FAAN diverts flight operations as fire breaks out at Lagos Airport
The Federal Airport Authority has said it has diverted all flight operations from the Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal 1 to the D wing of the airport over a fire incident. FAAN also added that the engineers at the airport have…
Osun teenager bags three years jail for stealing water taps
A teenager, Abiodun Adewuyi, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Osun Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ede for the theft of water taps. 18-year-old Adewusi was apprehended by operatives of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security…
Four-year-old pupil dies during school feeding hours in Abuja
Tragedy struck at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja on Wednesday, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during the school’s feeding hours. According to the death certificate dated April 24, 2024, issued by Excel…
Police shooting victim not LAUTECH student – Management
The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Tuesday night, declared that a resident who was allegedly killed by a policeman was not a student of the institution. PUNCH Metro reports that a police officer allegedly…
Oyo monarch appeals court ruling setting aside his appointment
The Onifiditi of Fiditi in Oyo State, Oba Oyeleye Sakirudeen, on Wednesday, appealed against the ruling of an Oyo State High Court that nullified his appointment as the Onifiditi of Fiditi. PUNCH Online reports that Justice K. B. Olawoyin of…
JAMB plans meeting with NIMC over candidates with double NIN
On Wednesday, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), revealed concerning developments observed during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). He disclosed that the board had identified cases of individuals possessing two National Identification…
FRSC proposes jail terms for drivers in road accidents
The Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, has suggested imposing jail terms on drivers responsible for road accidents. Biu made this proposal in response to recent avoidable crashes in Oyo, Kano, and Kaduna. The PUNCH reports that there were…
Another Wike loyalist rejects Fubara’s redeployment, resigns as finance commissioner
The Rivers State Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu, has resigned from the State Executive Council, even as he faulted Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s claims of N27 billion monthly Internally Generate Revenue rise. Kamalu’s resignation came on the heels of his redeployment…
Oyo clamps down on advertising practitioners, others over N650m debt
The Oyo State Signage and Advertisement Agency, on Wednesday, clamped down on third-party agents and other advertising practitioners for non-compliance and refusal to pay advert bills worth over N650 million into the state government’s coffers. The OYSAA Director-General, Eso-Ajanaku Oludolapo,…
Yoruba Nation: Afenifere slams Akintoye, Igboho
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, on Monday, distanced itself from the agitation for the creation of a sovereign Yoruba Nation out of Nigeria, describing the call for the exit of Yoruba people from Nigeria as undesirable, self-serving, and unnecessary. Afenifere,…