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LASG serves Ikoyi building owners contravention notice

The Lagos State Government has given a seven-day ultimatum to house owners on Shoreline Estate, Onikoyi Estate, Park View and Banana Island in the Ikoyi area of the state to remove their fences encroaching on drainage channels. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, during an...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Policemen ‘kidnapped’ me, collected N1m for my release,...

One Mr. Samuel Soyemi has recounted how some men who claimed to be police officers from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State invaded his house and drove him and his family away in their vehicle. In what Soyemi described as both an abduction and armed robbery, he said the cops...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Lagos targets 60 days for landlord-tenant dispute resolution

The Lagos State Government says it is committed to quick dispensation of justice, saying it is particularly looking at a situation where landlord-tenant disputes are resolved within 60 days in court. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), gave the hint at the weekend during...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Ex-convict remanded for raping six-year-old to death

The Yaba Magistrate’s Court on Friday remanded a 20-year-old ex-convict, Azeez Tajudeen, for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl (name withheld) to death in the Ayobo area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered in court that Tajudeen lured his victim with biscuits to an uncompleted building where he removed her...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Senators donate N109m one-month salaries to Kaduna bomb...

The leadership of the Nigerian Senate, on Sunday, announced the donation of N109m, being the December salary of members, to the victims of the accidental bombing in Tudun Biri village, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, made the announcement on Sunday when...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

Sports

Osimhen faces tough battle for CAF best player...

Ahead of the 2023 CAF Awards in Morocco, ABIODUN ADEWALE writes on the potential of Nigerian players dominating the awards and the chances of Victor Osimhen winning Nigeria’s first men’s POTY award for the first time in 24 years If winning the AFCON for the fourth time and first...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Govt officials removed N6bn from NECO account

A former Chairman of the National Examination Council, Prof Abubakar Mohammed, says government officials are frustrating the exam body. Mohammed said the government officials withdrew N6bn examination fees and had failed to account for it. Mohammed spoke on Saturday at NECO’s first award ceremony in Minna, Niger State, which...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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18 die, 27 injured in Abuja-Kaduna road crash...

The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed that 18 persons were killed in an Abuja-Kaduna road traffic crash that occurred on Sunday morning. This was as the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, ordered sector commanders to immediately set up a joint task force to conduct special patrol operations that would...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Don’t present staff to Aseyin, lawyer tells Makinde

A legal practitioner, Abideen Adeniran, on Sunday, warned the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to suspend his planned presentation of staff of office to the new Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Sefiu Oyebola, Adeyeri III, Ajirotutu I. reports that the state government had, recently, announced officially that the presentation of...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

Business

Lagos reviewing property, rental laws, says Sanwo-Olu

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the government was reviewing the Property Law of Lagos State 2010 and the Rental Law of Lagos State 2011. He stated this at the just concluded 5th Lateef Jakande Housing Lecture Series Organised by the Real Estate Developers Association....

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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JTF uncovers 14 massive illegal refining sites in...

JTF uncovers 14 massive illegal refining sites in Rivers File photo: An illegal refining site in Ibaa, Community in Rivers State ...

17 February 2024

Politics

BREAKING: Imasuen withdraws from Edo APC gov primary...

BREAKING: Imasuen withdraws from Edo APC gov primary election Lucky Imasuen A former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Lucky Imasuen, has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election being held in Edo today. This was according to a withdrawal letter released on Saturday...

17 February 2024

Sports

Fubara gives cash, others to Nwabali, Rivers Hoopers’...

Fubara gives cash, others to Nwabali, Rivers Hoopers’ players Gov. Fubara, Stanley Nwabali and Prof. Ngozi Odu during reception of the Super Eagles goalkeeper in Government House on Friday ...

17 February 2024

Sports

WTTC: Food poisoning rules Quadri out of Busan...

WTTC: Food poisoning rules Quadri out of Busan Open Aruna Quadri top-ranked table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, pulled out of the tournament ITTF World Table Tennis Championships which began on Friday, in South Korea, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 33-year-old made this known through...

17 February 2024

Headlines

Aiyedatiwa’s displaying contempt for Akeredolu’s legacies —...

Aiyedatiwa’s displaying contempt for Akeredolu’s legacies — Ondo Reps Lucky Aiyedatiwa The All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the House of Representatives, loyal to the late Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, have called on President Tinubu to caution Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, for alleged disrespect...

17 February 2024

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JUST IN: Police arrest mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack

PunchNews - 2 May 2024

JUST IN: Police arrest mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack Some families of passengers kidnapped from the bombed Abuja-Kaduna train. Photos: Olatunji Obasa

Nigerian troops kill 715 terrorists, rescue 465 kidnap victims

PmNews - 2 May 2024

Nigerian troops kill 715 terrorists, rescue 465 kidnap victims Nigerian troops Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun By Sumaila Ogbaje Nigerian troops eliminated 715 terrorists and rescued 465 kidnap victims in ground a