Relatives of a woman who hid her baby in the maggot-invested trunk of a car insisted on Wednesday that they had no idea of her secret, at a trial that has drawn horror in France. Rosa Maria da Cruz, 50,…
A tipper driver, Yakubu Kelani, has been arrested for crushing a commercial motorcyclist, Adisa Ekundayo, to death in the Oke-Odo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Kelani, who was driving a tipper with number plate LSR 831 XC,…
Mr Micheal Edeh, father of the two children and their dog found dead in a freezer at Igbogbo-Baiyeku area of Ikorodu has been transferred to the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP…
Motorists plying Igbe, Ijede and Gberigbe roads in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State have accused the state government of abandoning the areas, as most of the roads connecting the communities have become almost impassable. Our correspondent, who visited…
Two suspected cult members, Tochukwu Udoye and John Paul, have been arraigned for allegedly terrorising residents in the Odoguyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. It was gathered that the men, who allegedly belonged to the Aye Confraternity, attempted to kill…
The family of 31-year-old Ifeyinwa Chikezie has been thrown into mourning after she died at the Elem Hospital, Festac Town, Lagos, due to alleged wrong administration of injection. PUNCH Metro gathered that Ifeyinwa was an asthmatic patient, whose medical record…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday said he had directed the Executive Secretary of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Philip Attachin, to give the school in the country home of late Elizabeth Ochanya a facelift. Ortom, who stated…
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has come under severe attack from the Academic Staff Union of Universities over his claim that lecturers are faring better under the current administration in terms of welfare. Speaking in Paris during President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
Nigerian governors have said they cannot afford to pay workers a minimum wage of N30,000 unless the organised labour wants its members to be sacked. Apart from this, the governors at their emergency meeting in Abuja on Wednesday night, asked…
A former Director of Navy Accounts, Rear Admiral, Tahir Yusf (retd.), has temporarily forfeited N510m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The accounts include Bitmas Enterprises domiciled in Zenith Bank and Tahir Yusuf domiciled in Skye Bank. The sum,…
