A residential building was razed with properties destroyed in the early hours of Saturday on Cachol Street in the Ojo area of Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the inferno started after a…
The Lagos State government has confirmed that the Eko Bridge, specifically at the recently reopened Apongbon Bridge end, will undergo a 24-hour closure. Abdulhafiz Toriola, the Permanent Sec…
Despite recent criticisms of plans to increase the price of service charges, the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria has said current economic conditions have not prompted point-…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, raised the alarm over the number of petitions it received in Lagos on investment and forex-related scams, totalling sums of N317.9 bil…
The Kano State Government has faulted the distribution of the Federal Government’s allocation of N500 billion through the Bank of Industry to support small-scale industries across the country’s geo…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a significant breakthrough with the interception of a staggering 64,863.5-kilogram shipment of nitrous oxide, commonly known as ‘laughing g…
Following the new law decentralising electricity, the Federal Government has expressed willingness to partner with states on power generation. The Fifth Alteration Bill No. 33 (Devolution of…
A 13-year-old girl , Taiye Ojo, was on Saturday electrocuted to death in her residence in the Makoko area of Yaba, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that the tragedy occurred wh…
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a day-old baby girl abandoned in a sewage tank in the Gowon Estate area of the state. The baby was rescued at about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and take…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received another set of stranded Nigerians from Niamey, Niger Republic. Dr Nuraddeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territoria…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated literary giant and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Oluwole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 89th birthday, describing him as “a quintessential schol…
A 30-year-old man identified simply as David, who is said to be under the influence of hard drugs, has allegedly stabbed a cleric, Akeem Ojiwusi, to death around Odekeye close, in the Abule Egba ar…
