Senators representing Lagos state in the Nigerian Senate have issued a statement condemning Senator Dino Melaye's threat to beat up Senator Remi Tinubu.
See statement below:
We deplore in very strong terms the use of abusive, threatening, uncouth, vulgar and un-parliamentary language by...
A 500-level undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Odusami Matthew, has died after slumping at the Biobaku Hostel.
According to a report by Punch, Matthew, a student at the Estate Management Department, was playing football with some of his friends on Friday when he slumped.
He was...
A suspected cult leader, Andrew Awalebi, has told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command that no amount of bullets can pierce through his body.
Awalebi, a member of the Eiye Confraternity, reportedly told the police that a charm he got from an herbalist made...
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday nabbed two suspected robbers around Ijora-Badia axis of the state.
The suspect, Abdullah Isiaka, and his partners in crime, identified simply as Governor, Abel and Brigadier, used to operate at Ebute-Metta, Lagos State.
The duo, it was...
Five factory workers were on Tuesday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s hides and skin (pomo) valued at N2.8 million.
The accused are three security guards — Nathaniel Ojo, 33; Olokwu Daniel, 30; and Jude Thomas, 25.
Others are Richard Daniel...
A suspected madman was arrested by the Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command with 22 Automatic Teller Machine, ATM, cards, two mobile phones and power bank in along Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island.
The man, who identified himself as Lanrewaju Jaiyeola...
Residents of Wahab Close in Ejigbo in Lagos State, western Nigeria, were stunned by the drama that played out in their area after a pastor who sneaked into a man’s house to make love with the man’s wife was caught in the act.
The pastor, who had already pulled off his pair of trousers and...
Residents of the popular January 27 road, a monumental location where over one thousand people perished during the Lagos Armory explosion tagged “Lagos bomb blast” in 2002 are full of jubilation as Lagos State Government commences a full construction of the long stretch of the road.
It was...
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A retired radiologist and the eldest child of late Ologbosere of Warri Kingdom, Chief O. N. Rewane, was yesterday burnt to death in an early morning fire in Lagos.
The cause of the fire that killed the 75-year-old Dr. Irene Damola (nee Rewane) at her Lagos residence, could not be ascertained...
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The state government last Friday inaugurated five Mobile Court buses for road traffic offenders, with a pledge to end impunity on the roads.
The Chief Judge of the State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade and the State’s Attorney General, Kazeem Adeniji, restated their commitments to ridding Lagos...
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Abraham Kiptom of Kenya on Saturday emerged the winner of the maiden edition of the 2016 Access Bank Lagos city Marathon. He clinched the prize with a two hours, 16 minutes and 21 seconds time.
The Kenyan will go home with a whopping $50, 000 for winning the tournament.
Halima Husein...
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The Lagos State Government has affirmed its readiness to host over 20,000 Local and International Marathoners in the forth coming Access Lagos City Marathon race scheduled to come up tomorrow, February 6, 2016.
Here are 6 Important things you need to know about the event:
- Lagos City Marathon...
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Eleven people have survived a helicopter crash that occurred around the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, eyewitnesses told PUNCH.
The crash has also been confirmed by the Public Relations Officer, South-West National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye.
Related: Bristow...
A police officer attached to the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Task Force), Adepoju Oluwasogo was allegedly injured with an iron road by a commercial Volkswagen bus driver, Mr Idris Shittu, at Ketu
Oluwasogo, who was, during the last environmental sanitation exercise in Lagos...
Ikeja Electric company has announced the implementation of its new cost reflective tariff, effective 1st February, 2016.
This is in line with the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO 2.1) as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in line with NERC’s mandate of fair...
Six people feared dead after a commercial boat taking them to Lekki area of Lagos capsized in the Badore.
The boat was on the way to Lekki from Ijede in Ikorodu when it capsised.
PUNCH gathered that 11 of the passengers were rescued while six died.
It is, however, unclear how many...
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has fixed February 4 to hear a fresh suit lodged against the Federal Government by the convicted kingpin of the Boko Haram sect, Kabiru Umar. a.k.a. Kabiru Sokoto.
Meantime, Sokoto who earlier instituted N300 million suit against the government over...
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One of the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, allegedly battered a 19-year old canteen attendant after impregnating her in Lagos State, western Nigeria.
The teenager was allegedly assaulted at the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos where the...
Over 200 shops were destroyed after fire razed the popular sawmill in Ketu area of Lagos today.
The inferno, which started around 4.30am also razed four cars, two houses and a toilet facility within the sawmill.
According to PUNCH, It was learnt that the fire was caused by an electric surge...
A pastor, who is the General Overseer of a church (name withheld) located at Oworonshoki area of Lagos State has been accused of raping an 11-year-old girl.
A witness told New Telegraph that the incident occurred January 23 at a brothel in the area. The witness said the GO lured the girl to the...
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