Heavy rainfall worsens Lagos gridlock
On Tuesday, residents of Lagos and Ogun had to endure terrible traffic jams caused by both heavy rain and shortages in fuel, consequently creating long lines of cars waiting fuel stations. Many commuters had difficulty getting to their offices and business places, as transporters hike fares between 50-100 per cent. The situation was further worsened […]
Family, group demand justice for 24-year-old killed by police
The family of 24-year-old man, Idris Bakare, who was allegedly killed by a police bullet on Sunday night are demanding justice. PUNCH Metro gathered that some people were reportedly fighting on Oregun Road, Lagos, late hours on Sunday when a police patrol van arrived at the scene. Idris, while returning to his house at No […]
Court remands man for defiling 13-year-old girl
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ogba, on Tuesday, remanded a man, Darlington Ezenwa, who allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution. Ezenwa was arraigned by the police on two counts of conspiracy and defilement. The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, did not take the defendant`s plea owing to […]
Rampaging cultists kill four in Rivers
Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Monday night killed four persons and cut off the heads of two of the victims in the Rundele community, the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the two beheaded persons were members of a local vigilante group known as the Rundele Security and Peace […]
NIMET warns public over fake recruitment website
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has issued a disclaimer notifying the public that it had not initiated any recruitment exercise. This comes as an online recruitment site claimed that NiMet was conducting recruitment through its platform. NiMet’s General Manager of Public Relations, Muntari Ibrahim, recently said in a statement that recruitment by the agency would only […]
IPOB sit-at-home paralyses commercial activities in Anambra
The May 30 sit-at-home called by the Indigenous People of Biafra to remember the Biafra heroes that died during the 1967-1970 Civil War and those who died in the course of the Biafran struggle, saw residents stay indoors in Anambra State on Tuesday. Our correspondent, who visited the major cities of Onitsha, Nnewi, Ekwulobia and […]
Court begins trial of Budget Office DG over illegal dismissal
….Claimant demands N550m compensation, N214m entitlements The National Industrial Court Abuja has opened a case against the Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, over the alleged illegal dismissal of a civil servant and senior staff of the ministry, Mrs. Bilkisu Sanusi. Other defendants in the suit are the Head of Service, the Attorney General […]
Ebonyi governor freezes state accounts, appoints CPS
The new governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, on Tuesday, ordered the freezing of the state government accounts domiciled in various banks with effect from Tuesday. The governor, who was sworn in on Monday, also appointed Dr Monday Uzor as his Chief Press Secretary. Uzor had served as CPS to the immediate-past Deputy Governor of […]
Give priority to education, NGO tells government
A non-government organisation, Live Abundantly, has called on the government to give priority to education. Founder, Live Abundantly, Dr Ama, on Tuesday, gave this advice at the unveiling of the Young Authors’ Reading Circle where a nine-year-old author, Fiyinfoluwa Asenuga, read his book, titled, ‘Madisa and the Runaway Cat,’ to pupils of Ikoyi Primary School, […]
Forex shortage, port congestion affected 2022 operations –NASCON MD
The acting Managing Director of NASCON Allied Industries Plc, Thabo Mabe, has listed emigration, forex shortage and port congestion as some of the challenges that impacted the company’s operations in the 2022 financial year. This is as shareholders approved the sum of N2.65bn as dividends for the 2022 financial year, which is a higher figure […]