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Poor hostel condition reason for our protest – FCE students

5 months ago869 min

Students of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos State have countered the claims by the Provost, Dr Wahab Azeez, they were being instigated by staff members eyeing his position in the ongoing protest rocking the institution. The students had on Monday and Tuesday stormed roads in Akoka and environs protesting poor conditions and dilapidating infrastructure on their campus. But Azeez, in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday, claimed that the protesting students...

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Lagos task force arrests 114 in Ikoyi black spots

5 months ago854 min

The Lagos State Task Force has arrested 114 suspects and seized 2,000 litres of diesel in a raid conducted on Ikoyi black spots. The spokesperson for the agency, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, noted in a statement on Wednesday that the operation led by the Chairman, CSP Adetayo Akerele, was conducted on Monday night, targeting multiple black spots in Ikoyi. “The raid resulted in the confiscation of over 2,000 litres of illegally stored diesel and the arrest of...

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Abia community knocks ministry over monarch’s selection

5 months ago864 min

Unless the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, intervenes, there are indications that the Obohia-Ndoki, in Ukwa East Local Government Area of the state will know no peace because of the process of selecting a new traditional ruler for the community. During a protest on Wednesday at the premises of the Abia State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Umuahia, the community youths, carrying placards with different inscriptions, and chanting protest songs, accused the...

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Ondo court remands pastor for defiling 14-year-old daughter

5 months ago924 min

An Ondo State Family Court has ordered the remand of a pastor, Adetunji Obatayo, in the Olokuta Correctional Centre for sexually assaulting his foster daughter and procuring an abortion for her three times. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim had been living with the defendant since 2020 when her parents handed her over to the pastor. Obatayo is also the principal of the school where the 14-year-old victim attends. The 55-year-old defendant was arrested by...

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Kano banker, three others nabbed for currency fraud

5 months ago824 min

A banker, Kamaluddeen Lawal, and three businessmen have been arrested in Kano, over their fraudulent engagement in recycling and manipulating the specific amount of cash deposited in the bank for savings. The three alleged accomplices include Ismail Ibrahim Ilu, Lamido Bala and Abba Mohammed, who had been arrested by operatives of the Kano Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over their shady bank transactions. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who confirmed the arrest...

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Residents groan over Lagos Airforce base blackout

5 months ago989 min

Serving military personnel living at the Sam Ethan Air Force Base in Ikeja, Lagos State have been experiencing a blackout in their power supply, which has left them scrambling to find a source of water, PUNCH Metro findings revealed. Although the community is intended for military officers and their families, civilians are permitted to own and operate businesses such as dry cleaning services, grocery shops, salons, eateries, and more. While residents are complaining about the...

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Drama as Mobile Police officer, Uber driver fight in Lagos

5 months ago845 min

A dramatic confrontation unfolded on Monday after a Mobile Police officer clashed with an e-hailing driver at Wempco Road in the Ogba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the driver while in transit along the area slowed down on getting to a Zebra crossing for a pedestrian who made use of it. The police officer who also crossed the road at the point however hit the car’s bonnet, accusing the driver of attempting...

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Gunmen kidnap six in Anambra community, collect N76m ransom

5 months ago866 min

Tension has gripped residents of Dubai Estate near the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Awka, the Anambra State capital, as gunmen have kidnapped no fewer than six persons in the area in less than three weeks. PUNCH Metro gathered that out of the six victims abducted, three persons had been released after the payment of about N76m ransom to the yet-to-be-identified kidnappers. Residents of the area told our correspondent in separate interviews...

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NDLEA arrests ‘wanted’ Lagos drug baron

5 months ago827 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday said its operatives had arrested the leader of the Mushin, Lagos-based drug cartel identified as Sulaiman Jimoh aka Temo. The agency stated that Temo, who had been on its wanted list, had been evading arrest until he was eventually nabbed. His arrest came after a drug baron, identified as Joachin Mbonu, was arrested in his mansion in Imo State on July 12 after fleeing from South Africa....

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Court jails Akwa Ibom man for spraying naira notes

5 months ago813 min

The Akwa Ibom Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Etiusen Stephen for spraying naira notes before Justice M.A.Oyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. This was disclosed in a statement posted on X.com on Wednesday. Stephen was arraigned on July 19, 2024, on a two-count charge of naira abuse, which violates Section 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria...

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