Dayo Oyewo
Lagos residents shun pedestrian bridges despite law enforcement
Residents of Lagos State have disregarded the directive of the state government on the use of pedestrian bridges against crossing the highway. PUNCH Metro also learnt that the pedestrians now cross th...
2nd May 2024
11-year-old boy drowns in Ogun hotel swimming pool
An 11-year-old teenager, Iremide Opeifa, has drowned in a swimming pool at the Grand Bank Link Hotels along Idiroko Road in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happe...
1st May 2024
Again, hoodlums invade Lagos community, stab two
There was apprehension on Monday after some hoodlums attacked some residents of Coker Lane in the Fadeyi area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the hoodlums numbering about 10 invaded an apartme...
1st May 2024
Residents lament as hoodlums terrorise Lagos community, stab man
Residents of Fadeyi in the Somolu area of Lagos State have raised the alarm over the increasing activities of hoodlums in the community. The residents who spoke to PUNCH Metro at the weekend lamented ...
30th April 2024
Residents lament as hoodlums terrorise Lagos community, stab man
Residents of Fadeyi in the Somolu area of Lagos State have raised the alarm over the increasing activities of hoodlums in the community. The residents who spoke to PUNCH Metro at the weekend lamented ...
29th April 2024
Ministry empowers 50 widows in Lagos
No fewer than 50 widows were empowered at the 2023 edition of the Widows Support Programme held in Lagos State on Saturday. The programme was organised by His Heavenly Light Ministries. The convener a...
29th April 2024
Cocaine trafficking: Two drug kingpins bag life sentence
Two notorious drug kingpins, Uwaezuoke Christian and Agbo Prince, have been sentenced to life imprisonment. This was disclosed in a statement by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and obtained b...
29th April 2024
[ICYMI] Conservation, public health worries rise as Nigerians consume grilled crocodile
Following the consumption of grilled crocodile in Nigeria, Dayo Oyewo writes on the concerns of health experts and wild life conservationists A renewed interest in the consumption of crocodile meat in...
27th April 2024
Why I hate Mohbad more in death - Naira Marley’s associate
Law Lee, an associate of embattled singer, Naira Marley, has made a snide remark about the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad. Mohbad died at the age of 27, on September 12, 2023, ...
27th April 2024
Bobrisky not staying in one bedroom flat, says NSC
The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has made clarifications on the status of the controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky in its facility. Bobrisky is currentl...
27th April 2024
DNA: Mohbad’s father confirms posting court order on Wunmi’s residence
Joseph Aloba, the father of late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, otherwise known as Mohbad, says he has served a notice of the pending DNA test application on his son’s wife, Wunmi, by substitut...
26th April 2024
Autopsy: Toxicology on Mohbad’s body ready, pathologist begins analysis
A toxicology test carried out to determine the cause of the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has been concluded. PUNCH Metro reported that the test was being conducted in the Uni...
26th April 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Mohbad's toxicology result ready as pathologist begins interpretation
The toxicology test carried out to determine the cause of death of late music star, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad has been concluded. PUNCH Online reported that the test was being conducted in the Unite...
25th April 2024
Edo cultists who killed man in daughter’s presence remain at large
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of an alleged Eiye member in the South Ibie area of the state on Tuesday even as the identity of the killers remains unknown. The deceased was gu...
25th April 2024
Ogun seals three religious centres for noise pollution
The Ogun State Government has sealed three religious centres for contravening its laws on noise pollution and defying the government’s repeated orders on pollution. The three worship centres are Chr...
24th April 2024
Widow decries police delay in husband’s murder probe
A widow, Mariam Salami, has lamented the alleged refusal of the police to investigate the death of her husband, Ishola, who was murdered at Ajiran in the Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt t...
22nd April 2024
Five-year-old boy dies after falling from fence in Lagos
A five-year-old boy identified simply as David has been confirmed dead after falling from a fence in the Igando area of Lagos State. PUNCH Online learnt that the incident happened on Friday. It...
20th April 2024
Naira abuse: Bobrisky still in Ikoyi prison, say NCoS officials
The Nigeria Correctional Service has refuted claims that controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, who was handed a six-month prison sentence over abuse of the naira notes, was moved fr...
19th April 2024
C & S leader, Abidoye, for burial April 27
THE late Chairman and Spiritual Leader of Cherubim & Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Prophet Samuel Abidoye, will be buried on Saturday, April 27. This was disclosed in a statement signed by t...
19th April 2024
Police rescue three toddlers locked up in Lagos home
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued three toddlers allegedly locked up in a room at Agodo-Egbe in the Ikotun area of the state. PUNCH Online gathered that the children, which included a girl an...
18th April 2024
DNA: Court to serve Mohbad’s wife via substituted means
The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu has granted the order that Wunmi, the wife of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, be served notice of the pending DNA test application by substi...
18th April 2024
Day-old baby dumped in polythene bag rescued in Lagos
A day-old baby boy abandoned in a polythene bag has been rescued at Alhaji Masha Road, in the Surulere area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that a yet-to-be-identified social worker attached to a...
18th April 2024
NGO decries alleged rejection of defiled 15-year-old girl in Lagos shelter
A rights group, the Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, has expressed concern over the provision of shelter for a 15-year-old girl (name withheld) who was allegedly defiled at Sawmi...
18th April 2024
Testimony backlash: Dunamis apologises as Abuja testifier meets Enenche, wife
The woman who was accused of lying while giving testimony at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, Vera Anyim, has said she bears no grudge against the church. This followed the controversy ...
16th April 2024
50,901 drug offenders arrested, 9,034 convicted in three years — NDLEA
The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested a total of 5,0901 drug offenders, including the apprehension of 46 drug barons in the last three years. The Chairman of the agency, Brig-G...
16th April 2024
One-year-old baby burnt in Lagos community attack - Police
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a one-year-old baby during an attack at Egan Oriomi, in the Otto Awori Local Council Development Area of Ojo, Lagos State. The state Police Pu...
15th April 2024
Bobrisky treated as normal inmate – NCS officials
Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, who was handed a six-month prison sentence over naira abuse, currently shares the same cell with male inmates at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, PU...
15th April 2024
Third Mainland Bridge accident victim’s body recovered from lagoon
The remains of an adult male suspected to be one of the victims involved in an accident that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State on Wednesday have been recovered. Two passengers rep...
13th April 2024
Seven drown in Lagos within a week, says PPRO
The Lagos State Police Command has said a total number of seven persons have lost their lives to accidental drowning in different parts of the state this week. The state Police Public Relations Office...
13th April 2024
JUST IN: Body of Third Mainland Bridge accident victim recovered from lagoon
The remains of an adult male suspected to be one of the victims involved in an accident that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State on Wednesday have been recovered. PUNCH Online reporte...
12th April 2024
Seven drown in one week — Lagos police
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said a total number of seven persons drowned in different parts of the state this week. The deaths were recorded at hotel swimming pools, beaches and at the la...
12th April 2024