Making Amends

Photo Credit: The Punch Newspaper The minister of state for Labour and Productivity, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN); his wife, Blessing; and son, Joshua, on Sunday died in a road crash along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, 57 kilometres to their Kaduna destination. It was learnt that the Sport Utility Vehicle in which the family travelled in, had a burst tyre on the highway, leading to the crash. Ocholi, who hailed from Ogbabede-Abocho in the Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, and his third child were said to have died on the spot after the Prado-Jeep had a burst tyre in the rear and somersaulted several times. It was gathered that the minister’s SUV ran into other vehicles in his convoy. A critically injured Blessing died at the Doka Government Hospital, Kaduna, around 4pm on Sunday. The driver and aide de camp, who were also rushed to the clinic, were later brought to the National Hospital, Abuja at 7.45pm for treatment. The Kaduna State Sector Command

Badeh's Hose The EFCC has recovered $1m cash from one of the houses belonging to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh(retd.), The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent learnt the money was recovered after detectives searched a mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja. A detective at the EFCC, who did not want his name in print, said, “We have seized several properties belonging to Badeh. A few days ago, we returned to the mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama.“In the presence of several witnesses, including neighbours, we searched the house and recovered $1m in cash. The money has been lodged as evidence.” When our correspondent visited the mansion on Sunday, the EFCC seal was seen on the gate, with the warning, ‘EFCC, Keep off!” written all over the fence. The property, which is said to be worth over N1.1bn, is one of the five properties seized from the ex-defence chief. Some of the propert

Bloody clashes in the Mile 12, Ketu area of Lagos State on Thursday left no fewer than 10 persons dead and  about 100 others injured. Among the dead were two schoolchildren, traders, artisans and residents. A two-year-old boy, Andrew Daniel, was abducted by some hoodlums and taken away after his father, Igba, was attacked with  machetes and left for the dead. The PUNCH, which witnessed part of the clashes as it unfolded, counted no fewer than 40 vehicles that were either burnt or vandalised in the Agiliti area of Ketu. Two churches and over 20 houses were equally set ablaze and hundreds of residents rendered homeless in Maidan community as a result of the violence which was said to have broken out after a disagreement between some Yoruba and Hausa in the area.   Motorcycles, sewing machines and other working tools were also destroyed while some shops were looted and Corpses of slain residents, who were either burnt or beheaded, littered the roads as of 5pm when on

Former president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has emerged as the African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year, 2015, ahead of other nominees drawn from Africa. The nominees includes Strive Masiyiwa, founder, Econet Wireless; Tony Elumulelu, Chairman of Heirs Holding; Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Akinwunmi Adesina, President, African Development Bank; Koffi Anan, former UN Secretary General, and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader, All Progressives Congress. The news was communicated to the former President in letter signed by Cletus Wortoson, former, Liberian Pro tem Senate president and chair, 2015 African Leadership Person of the Year Selection Committee. He noted that the selection committee and the African Leadership Advisory Board placed a very high premium on Jonathan’s commitment towards deepening democracy on the continent. “There is no one best suited at the moment than Your Excellency, to advise the continent’s leaders on the merits of goo

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Ello Mo'Adenugba is not one to shade and go free. Ella Mo’ Adenugba  baring her baby bump while her husband lovingly holds her. The pictures where meant to be a celebration of the parents to be, God given blessing but as things usually go on the internet it ended up ugly…real fast! Her page and other pages that featured the pic where filled with hateful comments about the stark difference in complexion between her face and her belly. Many called her out for bleaching the body and forgetting to bleach her stomach. Gosh these internet streets are wicked! But don’t mess with a mother to be o! She clapped back quickly at the haters in an Instagram post addressing the skin bleaching claims. Mehn dis babe get bad mouth ooooooo She wrote, See more pic of her and hubby: But eh all dis internet junkers, cant you ppu mind ya freaking bizness? Just saying tho....

