Bus Crashes Into Truck Bucket, kills four, Injures Eight
Four persons have been confirmed dead and eight injured in an auto-crash on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The crash occurred on Tuesday night around Car Park C Turning stretch of the expressway and involved a Howo truck and a Mazda bus with registration number EPE440YG. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attributed the cause of the accident to the mazda bus driver who...
Lagos Schools Send Students Home Over NLC Strike
Following directive by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) asking workers to embark on industrial action, public schools in Lagos on Wednesday shut down operations in compliance with the directive. Students from several public primary and secondary schools were seen returning home on the highways and in the streets, according to our correspondent. Some other students were loitering around the...
Driver Kills Two Street Sweepers Of Same Family While Escaping LASTMA’s Raid
Two street cleaners were killed on Monday by an unidentified driver attempting to escape a raid by officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) at Charlie Boy bus-stop via Oshodi- Gbagada expressway in Lagos State. The lifeless bodies of the cleaners were seen laid in a drainage channel as onlookers mourned. The gathering of onlookers and other street cleaners...
Ken Saro-Wiwa: FG Urged To Investigate Ogoni People’s Suffering
Human rights activists have called on the Federal Government to grant the Ogoni people's just demands and alleviate their long-standing suffering in a resolute plea for justice. Speaking at a press conference to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the team leader, Peoples Advancement Centre, PAC, Comrade AkpoBari Celestine, who spoke on behalf of other groups,...
Ibadan Chief Ariori Apologises Over Remarks Against Christians
The President of Association of Mogajis in Ibadanl and, Mogaji Asimiyu Ariori, has apologised over his comments while featuring on a live radio program on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Ariori said his statement was just a mere response to a question asked by one of the anchors which should not be taken personal. He said the statement was not...
Ogun Pastor Detained For Abduction, False Prophecies
A pastor identified as Sunday of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Agbado area of Ogun State has been arrested for alleged fake prophecies and the abduction of a 21-year-old lady identified as Aliu Blessing. The Ogun State Police Command, in an exclusive chat with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday said the victim had gone to the church to take...
Court Jails 5 For Circulating Ex-Speaker’s Nude, Obtaining N38m
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday, sentenced five men tried for cyber-stalking and defrauding ex-Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, of a sum of N38m. Sometime in 2018, a 13-second nude video of Owoeye had gone viral on the Internet. In the video, Owoeye was accosted by some people, who...
Customer Absconds With Car After Sending Fake Credit Alert To Dealer
A car dealer, Olatubosun Gafar, has become distressed after a customer, Segun Opeyemi, sent him a fake alert of N6.2m and absconded with one of his cars, in the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Opeyemi walked into Gafar’s office last Wednesday and told him that he was interested in buying a Toyota Camry 2014 model...
Court Authenticates Gov. Mbah’s NYSC Certificate, Awards N5m Against Service, DG
Justice Nyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has confirmed the authenticity of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State as validly issued by the corps. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Ekwo held that the evidence before the court showed that the governor though was mobilized for service in 2001, completed...
TASUED Students Protest Tuition Fee Hike
Students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijebu Ode (TASUED), Ogun State, on Monday, gathered at the university premises to express their dissatisfaction and protest against the recently announced tuition fee hike for the upcoming 2023-2024 session, as reflected on the student’s portal. According to information obtained by ABNTV, the school administration increased the tuition on Monday from N76,500...
