Author: David Great

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced seven men arrested in a sting operation linked to internet fraud at a hotel near the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State. The convicts are Azeez Aliu Olalekan, Tijani Babatunde, David Damilola Ogunmuyiwa, Agada Prosper Osinakachukwu, Awwal Moshood, Amusa Wareez Oluwatobi, and Olujimi Damilola. They were among 93 suspects apprehended during an EFCC operation on August 10, 2025. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, arraigned them before Justice D.I. Dipeolu on charges bordering on impersonation, identity theft,…

The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, will officially ascend the throne as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland on Friday, September 26, 2025. According to findings by The PUNCH, his nomination has already received the approval of the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. Further checks revealed that a state delegation visited Ladoja and members of the Olubadan-In-Council at his private residence in Bodija on Wednesday. Confirming the development, the media aide to the Olubadan-designate, Adeola Oloko, told PUNCH Online, “Oba Ladoja will be enthroned as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland on Friday, September 26, 2025. The ceremony is billed for the ancient…

The Lagos State Government has reacted to claims by popular TikTok content creator, Habeeb Hamzat, also known as Peller, over a N36 million tax demand allegedly issued to him. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Tax and Revenue, Abdulkabir Ogungbo, stated that the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, remains responsible for making fair judgments on tax matters. Peller, who rose to fame in 2024, had in a viral video during a livestream with singer Tobechukwu Okoh, also known as Peruzzi, criticised the government over what he described as excessive taxation. He said, “The task force said I should…

Real Madrid began their 2025/26 LaLiga campaign with a 1-0 victory over CA Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday night, extending their unbeaten run in opening fixtures to 17 consecutive seasons. Kylian Mbappé scored the only goal of the match from the penalty spot in the 50th minute after Juan Cruz brought him down in the box. The French forward made no mistake, sending Sergio Herrera the wrong way to secure all three points. The result also means Los Blancos are now unbeaten in 21 consecutive LaLiga matches against Osasuna. Despite the win, it was a largely scrappy performance…

Femi Otedola’s newly released book, Making It Big: Lessons from a Life in Business, has quickly risen to Amazon’s bestseller charts, securing a spot less than a day after its official launch. The highly anticipated book was unveiled on August 18 and debuted at number four on Amazon’s Best Sellers in Business Biographies & Memoirs category. It ranks just behind Gary Stevenson’s The Trading Game, Simon Squibb’s What’s Your Dream?, and Phil Knight’s classic memoir, Shoe Dog. The work details Otedola’s journey through the world of business, highlighting the risks he embraced, the challenges he endured, and the lessons that…

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have apprehended three suspected armed robbers believed to be behind a string of high-profile robberies in Uyo metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to her, the arrest followed an intelligence-led operation that first led to the capture of one of the suspects, Ubong Patrick, 27, from Ikpa Ibiono community, Ibiono Ibom LGA. She explained that Patrick confessed to the crime during interrogation and later assisted the police in arresting two other gang members — Ibrahim Kanu, 20, from Gorore community, Adamawa…

The Federal Government, through the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), has indicated plans to review the salaries of political office holders in Nigeria, describing the current pay structure as outdated and inadequate. At a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu currently earns ₦1.5 million monthly, while ministers receive less than ₦1 million — figures that have not changed since 2008. “You are paying the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria N1.5m a month, with a population of over 200 million people. Everybody believes that it is a joke,”…

A senior Russian military officer, Lt.-Gen. Esedulla Abachev, has been seriously wounded while fighting in Ukraine, Russian officials confirmed. Sergei Melikov, head of the Russian Republic of Dagestan, announced on Monday that Abachev, a top commander in the Leningrad Military District, had been stationed at the front since the war began. “He has held several important commanding positions, but has always been at the very front, at the most responsible and therefore most dangerous sections of the front,” Melikov wrote on Telegram. Although he did not disclose details of the officer’s condition, Melikov noted that the 57-year-old was receiving treatment…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly criticised what it described as a coordinated campaign of intimidation against its National Secretary and former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. In a statement issued on Monday by the party’s spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said it was “incredible to see the zeal with which some President BAT supporters are trying to mobilise the Yoruba and South West people against Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola for merely exercising his democratic rights and choosing to stand with the Nigerian people. This is sheer perfidy and should be condemned.” Aregbesola recently defected from the ruling All Progressives…

Armed groups loyal to notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji have launched multiple deadly attacks on communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, leaving scores dead and many others kidnapped. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, the coordinated assaults occurred between Wednesday, August 14, and Friday, August 16. Residents reported that the raids claimed the lives of villagers, a soldier, and a vigilante member, while several abducted persons remain missing. Survivors recounted that the bandits ambushed travellers along the Yankasuwa–Masawa road on Wednesday, abducting passengers from vehicles. On Thursday, they stormed Garki village, killing one person, abducting 16…