The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Adeniyi Benjamin, for allegedly operating an unlicensed medical facility and practising medicine without qualification in Ibadan. This was contained in a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka. Benjamin was arrested on October 2 at Life Is Good Hospital in the Olodo area of the city by operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit following intelligence about his activities. The police said the suspect was found attending to patients and administering treatments, particularly for fertility-related conditions, despite not being a certified medical doctor. According to the command, items recovered from the facility included two weighing scales, four Quantum Magnetic Resonance Body Analysers, a stethoscope, a carton of assorted medicines and specimen bottles. “During preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to have been operating as a quack practitioner for about seven years and stated that he had been...

The Joseph Adekunle Adegbite Scholarship Foundation (JAASF) has awarded N14 million in Tuition Support to 28 undergraduates drawn from public tertiary institutions across Nigeria. The presentation took place on October 1, 2026, at Golfview Suites and Conference Centre, Ikeja, Lagos, during the Foundation’s annual scholarship presentation event. Central to this year’s gathering was the topic, “Raising a Generation Against the Olodo Uprising: Reclaiming the Future Through Education, Excellence, and Purpose.” Discussions focused on concerns over declining standards and the growing acceptance of unearned success in various aspects of society. In the keynote session, participants were urged to reject practices that undermine genuine learning and personal development. Reference was made to examination fraud, miracle centres, sorting, AI-generated academic submissions, and the pursuit of credentials without the corresponding knowledge and capability required to justify them. The speaker warned that convenience-driven choices often carry hidden costs, remarking that “every shortcut is a loan...

Veteran Nigerian rapper Olusegun Osaniyi, popularly known as Lord of Ajasa, has become a United States citizen, prompting an outpouring of congratulatory messages from fellow artistes, music producers and fans. One of the pioneer of mainstream Yoruba rap shared clips, photographs and Instagram stories on his page, #lordofajasa, on Wednesday, holding his American citizenship certificate. In another photograph, the rapper and his wife posed with the American flag, marking the milestone that quickly attracted attention from fans and entertainment platforms. The development also revived conversations about Lord of Ajasa’s place in the history of indigenous Nigerian hip-hop, particularly his role in popularising Yoruba rap before the emergence of acts such as Dagrin, Olamide and Reminisce. PUNCH Online reports that his long-time associates and contemporaries were among those who celebrated the milestone in the comment section of his Instagram post. Music producer and Coded Tunes founder, Olumide Ogunade, popularly known as...

Osun State University has released its approved cut-off marks for admission into its various undergraduate programmes for the 2026/2027 academic session, with Nursing Science and Law recording the highest thresholds at 77.4 and 77.1 respectively. The university disclosed this in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji, and published on its social media platforms on Wednesday. According to the approved cut-off mark document released by the university, candidates seeking admission into B.Sc. Nursing are required to score at least 77.4 under the general merit category, while the cut-off mark for catchment candidates is 74.4. For LLB (Bachelor of Law), the general cut-off mark is 77.1, while the catchment cut-off is 73. B.Sc. Radiography and Radiation Science follows with a general cut-off mark of 74.5 and a catchment mark of 70.9, while B.MLS (Medical Laboratory Science) has a general cut-off mark of 73.8 and a catchment mark of...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has summoned heads of security agencies in the state to a meeting following a spike in security breaches, particularly recent killings involving rival cult groups in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Samuel Ojo, disclosed this during an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, saying the meeting would be held on Wednesday. Ojo said the meeting would deliberate on and address the killings by suspected cultists in the state. He added that the meeting would also discuss measures to make forests in the state safer, in view of the recent killing of an ISWAP leader in Owo, Ondo State. “We are holding a security meeting on Wednesday, by the special grace of God, to reassure our people and put our security agencies on their toes. “What happened in Ondo is a lesson to those criminals hibernating in the forests. We will...

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Senator Solomon Adeola has dismissed claims that he hails from Ekiti State, describing those behind the claims as jesters. According to NAN on Tuesday, Adeola, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, spoke with newsmen in Lagos on his governorship ambition on Monday. He said he is a bona fide indigene of Ogun, stressing that both his father and mother were from the state. “My father is from Ogun State, my mother is from Ogun State. I am from Ogun State. Those who claim I am from Ekiti are jesters,” he said. Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, also debunked the claim that his father was buried in Ekiti. According to him, his late father was buried in the house he built at Ogunsola Street in Alaguntan, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos. “My father was not buried in...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, challenging the refusal of his bail application by the Kaduna State High Court. The three-member panel, led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, reserved judgment after listening to arguments from counsel to El-Rufai and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. The court, however, did not fix a date for the delivery of the judgment. Speaking shortly after the court session, ICPC lead counsel, Ayodeji Adedipe, argued that the Kaduna State High Court was right to refuse El-Rufai’s bail application and urged the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal. Adedipe said the former governor had filed three separate bail applications before the trial court, all of which were refused. He said, “The appellant has filed three applications for bail before the trial court, and all three applications...

Twenty-six-year-old Maryam Umar, who was born without both arms has graduated from the Department of Economics, Gombe State University, after the Academic Staff Union of Universities awarded her a N1.68m scholarship following a PUNCH report on her plight. Maryam, who writes and performs household chores with her toes, had in 2023 appealed to public-spirited Nigerians, government agencies and non-governmental organisations to assist her to complete her registration for admission into Gombe State University. She had secured admission to study Economics after completing her secondary education in 2022 and scoring 182 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. However, she said financial constraints threatened to prevent her from taking up the opportunity, as her parents could not afford the N81,322.50 required for her registration and school fees at the time. The PUNCH had published her story after verifying her admission letter and learning of her struggle to raise the funds needed to...