. Oluwaseyi Gabriel Ogundare (OGO), a dedicated public servant renowned for his unwavering commitment to youth empowerment and community development. Hon. OGO, a prominent figure in the community, has consistently demonstrated a strong passion…
A 19-year-old girl, Fatimo Agboke, has allegedly stabbed her friend Faruk Azeez to death following a heated argument in the Ijegun area of Lagos on Monday night. The incident occurred around 9:20 PM, and despite efforts to rush the 20-year-old victim, Faruk Azeez, to the hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. According to the Lagos…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking to replace 27 allegedly defected Rivers State House of Assembly members. The pro-Wike lawmakers were said to have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Justice Lifu held that the suit, instituted by the Action Peoples Party and marked…
A 50-year-old man, Aqil Fakhr al-Din, and a resident of Kufa, Iraq, was mauled to death by his pet lion only days after purchasing it. The attack happened last Thursday, with the lion devouring most of his body in the garden of his home. He had for years kept lions and other wild animals in…