Nigeria registered 132 new cases of coronavirus, totalling 56,388 in the past 24 hours, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said. Making the announcement via its Twitter handle Monday night, the government agency said 44,337 previously reported cases…
Herdsmen rob farmer, rape 16-year-old daughter (Punch) The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two herdsmen for invading a farm in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, allegedly stealing the sum of N140,000 and gang-raping the 16-year-old daughter…
Chidimma Ezeokoli (aged 23) and his 11-year-old teenage brother (name withheld) have been accused of repeatedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a seven-year-old girl in Oko, in the Aguata Council of Anambra. The mother of the victim, Miss Chinenyenwa Ozulumba,…
One passenger was killed on Monday after a bus and a highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a moving commuter train in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, announced…
The Lagos State Government has said it is placing suspension on further development of housing estates without the requisite layout approval in the area designated as Sapata Village Excision, near the Victoria Garden City, Lekki. While receiving situation report of…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit train will resume today, September 14, 2020, after five months of suspension. This was contained in a statement by the Lagos District Public Relations Officer of the NRC,…
Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, on Sunday, continued the search for two residents said to have been swept away by flood at Oyebanjo Solarin Street, in the Ketu area of the state. PUNCH Metro, however, gathered that…
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, has offered insight into what prompted the phased resumption of schools by the Lagos State government. According to her, the measure is to enable public schools fulfil the extant COVID-19 safety guidelines. She…
An attempt by a 16-year-old boy to test his driving skills with his mother’s car at the Arena Shopping Mall, Oshodi, Lagos State, has cost a life. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, Mrs Tuale Iwejim, was walking to where…
Manager Brendan Rodgers says Wilfred Ndidi was outstanding at centre-back for Leicester City, who made the perfect start to the new Premier League season with a 3-0 win at West Brom on Sunday. Timothy Castagne headed the Foxes into the…
