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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 […]
Lagos State is one of the places where street begging has flourished over time. In fact, the city has become so fertile that almost all pedestrian walkways, up and under the bridges within the metropolis have been overtaken by beggars who sit in long rows, even as early as 7am. Although the sight of some of […]
First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has engaged students, government agencies, and Sexual Assault Referral Centers, (SARC), that support victims of rape cases to drive meaningful change and bring the incidents to the lowest minimum. This is in demonstration of a strong stance against sexual and gender-based violence and with a deepened commitment […]
The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board and its partners, UNFPA and Project Aisha, have inaugurated a state sub-committee for Community- based Maternal Perinatal and Child Death Surveillance and Response (C-MPCDSR). The inauguration of the Committee took place on Friday during a stakeholders’ engagement held at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Conference Center […]
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the government was reviewing the Property Law of Lagos State 2010 and the Rental Law of Lagos State 2011. He stated this at the just concluded 5th Lateef Jakande Housing Lecture Series Organised by the Real Estate Developers Association. According to Sanwo-Olu, the government plans […]
One Mr. Samuel Soyemi has recounted how some men who claimed to be police officers from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State invaded his house and drove him and his family away in their vehicle. In what Soyemi described as both an abduction and armed robbery, he said the cops transferred the sum of N1,025,000 from […]
