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LAGOS — The economic crunch in the country that has hit all sectors is not sparing the education sector, as it has created more indigent students who are finding it difficult to cope with the situation. An investigation by Vanguard showed that many students are dropping out of school; attending classes hungry; unable to meet […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Thursday, commended SP Rilwan Kasumu and his team in the Area K, Marogbo of the Lagos State Police Command for rejecting a N4m bribe offered to them while investigating a case of alleged drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition against a suspected drug peddler, Esther Newman Obiekezie, […]
Motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday commended the Federal Government for the installation of streetlights on the Long Bridge area and called for the extension to all the sections of the expressway. Our correspondent who monitored the ongoing installation of streetlights along the Kara-Warewa stretch of the Long Bridge observed that some streetlights had […]
The Federal Government on Thursday disagreed with the organised Labour on its threat to declare a nationwide strike in the next 14 days over the alleged failure of the government to implement the memorandum of understanding reached with the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress in October 2023. The Minister of Information and […]
“The bill seeking for Nigerians to bear arms for self-defence in the face of insecurity is an invitation to anarchy and chaos, given the volatile nature of the society,” a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Civil Coalition for Credible Election, (CSCCE), has submitted. Its convener, Aminu Usman, at a press conference, yesterday, in Abuja, decried the […]
In the early hours of January 25, 2021, gunmen stormed the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in Owerri, Imo State, freeing over 1,800 prisoners and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. This was just the beginning of a series of jailbreaks that would shake the Nigerian criminal justice system to its core. Over the […]
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi says 88.4 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty. Fadeshemi spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna during the distribution of farm inputs and empowerment materials to 250 smallholder farmers. He was represented by Bashir Abdulkadir, Director, Department of Extension Services of the ministry. […]
The Management of Oshodi Transport Interchange (OTI) has denounced a report that there is a looming crisis and tension at the Interchange over the review of service charges. One of the dailies had reported recently that crisis loomed at the OTI following an increase in service charge from the usual N600 to N2000 which took […]
A violent clash broke out around Grammar School in the Ojodu area of Lagos State on Tuesday when police officers enforcing a ban on motorcycles in the state clashed with some commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders. PUNCH Metro correspondent, who witnessed the clash on Tuesday morning, reported that some policemen from the Ojodu Divisional […]
Oil marketers have expressed fears that there might be scarcity of petrol if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited fails to make the product available to depot owners and other dealers. They said the long queues being experienced in filling stations and some parts of Ogun State might eventually spread to other parts of the […]
