The Federal Road Safety Corps has stated that the holes found on the chest of the late former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Festus Iyayi, were caused by body parts of the vehicle in which he died after an accident. The FRSC also blamed a driver in the convoy of the […]
A scene of an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. | credits: File photo Nine passengers were burnt beyond recognition after fire gutted a Lagos-bound commercial bus on Warewa Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday. PUNCH Metro learnt that nine others sustained injuries in the accident which occurred around 4pm. Although police […]
By Chukwudi Nwokoye | NNP | April 5, 2014 – Thank you Gov. Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi. When in 2003 I stuck my head out to support your candidacy, I followed my instinct and my judgment. I believed that you had a mission to save Anambra. Even after your victory at the polls were brazenly […]
Scores of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel between soldiers and suspected Fulani cattle breeders. Many were also said to have been wounded during the incident which occurred barely 24 hours after the military deployed troops in Benue […]
There was pandemonium in the Akinremi Estate, Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday after some youths discovered a baby factory around Vulcaniser Bus Stop. The incident comes barely two weeks after eight women were rescued from a baby factory in the Akute area of the state. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the youths, who thought […]
At least six passengers on board a boat were feared dead after it capsized in a lagoon in the Majidun area off Ikorodu in Lagos State on Wednesday evening. However, 22 others, who also fell of the boat were rescued by local divers. The development occurred barely two weeks after 13 people died at the […]
Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako on Sunday said President Goodluck Jonathan had once again demonstrated a lack of humility in his approach to issues. Nyako was reacting to Jonathan’s comment at the North-East rally of the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday, that the abdication of the responsibility of providing primary and secondary education by the […]
Members of the Oodua People’s Congress and policemen clashed at the Tolu Police Division, Ajegunle, Lagos State on Saturday evening. One member of the OPC, identified as Dauda Apampa, lost his life, while a police corporal, identified simply as Emeka, sustained gunshot in the incident. PUNCH Metro learnt that the fracas was caused by a […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Emmanuel Jime has described the continuous attack on Benue people by suspected Fulani invaders as the consequences of a failed government. This is even as the state Chairman of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Pastor Tor Ujah has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to wade into the Tiv /Fulani […]
A scene of a gas explosion at Shagari Plaza, opposite Area One shopping complex, Garki, Abuja…on Thursday. Residents scampered for safety on Thursday as explosion rocked Shagari Plaza on Moshood Abiola Way, Garki-Area One, Abuja. The quick succession in which the explosion occurred made customers and neighbours to scamper into safety. Many expressed fears that […]
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