Day: January 29, 2024

Lagos tenant hospitalised as landlady breaks into apartment

Olanike, the wife of a car dealer, Ayodeji Soetan, has been hospitalised after their landlady, Juliet Akano, allegedly vandalised and broke into his apartment at Tijani Bello in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened at about 11 am on Wednesday, January 24. Speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, Soetan […]

Tomato farmers, traders cry out over cost of produce in Badagry

Just like the price of other foodstuffs and agro commodities rising on daily basis, tomato traders in Badagry, Lagos State, have cried out over the growing price of the commodity, leaving them with little or no profit. According to The Guardian investigations across markets in the area, a basket of tomato, which they previously buy […]

Beware! COVID infections, fatalities still on the prowl

Recent studies have shown that COVID-19 and its aftermath, otherwise called ‘Long COVID’, thrives in Nigeria and other developing countries unreported, because of little or no testing. Not only is the prevalence of Long COVID poorly understood, but also often ignored by physicians and the wider public, CHUKWUMA MUANYA writes. Long COVID is a complex […]

Naira: Manufacturers plan general price hike

Manufacturers have predicted fresh hikes in the prices of commodities in the market to rise in response to the continued fall of the naira against the United States dollar. On Friday, the naira plunged to N1,420/$ at the parallel window of the foreign exchange market. The President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Francis Meshioye, […]

Kidnapping epidemic: Tracking device shortage hindering police probes – Sources

There are strong indications that a shortage of tracking equipment is hindering police investigations into kidnapping incidents in the country. Top sources in the Nigeria Police Force on Sunday told our correspondents that the police had continued to rely on the state-of-the-art tracking device belonging to the Department of State Services resulting in long delays […]

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