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has released the results of over 200,000 candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, which began on Saturday. The Registrar/Chef Executive, JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, who said this on Tuesday in Abuja, stated that candidates, who had sat for the examination should visit the website of JAMB to check their results. A total of 1,589,175 candidates applied for the 2016 UTME, while the 343 prison inmates, who registered for the examination, will have access to computers at both the Kaduna and Ikoyi prisons. Visually-impaired candidates, numbering about 201, are expected to sit for the 2016 examination at designated centres in all state capitals and the FCT. Ojerinde added, “Over 200,000 results have so far been released. We have always advised candidates to indicate the correct telephone number through which they could receive SMS and get their results. But some candidates conti

Mother and child have finally reunited after such a long time starting 2015.The Tuesday reunion came almost eight months after her abduction from Bayelsa to Kano State by Yunusa, aka Yellow, a regular customer at her mother’s food stall, in August last year. In an exclusive, but brief chat with our correspondent at about 9.45pm, Ese sounded happy on the telephone She said, “Hello,” and laughed when our correspondent spoke to her. “How are you?” Our correspondent asked. She laughed and replied ‘Fine.” “We are glad you are safe and on your way back home.” “Who is this,” she asked. “How was your journey?” “We have not started the journey, maybe tomorrow,” she said, probably referring to the onward trip to Bayelsa. “Hope they treated you well and you are fine?” “I am not fine,” she said curtly. “Why?” She replied, “When I come we should see. I don’t know you.” “I will be looking forward to meeting you,” our correspondent replied.                              

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The mother of Ese Oruru, Mrs. Rose Oruru , has left Bayelsa for Abuja where she is expected to be reunited with her daughter, according to a top police source in the state. Ese is also en route to Abuja from Kano for the reunion with her family. Family sources also confirmed that Rose was being taken by the police to meet her daughter, but could not provide details about the trip. The 14-year-old’s father, Charles , told our correspondent that he was not making the trip, but that he was eager to see his daughter again.     Ese was freed by the Federal Government on Monday, eight months after she was abducted by one Yinusa , who took her to Kano, had her converted to Islam and married her. Efforts by her parents to get the girl released had been resisted until PUNCH launched the “Free Ese” campaign on Sunday, which was embraced by Nigerians. The parents are skeptical about the news of their daughter’s release because of their experience over the past e

Barely 24 hours after The Punch Newspaper launched a campaign,14-year-old Ese Oruru was rescued from Kano State where she had been taken to by her paedophile captor, Yinusa, aka Yellow . Ese, who was abducted on August 12, 2015, converted to Islam and forcefully married by Yinusa, was on Monday released to the police in Kano State. The minor was released to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 1, Kano, Shuaibu Gambo , by the Kano Emirate Council. The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, who confirmed this to one of our correspondents via a text message, said Ese would soon be reunited with her parents. He said, “She is safe with us. She will be reunited with her parents.” The Force Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, also confirmed that Ese had been released to the AIG Zone 1, adding that she would be brought to Abuja on Tuesday along with her parents. She said, “Ese has been released and as I speak with you, she is with the AIG, Zon

A Federal High Court Jabi, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately grant bail to a former Aide de Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, on liberal terms. Justice Yusuf Halilu, ruling on a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by Adegbe on Tuesday, however,  refused the plaintiff’s ‎prayer for N100m compensation for unlawful detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and request for written apology from the anti-graft agency. Meanwhile, before the judge started delivering his ruling on Tuesday, ‎Adegbe’s lawyer, Mr. Ogwu Onoja (SAN), informed the court that the EFCC after the hearing of the suit on February 25, transferred the ex-President’s ADC from its custody to the Army. Ogwu also said that after the hearing, the EFCC which claimed it was only holding Adegbe on the instruction of the Army, decided to grant bail to his client in conditions that were allegedly impossible to meet

minister of petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu Fuel price has suddenly inflated since this Last week, as the scarcity of petrol continued on Monday across the country, illegal hawkers of the commodity on the black markets resurfaced in parts of Lagos, Abuja and other cities, selling the product for between N120 and N200 per litre to desperate motorists and other users. The official pump prices of petrol are N86 and N86.50 per litre at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s filling stations and those belonging to independent marketers, respectively. This is coming as the NNPC announced that it had secured the commitment of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria to end the latest fuel crisis, which began last week. But the marketers said they had yet to receive supply of the 180 million litres of petrol that the NNPC claimed to have delivered as part of measures to ease the scarcity. In Lagos, the product was sold on the black market for betwee

The Emir of Kano Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll has described the abduction of 14-year-old Ese Oruru from Bayelsa State by one of his subjects as an embarrassment. Sanusi spoke on Monday after a meeting with members of his council over the issue. He explained that he had received two calls from people in far away South Africa on Monday over the matter. The emir further explained that when the matter was first brought to his attention in September 2015, he ordered her immediate return to her parents after it was established that she was underage. He, however, expressed surprise that the matter still lingered months after he gave the instruction. Sanusi said, “I ordered her return since September 2015, through the Office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 1. “But to my surprise, the issue was still with the Sharia Commission, Hisbah (religious police) and the Police. “The matter is worrisome, to the extent that two people phoned me in the