A driver narrowly escaped death after his vehicle overturned in the Alakija area of Mile 2, Lagos State, on Wednesday. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed the incident in a statement obtained by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday. He noted that the accident occurred when the vehicle veered off the road at high speed, reportedly due to brake failure. Taofiq said the swift response of LASTMA officials and other security agencies at the scene led to the rescue of the driver, who escaped the accident without injury. “The accident occurred after the vehicle veered off the road…
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Pop culture and entertainment brand, MTV Base, has pledged to support the Africa Creative Market, a gathering of industry professionals, artists, and music enthusiasts, with its ‘Music Day’. MTV Base noted in a release that it would bring its Music Day to the ACM, which would be held on Friday in Lagos. It also said it would hold panel discussions and activities focusing on advancing African music’s global reach, as part of its sponsorship of the ACM. The entertainment brand stated that the panel discussions would feature topics discussing strategies for pushing African artists to the international stage, innovative music…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Onikan, Adegoke Fayoade, has said that the rape allegation involving a Lagos policeman is receiving adequate attention. Fayoade, who was recently promoted to the rank of AIG and deployed to Zone 2, Lagos, is the immediate past Commissioner of Police in Lagos. The Lagos State Police Command in July said it detained one of its officers who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl at the Area H Command, Ogudu area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the detention of the officer, whose identity has not been disclosed, denied…
The Osun State Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested seven suspects for selling human parts and water used to bathe corpses in the state. A statement signed by the acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Police Command, Mr. Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, said the suspects arrested included two mortuary attendants -Johnson Daniel, aged 43, and Adetunji Okunade, aged, 42 years. Giwa-Alade, who listed others arrested for the crime as, Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope, Oladapo Hammed, Kazeem Rasaq, and Asaka Rauf, said the suspects were arrested upon credible information from a good-spirited individual that, Daniel, a mortuary attendant at…
The residents of Magboro Community, Ogun State, have experienced a blackout because of the theft of electrical cables used for power transmission in the area. PUNCH Metro gathered that the cables were stolen on August 18, 2024. A month after, the perpetrators of the act are yet to be apprehended with four streets affected by the development while the stolen cables have yet to be replaced. The Chairman, Community Development Association, Adeyemo Mudashir, told PUNCH Metro on Wednesday that the incident had occurred in 2011. He said, “It is a long story. Around 2011, this same incident happened and I…
Six people have been taken into custody by the Ogun State Police Command on counts bordering attack on a fellow man and attempted murder in the Owode-Egba area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered from a police source that the victim was attacked and injured on September 9 after being arrested and taken to the Baale’s house. It was reported that the man was brutalised by members of the Mosadomi community village. The wife of the victim, Oyegoke Oluwakemi, recounted that she received a call at about 9:35 pm on September 9, where she was informed of the attack on…
The Indigenous People of Biafra said on Wednesday that it had no intention to force Igbo people to resign from the Nigerian Army and other security agencies. The separatist group also denied the Nigerian Army’s allegations that its members abducted and assaulted a soldier sent to the South-East to spy on the Biafra movement. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, had claimed in a press statement on Sunday that Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed leader of IPOB, circulated a video showing the torture of retired Corporal Toriola Adewale. The Nigerian Army strongly condemned the alleged assault on…
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has announced plans to commence an indefinite strike if their outstanding salaries are not paid within three weeks. The unions are demanding, among other things, the payment of four months’ withheld salaries, improved remuneration, earned allowances, and the implementation of the 2009 agreements with the government. The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, invoked the “No Work, No Pay” policy when the four university-based unions embarked on a prolonged strike in 2022. In a statement…
Nigerian football manager and professional player, Daniel Amokachi, has advocated for sponsorship as a means of boosting sporting activities in Nigeria. Amokachi, an Ambassador of Adron Homes, stated this on Tuesday, at the unveiling of the 2024 Adron Games, held at Adron Towers, old Visa building, Molete, Ibadan. This year’s 8th edition of the games titled “Fit To Be The Biggest”, will kick off on September 29 through 30, 2024, at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The sporting event is expected to attract a 9,200 diverse audience comprising low and high-income earners, including students, farmers,…
The Labour Party’s Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says the party is undergoing a transition to reposition its structure and is not enmeshed in crisis, as reported by the media. The former Federal lawmaker disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday after the inaugural meeting of the LP Caretaker Committee. Baba-Ahmed, who represented the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also explained that the contentious caretaker committee, which has brought them into conflict with the party leadership, was inaugurated because the tenure of the Julius Abure-led committee had elapsed. He also absolved Obi and the…