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…awards accuser $5mn in damages The jury seated in New York has found former President of the United States, Donald Trump, liable of sexual assault in a case involving writer, Jean E. Carroll. The former Elle magazine columnist filed a defamation and battery suit against Trump last year, after a law took effect in New

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, congratulated their Osun State counterpart, Ademola Adeleke, on the Supreme Court ruling which affirmed him as the duly elected governor of the state. In a statement signed by the Director-General of the PDP Governors Forum, Cyril Maduabum, the governors described the verdict as

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a man, Opeoluwa Sennaike, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, for alleged $5 million and N800 million cyber security fraud. Sennaike was arraigned alongside his firm, Sennaike Consulting Ltd. on a six-count bordering on obtaining money by false pretences, forgery, stealing and possession of false documents.

No fewer than 15 girls have been reported dead after a fatal boat accident at Dandeji village in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The girls were said to have been on their way to a nearby bush to fetch firewood when the boat capsized on Tuesday morning. According to eyewitness accounts, over

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday closed its case against one Onarike Onagoruwa charged with defrauding a woman of N5 million on the pretext of supplying her coconut oil. Onagoruwa is facing a three-count bordering on obtaining money under false pretences and issuance of a dud cheque, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court.

The Metro Nashville Police Department has arrested an unidentified Nashville teenager for stealing a school bus, in an attempt to run over a person at a service station. The boy, 14-year-old took the bus from Kipp College Prep in an Antioch neighbourhood and went on a reckless ride in West Nashville on Saturday, around 4

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the recently concluded general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System will dash the hopes of dishonest politicians. He also added that it has come to stay as a legal instrument for the accreditation and transmission of election results in

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has collaborated with the Lagos Bus Service Limited to curb the growing and recurring issues of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the state. The Executive Secretary, Lagos state DSVA, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this at an event themed, “SGBV no dey show for face if you see am

The South-West Zonal Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Soji Adagunodo, is dead. He died on Tuesday in the United States of America. Adagunodo, who previously served as the Osun state PDP chairman, reportedly passed on in the USA, after failing to recover from an undisclosed illness. Speaking with The PUNCH, the South-West zonal

The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied disobeying any court order on the All Progressives Grand Alliance leadership crisis. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the Commission, Festus Okoye, on Tuesday. The Commission made the denial following posters and statements being circulated

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, over the demise of his wife, Jane on Monday in Enugu. In a condolence message to the bereaved signed by his media adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan expressed his sadness over the news of the passing of the spouse of the former Senate President,

The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has dedicated his victory in the Supreme Court verdict to God. The governor said this while reacting to the Supreme Court verdict affirming his victory in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. The PUNCH reports that the apex court in its verdict on Tuesday affirmed Adeleke as the

The Governing Council of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology has approved the appointment of Prof. David Aworinde as the second substantive Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university. Similarly, the council approved the appointment of Idowu Omowole as the Acting Registrar. The approval was done at the 48th Regular Meeting of the council. The

The Federal Government has threatened to publish the names of companies that are yet to comply with the expatriate quota policy of the country in due time. Expatriate quota licences are usually issued to foreign, and in some cases, Nigerian firms, to enable them to bring in high-level-skilled manpower that is not readily available in

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu, 25, and an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab 26, over an alleged armed robbery and a car snatching. The state command spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, while parading the suspects on Tuesday, said they were arrested in military uniforms in Ekpoma

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, in Abuja, called for inclusion and harmony in Osun State following the Supreme Court’s verdict, which upheld the election of Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun in the July 2022 elections. He also urged all citizens and residents of the state, particularly her notable sons

The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, has expressed concern over the spate of attacks on critical national assets across the six geopolitical zones of the country. This is even as the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, revealed the country had lost an estimated $200 billion to

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered indigenous energy firm, Seplat Energy Plc, to hold its Annual General Meeting. This was revealed in a document signed by its Board Chairman, Basil Omiyi, on Tuesday and obtained by The PUNCH. The order was given as judgement in Suit number FHC/ABJ/PET/7/2023 – Akinnifesi & Adelaja

No fewer than 16 persons have been reportedly killed in a bloody supremacy clash between two rival cult groups – Klaans and Black Axe confraternities – over the control of a minibus park in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the incident started on Sunday in the Nwaniba Area of the state when

A Kaduna State High Court on Tuesday adjourned ruling on jurisdiction in a suit filed by a former kingmaker of Zazzau Emirate, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Aminu, seeking the dethronement of the 19th Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Bamalli. The former kingmaker, who participated in the appointment process of the Emir, had dragged the state governor, Nasir

The Kano State Fire Service, on Tuesday, said separate fire incidents in the month of April 2023, claimed no fewer than 23 lives and destroyed property worth N29,090,000. The spokesman for the Kano Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who made the disclosure in a press statement made available to The PUNCH in Kano, also stated that

Award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has announced a new series on global streaming giant, Netflix. He made this known during an interview with the Dubai-based media house, Esquire Middle East. According to Davido, the docuseries, titled “David,” focuses on his life. “It’s very, very big. This is the first time I’ve

…Gbajabiamila didn’t interfere in the process, says review panel chair The House of Representatives has denied a back-door amendment of the Standing Orders of the House, which contains rules guiding the conduct of legislative business in the chamber. An online medium (not The PUNCH) had in a now-deleted report claimed that the rules of the

The Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West on Tuesday described the Supreme Court judgement affirming the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the validly elected Governor of Osun State as a triumph of people’s mandate over falsehood. The PDP South-West Zonal Publicity Secretary, Chief Sanya Atofarati, lauded the judiciary, saying, “The historic judgement of the

…2023 Qtr1 inflow impressive at US$1.7bn The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, said that the ‘Race to USD200bn In FX Repatriation’ programme of the bank had boosted the repatriation of funds into the country by 40 per cent. He said this on Tuesday when he delivered the keynote address at the