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Many businesses and shops in the Makogi Obesere community of Magboro in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State were on Sunday shut after a decomposing body of a yet-to-be-identified man was found in the neighbourhood. When PUNCH Metro visited the community on Monday, our correspondent learnt that despite efforts by residents to get the relevant government agencies to pick up the corpse, the stench had forced many shop owners […]
Traders from Abuja Markets have taken their peaceful protest to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), demanding an end to the crisis rocking the Abuja Markets Management Limited. The aggrieved traders said they are confused over the conflicting orders coming from the two people claiming to be the managing Directors. Secretary General of FCT Amalgamated Traders Association, Mr Abubakar Abdullahi said traders and other business operators in […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have allegedly shot dead two persons including one Gafar Yusuf, in the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the NDLEA operatives stormed the community around 10pm on Wednesday to raid a drug den when they started shooting sporadically in a bid to achieve their aim. While engaging in the act, it was learnt that stray bullets from the […]
In a bid to ensure good governance capable of attracting more foreign investments, the people of Bayelsa State have been called upon to reject candidates with questionable character from being elected in the Governorship election coming up later this year. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Network of Bayelsa Professionals, NBP, Mr Deinmobofa Tantua in Abuja According to the statement Bayelsans are specifically […]
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has solicited the support of the United Nations, to enable his administration fight insecurity in the state and to also resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back to their ancestral homes. The governor made the request at the Government House, Makurdi, when he hosted the UN delegation led by its Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Mathias Schmale. Governor Alia, while appreciating the […]
In a swift move to guard against the spread of Anthrax disease in the nation's Capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, ( FCTA) has commenced vaccination of cattles against anthrax disease in the territory. At the flag off ceremony in Paikon-Kore, Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja, the Acting Secretary Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Mallam Abubakar Sadeeq said the vaccination would prevent an outbreak of the disease as […]
The naira maintained its downward trend against the dollar as it traded for 876/$ at the parallel market on Sunday. Some Bureau de Change operators, who spoke to The PUNCH, said the local currency had earlier exchanged to the dollar at 820 a week earlier. Since the unification of the exchange rates in the country by the Central Bank of Nigeria in recent weeks, the naira had continued to slide to […]
No fewer than 20 persons were burnt to death in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the victims were scooping fuel from a petrol tanker that fell and spilled its content along the Benin–Ore-Sagamu Expressway on Sunday. According to an eyewitness, the fire was ignited by a spark from a phone held by one of the persons who were scooping fuel. The […]
A lady identified as Chinyere Awuda has allegedly been beaten to death inside Cosmila Hotel in Awka, Anambra State capital, where she went clubbing. The corpse of the deceased, who hailed from Nnobi, in the Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, was said to have been found the following morning near the hotel’s swimming pool where it was dumped. PUNCH Metro gathered tthat he incident happened on Saturday when […]
