Samson Folarin All hell broke loose on Wednesday on Olaleye Street, in the Iponri area of Lagos State, after an armed robber shot dead a leader of the Oodua People’s Congress, Sanjo Akintoye, during a failed attack. PUNCH Metro learnt that the robber, who came on a motorcycle with another suspect, expended his bullets on […]
Lagos records first successful bone bridge surgery in West Africa — 4th May 2016 • Ambode nominates ex-CJ to replace retired LASIEC chairman Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in December 2015 carried out the first successful Bone Bridge Surgery in West Africa as well as successful Cochlear Implant surgeries on three deaf patients without the […]
•Expect more criminals—Okada riders •Why we want them off Lagos roads Govt By Mike Ebonugwo, Theodore Opara, Olasunkanmi Akoni&Bose Adelaja Time was 6pm at the traffic-busy, indeed chaotic, Mile 2 area of Lagos. A mammoth horde of fuel tankers and other articulated trucks has as usual taken over every inch of driving space, thus impeding […]
Fuel queues at the Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Akinpelu Dada and ’Femi Asu The scarcity of petrol got worse in many parts of the country on Monday despite assurances by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that the situation would improve. Lagos, which traditionally receives more product than other parts of the country, was […]
Ambode orders repair of Lagos-Badagry Expressway — 1st April 2016 •Says $1.65bn Lekki seaport ready in 2019 By Oluwole Farotimi Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered the Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) to immediately embark on extensive repair on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in order to improve driving experience of motorists in the area. General Manager […]
Olaleye Aluko The police in Lagos have arrested a commercial bus driver, identified only as Akeem, and his conductor, Sodiq, for allegedly robbing and raping a 22-year-old lady in the Costain, Iponri area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Akeem and Sodiq, along with two others still at large, had picked the victim, Mercy (pseudonym) […]
The police in Lagos have arrested a chief in the Ijegun area, identified only as Ajiroba, for allegedly assaulting a bread seller, Bukola Olasunkanmi, in the Isheri-Oshun area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Olasunkanmi, who was seven-month-old pregnant, was allegedly flogged several times by the chief and his thugs because she mediated in an […]
Samson Folarin Flogging: Suspended Lagos principal, teachers may face trial Indications have emerged that the Lagos State Government may prosecute the principal of Eva Adelaja, Mrs. C.O. Coker, the school’s vice-principal, Mrs. Balogun and four other teachers said to have been implicated in a child brutality case. PUNCH Metro learnt that the state […]
Lagos probes pupil’s floggings by principal, teachers Ogechi Anyalewechi advertisement Samson Folarin The Lagos State Government has launched an investigation into an alleged case of child brutality at the Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School in the Bariga area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that a 14-year-old pupil of the […]
Amosun wades into Awujale, Alake feud — 17th March 2016 …Holds secret meeting with royal fathers From Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta OGUN State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday intervened in the supremacy feud between the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona and Alake of Abeokuta, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo. Amosun held a three-hour […]
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