Day: March 14, 2024

High costs of sanitary pads: Girls use rags during mensuration – Patricia

A public health worker Patricia Nkem-Innocent has launched a campaign to enlighten young girls on personal hygiene and sexual health initiatives.  Patricia said the campaign becomes necessary following the prevailing economic hardship in the country,which has forced many young girls to resort to the use of rags and other unsanitary materials as pads during menstruation. […]

Househelp stabs boss to death 7 days after resuming work

Tragedy struck in the Gbagada area of Lagos after a yet-to-be-identified woman was stabbed to death by her house help, in her apartment on 29, Kiniun-Ifa Street, Sawmill. It was not clear when the fleeing house help, identified simply as Peter, allegedly committed the murder. But the lifeless body of the woman, according to information […]

Baker’s throat slit in Lagos apartment, heart allegedly missing

A baker, Tina Ileogben, has been killed and her heart reportedly ripped out of her chest and stolen at her residence on Olowo Street, in the Alhaja Shifiwa area of Dopemu, Agege, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim, who was said to be working at a bakery, did not report for duty on Wednesday […]

Dwellers fault Lekki shanties demolition, govt pledges compensation

Some retirees and residents of the Lekki/Ajah area of Lagos State affected by the recent demolition of shanties and makeshift structures in the area have called on the state government to compensate them as they count their losses. The residents, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, said the action of the state government had […]

Lagos To Design New Building Code

The Lagos State Government says it is coming up with a new building code that will be suitable for the model city. This was according to the Special Adviser on Electronic Geographic Information System and Urban Development, Olajide Babatunde, who made this comment during a clean up enforcement of Jakande area in Lekki on Sunday. […]

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