A 39-year-old man, Niyi Adeyemo, has been hospitalised after his wife, Jumoke Bamgbola, allegedly beat him to a pulp during a disagreement at their residence on Love-All Street, Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos State. The incident which happened on Monday landed Adeyemo in hospital for arthritis treatment. Speaking with PUNCH from a hospital …
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A businessman, Leonard Chukwuma, has narrated before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ebute-Meta, Lagos State, how his half-sister, Adaku, conspired with her boyfriend, Ikechukwu Eze, to steal N14m from his company. Eze and Adaku were alleged to have conspired in 2020 to steal the said sum from the complainant’s …
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Four persons have been feared killed after rival cults clashed in a supremacy battle that has lasted for three days in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH, the clash was between the Kogbagidi Boys, who are led by one Tunde, aka Omo Aiye, and Willoughby Boys …
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A two-storey building has collapsed on the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. One person has been confirmed dead in the incident that occurred Saturday afternoon It was learnt that the building was under construction before its collapse. According to an eyewitness, collapsed under the torrential rainfall at Freeman Road, …
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Two leaders of the Hausa community in Lagos State have admonished their subjects to refrain from any form of public demonstration against the ban on motorcycles popular known as Okada in the state. The leaders spoke in separate interviews with The PUNCH. Recall that Lagos stated government on Tuesday banned Okada …
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A six-year-old girl has narrated how she was allegedly defiled by her mother’s boyfriend, Sangosanya Boluwatife, in Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Boluwatife, who is an herbal doctor is standing trial before Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court. He was arraigned before the …
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Lagos State consumes an estimated N328 billion worth of cow meat per annum. About 98 per cent of cattle consumed in the state are from the northern part of the country or from across the border. The remaining 2 per cent is a shortfall in local production and represents about …
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A Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state on Wednesday sentenced a pastor, Michael Oliseh, to life imprisonment for defiling his friend’s 12-year-old twin daughters. Justice Abiola Soladoye, described Mr Oliseh, who’s the assistant Pastor of the Anointed Chosen Vessel Ministry in Okota, Lagos, as a …
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Five men were on Thursday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos for alleged possession of human skulls. The defendants are: Adekunle Mufutau, 50, Abdulwaheed Omolewa, 46, Adeleke Nosiru, 45, Kazeem Laisisi, 36, and Babatunde Omoleye, 30. They are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful possession …
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Kidnappers Set Up Camp In Lagos, Invade Estate Twice In Three Days, Kill Two, Abduct Three •Residents flee community over informant’s presence •We’ve arrested one suspect, deployed special squad —Police in this piece, brings to the fore the growing menace of gunmen in the largest local government area of Lagos …
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