The Lagos State Police Command has said an investigation had commenced to track down the killers of a naval rating in the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the rating, who until his death was serving at the Lagos Logistics Depot of the …
Read More »Borrowing cost may worsen as MPC raises interest rate
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Wednesday, unanimously voted to increase its monetary policy interest rates by 50 basis points to 18.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while reading the communiqué of the third MPC meeting of the year on Wednesday. …
Read More »Oyo environmental task force arrests 4,000 offenders
The Oyo State Environmental Task Force has arrested over 4,000 environmental offenders in the state. Its Chairman, Francis Ojomo, made this known in statistics made available to journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan, the state capital. Ojomo explained that some were committed to community service after trial while others paid fines. …
Read More »Kwara man returning from Sallah prayer dies in crash
Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday, when a middle-aged man lost his life and three others were injured in a road accident. The accident reportedly involved four persons, who were riding on a motorcycle on Eid-el-Fitr day in Ilorin. The three other people on the bike, which rammed …
Read More »Youths protest inability to vote in Lagos
Some youths in Lagos have expressed dismay over their denial to cast their votes during the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the youth had expressed their grievances on Sunday, outside one of the collation centres at the Lagos State Model Nursery …
Read More »NSCDC makes U-turn, admits detaining Kwara journalist
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has admitted to detaining a Kwara journalist and lawyer on Friday. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the NSCDC spokesman in the state, Ayeni Olasunkanmi, who spoke with our correspondent on Saturday, said the agency neither detained nor assaulted any lawyer or journalist, …
Read More »Osun cultists, hemp sellers clash, two dead
Two people were feared killed on Friday when some youths suspected to be members of a cult group clashed with a group of hemp sellers in Osogbo, Osun State. According to an eyewitness, crises started at Ode Oga Junction in Oke Baale Area, Osogbo when some suspected cultist abducted a …
Read More »Abuja woman arrested for attempting to kill son
A woman, Comfort Alaba, a resident in Piwoyi in the Airport Road area of the Federal Capital Territory, has been arrested by the police for attempting to kill her one-year-old son, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent gathered that the attempted filicide occurred on Monday, January 2, but the toddler was …
Read More »67-year-old Delta man missing after leaving home for Lagos
A 67-year-old man, Akpokwaye Frawa Benseke, has been reported missing by the Delta State Police Command. In a Twitter statement by the command on Tuesday, the police revealed that victim left home on December 17, 2022 to Agofure Motor Park Effurun to board a vehicle to Lagos State and did …
Read More »Injured driver, commuter escape from gunmen in Ekiti
Gunmen on Boxing Day shot at a vehicle on Oke Ako-Ipao road in the Ajoni Local Council Area of Ekiti State. While the passenger escaped unhurt as the car was driven to safety, the driver was unfortunate as he was hit by bullets on both legs. A source at Oke …
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