Samson Folarin

A former medical director at the Optimal Cancer Care Foundation in Lagos, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, has been remanded in custody in the United Kingdom over allegations of sexual offences. He was brought before the Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday, which ordered his remand till January 2, 2026. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the 57-year-old was arrested at the Gatwick Airport, London, on Thursday, November 27, upon arriving in the UK from Nigeria.

The first thing that hit me was the road. Not the famed Idanre Hills. Not the landscapes of Ondo. The road. It was cratered, broken, and merciless. Every jolt rattled my bones. But worse than the road were the men who rolled out tree trunks as barricades. Policemen in uniform who had traded their badges for banditry. I had not travelled much outside Lagos and Ogun. Osun was close to my heart only because of my grandmother who lived in Iwo town.

•How Reverend Father sexually abused me – Former altar boy •Church rebukes priest A homosexuality scandal may have broken up in the Catholic Church in Nigeria following the conclusion of investigations into allegations of sexual abuse against a priest at the Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. After two separate verdicts of guilty and not-guilty, the church ordered that the accused, Reverend Father Kenneth, be formally warned to steer clear of scandals. The Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Most Rev.