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The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, remanded a man Onyeka Mbaka in the Nigerian Correctional Centre for the alleged defilement of a 15-year-old girl. Justice Rahman Oshodi made the remand order of the defendant after he was arraigned on a count of defilement preferred against him by the […]
The family of a three-month-old pregnant mother of six, Deborah Fawolere, who died at the Gbagada General Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, has accused the husband of having a hand in the death of his wife. PUNCH Metro learnt from the sister of the late wife, Toluwalase Adedoyin, that the husband, Idowu Fawolere, did […]
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued 13 new licences for the generation of off-grid and embedded power, independent electricity distribution, as well as for the trading of electricity. It said the new licences were issued in the third quarter of 2023, as the cumulative quantum of electricity to be generated […]
by Ray Morphy As last year was ending, the youth of Nigeria began adopting for the coming new year, a slogan: “No gree for anybody!” The slogan represented their aspirations for a new Nigeria that progressive, accountable and responsive to the demands and needs of modern nationhood. They had apparently surveyed the past few years and […]
As global elites, political leaders and influential personalities converge on Davos, Switzerland for the yearly World Economic Forum (WEF), a report by Oxfam has revealed that Africa’s seven richest men own more wealth than the 700 million people, who make up the poorest half of the continent’s population. The document, which is on inequality and […]
Five passengers were reported dead while eight others were injured in an accident which occurred on Monday at about 1:58pm around the Fidiwo end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The fatal crash involved a Mazda bus with registration number EKY582 YE and another Mercedes Benz truck with no plate number. The truck reportedly suffered tyre burst […]
•Kidnappers move from expressways to Lagos, Ogun, Abuja city centres •Abductors kill two young victims, demand N700m ransom for nine others The scourge of abductions which has strangulated social and economic activities in the North-West has spread nationwide as bandits and other criminal elements have moved their operations into the major cities across the country. […]
Passengers using the Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit were stranded on Sunday as drivers of one of the companies operating the service, Primero Transport Services Limited, embarked on a strike over alleged non-payment of their December salary. Our correspondent, who visited the Ikorodu BRT terminal, noticed long queues of passengers at all boarding stops at […]
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, has said that no police officer is permitted to search the phones of any Nigerian. He noted that the Police Force had a cyber section responsible for that, adding that if a police officer suspected anything, they would take the person to the station so the phone […]
The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board has said Persons Living With Disability who wish to sit for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination can register at no cost. The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this while rolling out the registration process for interested candidates across the country. While announcing that registration for the 2024 matriculation […]
