Johnson Idowu
FRSC warns against night travels as Enugu crash claims 16
Following the death of 16 travellers in the late hours of Tuesday in Enugu, Enugu State, the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has warned road users against night travelling. The Sector C...
2nd May 2024
16 die in Enugu auto crash
No fewer than 14 male and two female adults lost their lives when their vehicle crashed into a fence and caught fire along the Enugu/Opi/Nsukka road late Tuesday. The Enugu State Police Public Relatio...
1st May 2024
Pharmacy dept services not affected by fire incident – UITH
The management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, has disclosed that a recent fire incident that occurred in one of its buildings did not affect the pharmaceutical ser...
1st May 2024
‘Dangote truck not responsible for Kogi accident’
The management of Dangote Groups has denied the report that one of its trucks was responsible for the accident that claimed no fewer than 19 lives along the Okene-Lokoja bypass in Kogi State on Sunday...
30th April 2024
Cultists who killed man in daughter’s presence for trial
The Edo State Police Command says it will prosecute some suspected cultists arrested in connection with the murder of one Braimoh Fulani killed in his daughter’s presence in the South Ibie area of t...
29th April 2024
Lagos police begin probe as man dies inside own car
A Lagos-based man, Gihan Mbelu, has reportedly died in his vehicle in the Victoria Garden City area of Lagos State on Friday. PUNCH Metro gathered on Sunday that 42-year-old Mbelu had reportedly parke...
29th April 2024
86-year-old injured as fire guts building in Kwara
A late-morning fire that gutted a residential building in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Saturday, has left an 86-year-old man with injuries. The spokesperson for the Kwara State Fire Service, Has...
27th April 2024
Two ‘one chance’ robbers in Ogun police custody
The Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it arrested two suspected members of a ‘one chance’ syndicate terrorising some parts of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolo...
25th April 2024
Truck kills pedestrian in Ogun
A road crash involving two cement-laden trucks and a tricycle that occurred at the Tollgate junction along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway late Monday claimed the life of a pedestrian while two others w...
24th April 2024
Again, one killed in Ogun cult clash
In what appears to be a retaliatory cult clash, one Azeez Olaitan was reportedly killed by suspected members of the Aiye Confraternity in the Alogi area of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State on...
23rd April 2024
Gunmen kill one, injure two Ogun chiefs
Some gunmen reportedly killed one person and injured two local chiefs in a Thursday afternoon attack on the Oluke community in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. This is just as the stat...
22nd April 2024
One dies in Ogun cult clash
A yet-to-be-identified person was reportedly killed in a suspected cult clash that occurred in the Bode Olude area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday. PUNCH Online finding...
21st April 2024
49-year-old woman allegedly hangs self in Ogun
A middle-aged woman identified as Victoria Idowu reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in the Magboro area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday. ...
21st April 2024
Caleb varsity founder lauds Tinubu's education policies
The founder of Caleb Group of Schools, Oladega Adebogun, has lauded the education policies initiated by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration in addressing the series of challenges facing the e...
20th April 2024
Driver flees scene after allegedly killing Osun poly student
A hit-and-run driver allegedly fled the scene of an accident which claimed the life of Olanrewaju Olatona, a student of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, late Monday. The accident was said to ...
18th April 2024
Ashimolowo urges govt to address rising poverty
The Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre, Mathew Ashimolowo, has asked the Federal Government to address the rising hunger and poverty ravaging the country. Ashimolowo, who made th...
17th April 2024
Lagos resumes demolition of buildings on drainage, netizens kick
Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, on Monday, commenced the demolition of buildings erected on drainages in the Ojota and Ogudu areas of the state. The ministry�...
16th April 2024
AC explosion blamed as fire guts UITH pharmacy
The Kwara State Fire Service has blamed the late-night Sunday fire that destroyed the mini-store of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital’s pharmacy on an explosion from an air conditioning sys...
16th April 2024
Panic as suspected landgrabbers invade Ogun communities
Residents of Alapoti, Olorunleke, and Olorunshola communities in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State were thrown into pandemonium when suspected landgrabbers invaded the communities on Fri...
15th April 2024
Rainstorm destroys 35 houses in Kwara
No fewer than 35 houses were destroyed following a heavy rainstorm that rocked the Igbonna community in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday. This is coming barely three days after ov...
12th April 2024
Mohbad: Lagos monarch denies fathering late singer’s son
As the controversy surrounding the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, and the paternity of his son continues to escalate, the Elegushi of the IkateElegushi Kingdom, Lago...
12th April 2024
Fire destroys N54m property in Kwara
Property worth approximately N54.4m was destroyed when a late-night fire gutted a residential building in the Tanke area of Ilorin in Kwara State. This is just as property worth N73.1m was saved in th...
10th April 2024
Fire guts Lagos market building, govt blames carelessness
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has attributed the cause of a fire that engulfed a three-storey building in the Apongbon area of the state to careless handling of a generator set. The fire, wh...
9th April 2024
Oyo to end open defecation by 2025
The Oyo State Government says it is targeting an open defecation-free status by 2025 by collaborating with the United Nations Children’s Funds to train stakeholders in the state on the measures ...
6th April 2024
One dies in Lagos-Abeokuta expressway lone crash
An early morning accident that occurred at the Ago Adura axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Saturday claimed one life. The spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatun...
6th April 2024
Cop on escort duty dies in Kaduna-Abuja train
A police escort attached to the Abuja-Kaduna train route reportedly died aboard the train while conveying passengers from Kaduna to Abuja on Thursday. A source privy to the incident disclosed that the...
5th April 2024
One killed, 11 escape death in Ogun road crashes
One person was reported to have died while 11 others escaped death in multiple accidents that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State on Wednesday. PUN...
4th April 2024
Driver arrested for allegedly killing pedestrian in Lagos
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has arrested a driver who rammed into a pedestrian and allegedly killed him in the Kosofe area of the state. The driver, who was conveying pepper and some ...
3rd April 2024
Commercial driver kills one, injures another in Lagos road crash
A speeding driver has reportedly killed one yet-to-be-identified male pedestrian in the early hours of Tuesday, in Ketu, along the Mile 12- Ikorodu Expressway of Lagos State. The driver, who was conve...
2nd April 2024
Eight arrested as hoodlums kill UNIMAID lecturer on campus
The Borno State Police Command says it has arrested eight persons in connection with the suspected murder of a University of Maiduguri lecturer, Kamar Abdulkadir. The command’s Public Relations Offi...
2nd April 2024
Gunmen kill one in Ogun
A suspected cult clash that occurred in the Ijeun Titun area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State has left one person, identified as Tescom, dead. PUNCH Online gathered that the incid...
1st April 2024