Man bags six-month imprisonment for peddling marijuana (Guardian) A Federal High Court in Lagos State has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Tunde Morakinyo, to six-month imprisonment for unlawfully dealing in 600 grammes of marijuana. The judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, sentenced the…
At least 594 more people have been infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 22,614. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known Thursday night via…
Community policing takes off fully in Lagos (Nation) The Lagos State Police Command has commenced full implementation of the community policing strategy with inauguration of three Community Policing Committees (CPC) across the Area Commands, Local Government/Council Areas (LGA/LCDA) and Divisions…
The immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has died at age 70 after battling coronavirus-related symptoms for a month, The PUNCH has learnt. Ajimobi, who was governor from 2011 to 2019, was named the Acting National Chairman of…
The current National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been dissolved. This formed part of decisions taken on Thursday at the meeting of the APC National Executive Council at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa…
An alleged fake female property agent, Bukola Ayorinde, has been arraigned before the Lagos State Mobile Court in Oshodi for fraud. The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit arraigned Ayorinde on three counts of…
Good news for film fans: The Toronto International Film Festival will take place in September, with socially distanced in-person screenings and drive-in movies. Halle Berry will screen her directorial debut, “Bruised,” in which she stars as an MMA fighter. Other…
Nigeria international Samuel Kalu was conspicuously absent from the training session at French Ligue 1 club FC Girondins de Bordeaux on Monday, June 22. Bordeaux have started preparations for the new season but without two of their African stars Kalu…
South Africa’s Premier Soccer League, which was suspended on 16 March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been given the green light by government to resume subject to the clubs meeting stringent protocols. This follows a statement by country’s Department…
When Liverpool were last crowned English champions, in April 1990, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister and the Premier League was two years away from its glitzy launch. Now Jurgen Klopp’s runaway leaders are a Manchester City stumble away from once…
