The family of a 27-year-old undergraduate student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Abraham Enebeli, has demanded justice after he was allegedly stabbed by a soldier. PUNCH Metro learnt that Abraham was allegedly stabbed in the Ijegun area of Lagos on…
Members kick as APGA zones presidency to the North (Punch)
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is stricken by a crisis of confidence as the Board of Trustees and National Working Committee are feuding over the zoning of its presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. Investigations by our correspondent…
WhatsApp finally introduces group video chat (Punch)
It is now possible to simultaneously video chat with up to four friends on WhatsApp. The company made the announcement in a blog post on Tuesday. It said, “Over the last couple of years, people have enjoyed making voice and…
Stakeholders divided over reduced Lagos Land Use Charge (Punch)
Rather than the succour that the review of the Land Use Charge by the Lagos State Government is expected to bring to taxpayers, stakeholders have expressed divergent views about the development. While some applaud the government for considering a review…
18 die in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash –TRACE (Punch)
Eighteen persons reportedly died on Sunday in a multiple accident at the Alapako/Ogunmakin, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The victims were travelling to Lagos from Ibadan, Oyo State, in a Mazda commercial bus, with the number plate, KJA…
I’ve killed over 100 people – Ade Lawyer, suspected assassin confesses (Punch)
From where he sat on the floor, rolling his eyes from one side to the other, no one could easily guess how many lives 39-year-old Adeola Williams, popularly known as Ade Lawyer, could have taken in the past 10 to…
Lagos Land Use Charge: The rich, poor unite, as lawyers disagree over fresh review (Punch)
Following the introduction of a new Land Use Charge Law by the Lagos State Government and its subsequent review by the governor following the severe criticism that it generated, Tunde Ajaja writes about the fresh round of concerns that seem…
Residents panic as hoodlums kill UNILAG worker, undergraduate (Punch)
Residents of Abule Ijesha community, Yaba, Lagos State, say the neighbourhood is not safe until the police arrest hoodlums who killed a senior member of staff of the University of Lagos, Akoka, and a final year student of the institution.…
Policemen protest salary deductions in Lagos (Punch)
Hundreds of policemen on Monday stormed the Mechanised Salary Section (MSS) of the Lagos State Police Command in Oduduwa, in the Ikeja area of the state, to protest against what they described as “outrageous and unexpected” deductions from their salaries.…
Man, 52, gives girl N10 biscuits, defiles her (Punch)
A 52-year-old man, Gabriel Olaniyan, has been accused of defiling a nine-year-old girl after seducing her with N10 biscuits on her way home from an Arabic school. Olaniyan, who was arraigned before an Ibadan Magistrate’s Court in Iyaganku on Monday,…