2 Killed, 40 houses razed, as 2 communities clash over mango in Edo — 2nd April 2016 FROM TONY OSAUZO, BENIN A clash between Uneme- Ekpedo and Bekuma- Okpameri communities in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State over mango, has reportedly left two people dead. Trouble was said to have started on Wednesday, when one out […]
Court adjourns Ikpeazu’s alleged tax certificate forgery to April 28 — 2nd April 2016 FROM CHUKS ONUOHA, UMUAHIA. JUSTICE Musa Sale Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Owerri, presiding over the suit filed by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant, Barr. Friday N. Nwosu, challenging the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State over tax […]
Nigerians are suffering, Buhari must stop needless foreign trips –Fayose — 2nd April 2016 BY WOLE BALOGUN, ADO EKITI EKITI State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on President Mohammadu Buhari to stop his needless foreign trips, describing the president’s trip to the United States of America on Wednesday for the 4th […]
Ekitigate: Lawmakers petition US, UK, IGP on intimidation — 1st April 2016 From: Godwin Tsa, Abuja The face-off between Ekiti State House of Assembly and the police took a new twist yesterday when the lawmakers sent a petition to the United Kingdon, the United States of America (USA) and the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. They alleged […]
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 […]
Kamarudeen Ogundele and Toluwani Eniola Criticisms have trailed the outburst of Governor Ayodele Fayose on the abducted Chibok schoolgirls Fayose had said the abduction was not true, but a political instrument to vote out former President Goodluck Jonathan. While the Boko Haram group had shown the video of the over 200 girls in captivity, a […]
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 […]
A 28-year-old man simply identified as Goddy, has been arrested by the police in Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja for allegedly raping a student whom he tutored. The 18-year-old unidentified victim was said to have been preparing for external examinations: Senior Schools Certificate Examination and JAMB. In the course […]
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