About 26 suspects have been arrested by the Benue State Police Command over electoral violence during the governorship and state assembly elections held on Saturday, March 18. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state, Catherine Anene, made this known on Monday, March 20. According to her, the suspects were involved in political thuggery,…
United States has berated the increased voter intimidation and electoral violence that served as hitches to the just concluded Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday. This was contained in a statement made available to ThePunch on Tuesday. Recall the rescheduled Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections were held in 28 states and…
The demolitions have severely disrupted daily life in Makoko. School attendance has dropped sharply, with some schools recording fewer than 20 pupils out of hundreds enrolled. Many children now sleep on boats or under debris, without safe places to study. Women in the community said they lack privacy for bathing, sleeping, and managing menstrual hygiene. Families have lived for weeks in unsafe and unsanitary conditions, exposed to rain and other health risks.
According to the FIJ founder, he paid ₦109,700 on Thursday, July 31, 2025, through the Nigeria Immigration Service payment portal and later visited one of the NIS offices in Lagos to complete documentation and biometric capture.
A visit to Igando revealed an even worse situation. Culverts dividing the road had been completely converted into dump sites. From Ikotun Roundabout down to Igando, refuse lined the roads, making movement difficult and the environment unhealthy.
However, when our correspondent revisited Ikotun and Igando on January 7, 2025, the areas had been cleared of refuse. Officials of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) were deployed and stationed near the popular Ikotun Market. The environment was noticeably cleaner.
By Ajibola Osungbohun As the drive for the African Union Agenda 2063 is domesticated across member countries, in a media roundtable workshop organised on Thursday, 20th, 2025, by Pan-Atlantic University at the Lagos Business School, Lagos State, Dr Tayo Aduloju has called for an African institution of transparency, accountability, freedom and borderlessness. Dr Aduloju, who…
By Ajiobola Osungbohun In a bid to improve the infrastructure of the state, the governor of Lagos State, on Thursday, 20th November 2025, signed a loan agreement, receiving two different funds from undisclosed investors. Sanwo disclosed this via his X handle filled with so much appreciation and said that a sum of ₦29.29B Green Bond…
By Ajibola Osungbohun Egbin Transmission Company blame Ikeja Electric’s failure to restore power, suggesting they may be prioritising other communities or factories. Residents of Agbede decry the blackout in the community following a fire outbreak that damaged the transformer that supplies energy to the area at the Egbin transmission company in Ikorodu. The community team…
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The nominee for Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant-General Olufemi Oluyede, while addressing senators during the screening of service chiefs at the Senate chamber on Wednesday, said that “most of the jobs being done by the army actually lie within the power of the police,” highlighting one of Nigeria’s most enduring security distortions. In a…
By Ajibola Osungbohun The judge in the Federal High Court, Lagos, has told Erisco to withdraw its case against Mrs Chioma Egodi. He made the statement during a dramatic court session when the counsel for Erisco said he forgot evidence at home. In late 2023, Mrs Chioma Egodi made a review of a product by…
By Samuel Olasunkanmi