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The PUNCH reports that the new Commissioner of Police is Fayoade Adegoke Mustapha would replace Idowu Owohunwa, who was recently promoted to the rank of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police. Fayoade’s posting was contained in a police wireless message obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday. The police wireless message dated December 11, 2023, was marked […]
A yet-to-be-identified driver escaped death on Monday night after his white LT bus caught fire on the Longbridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened around 10pm while the vehicle was heading inward the Berger area of Lagos State. The bus was said to be conveying some goods in the bus […]
Olasunkanmi Adeyemi, the father of a nine-year-old boy, Emmanuel Adeyemi, has lamented the sudden disappearance of his child in Lagos. Adeyemi, while speaking with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday, narrated that his child went missing while on an evangelical outreach in the Orile-Agege area of the state on November 19. He said the situation had plunged […]
Lagos State Government, over the weekend, restated that its focus on drainage and canal maintenance remains unwavering to permanently address the menace of flooding in the State. Addressing newsmen after an inspection tour of many areas in Ikoyi, including the State House, Dodan Barracks, Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab expressed satisfaction […]
• We are dying of hunger, citizens cry out • Minimum wage earners to spend 90% of income on rice• I pretend there’s no Christmas, says school teacher • Improve business environment to create jobs, FG urged Many households are not finding it easy as the ability to purchase daily and basic needs is becoming a […]
Nigeria witnessed another collapse of its national grid on Monday, leading to a crash in power generation from 4,032.8 megawatts around 1pm to 43.5MW at about 2pm the same day. Power generation figures obtained from the Transmission Company of Nigeria showed that electricity on the system moved up to 115.4MW around 3pm, before rising further […]
Universities across the country may witness strikes in 2024 due to the small budget allotted to the education sector and poor remuneration, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has said. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, Prof. Emmanuel Oshodeke, explained that during the campaign and election earlier this year, President Bola Tinubu promised to […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday said candidates for its Direct Entry examination would from 2024 undertake cognitive and verbal reasoning tests. The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, reiterated this during a virtual meeting with Commissioners of Education of the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory. A special bulletin published […]
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed the dismissal of five officers and reprimanded two for being guilty of corruption and misconduct while performing their duties in the state. This was disclosed in a statement made available to PUNCH Metro by the Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, on Sunday. According to the statement, the Lagos […]
InfiniteHelp Women Empowerment Centre at the weekend had its customary Outreach 2023 in Ajah, Lagos state, with the distribution of foodstuffs to widows and indigent women. Many women from all religions and tribes who attended the program were beneficiaries of about 400 tubers of yam and 400, 5kg of Garri made available by the NGO […]
