Uthman Salami
Ogun motorcyclist killed, huts burnt in border clash
Tensions flared and violence erupted on Tuesday in Awowo Village, a border community in Ogun State, following a fatal collision between a motorcycle and a cow. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that the ...
10th January 2025
Hoodlums cut off Ogun plastic collector’s wrist
A plastic collector identified as Yusuf Abubakar has reportedly lost his left wrist after he and his colleagues were allegedly attacked by suspected hoodlums in Isara Remo, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gat...
9th January 2025
Romance scam: Two US-based Nigerians face 40-year jail term
Two Nigerian nationals, Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37, each face up to 20 years in a United States prison after being convicted by a federal jury for orchestrating a $560,00...
8th January 2025
Tenant’s decomposing body found in Ogun apartment
The Kemta Divisional Police under the Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday raised the alarm after a swollen body of 45-year-old Tolulope Olusanya, a tenant, was discovered late Monday night. PUNCH Met...
8th January 2025
Family seeks help over missing 56-year-old mother
The family of Adiat Abiola Babatanisewu is urgently appealing to the public for help in locating their missing mother, whose whereabouts have remained unknown for nearly three weeks since she left her...
7th January 2025
Family solicits funds to bury Nigerian student in UK
The grieving family of Ross Ogbeinde, an international student in the United Kingdom, who reportedly collapsed and lost consciousness before passing away on December 29, 2024, is seeking financial sup...
6th January 2025
Nine motorists injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash
At least nine motorists sustained varying degrees of injuries on Saturday night in multiple auto crashes along the Sagamu section of the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway. PUNCH Metro learnt from the Ogun State P...
6th January 2025
Experts urge govt to arrest public schools’ decline
The convener of the CURVE development project, Michael Omisore, has proposed a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s education system to address the widening gap between students in public and private...
6th January 2025
Trafficked 28-year-old Nigerian woman to return from Iraq
A 28-year-old trafficked Nigerian woman, Eniola Isaac, is set to return to Nigeria on Friday (today), following the intervention of officials from the Nigerian mission in Jordan, which oversees Iraq. ...
3rd January 2025
UK-based Nigerians lament rising sudden deaths among compatriots
Concerned Nigerians in the United Kingdom have raised the alarm over the rising cases of sudden collapses among their compatriots following the death of an international student, Ross, who died on Dec...
3rd January 2025
133 women, girls killed in gender-related violence in 2024 — Report
No fewer than 133 Nigerian women, including teenagers, were victims of suspected gender-related violence between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, according to the 2024 DOHS Cares Foundation fem...
2nd January 2025
35-year-old man found dead in Ogun compound
The Ogun State Police Command on Monday confirmed the discovery of a 35-year-old man, Mukaila Lasisi, who was found dead in a compound on Israel Agbalade Street, Asero, Abeokuta, the state capital. PU...
1st January 2025
Police detain Ogun security guards for setting man ablaze
Two security guards, Segun Sodiya and Segun Abatan, from the Agura Sabo area of Sagamu, Ogun State, are currently in the custody of the police for allegedly setting a 44-year-old man, Basiru Aliu, abl...
1st January 2025
Abducted Oyo pastor, wife rescued from kidnappers
The Oyo State Police Command has announced the successful rescue of a pastor and his wife who suspected kidnappers abducted in the state. The police stated that the pastor and his wife, whose names we...
1st January 2025
Speeding vehicle kills pedestrian on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
A speeding vehicle along the Oremeji Bus Stop corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway fatally struck 43-year-old Lookman Raji on Sunday evening. According to PUNCH Metro, an eyewitness account and a s...
31st December 2024
Osun man sentenced to death for stealing fowl regains freedom
Some Nigerians took to social media on Monday to celebrate the release of Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death in 2014 by the Osun High Court for stealing chickens, following his release from ...
31st December 2024
Union unveils job portal for Isale-Eko indigenes
The Isale-Eko Descendants Union has unveiled a job portal aimed at offering employment opportunities and empowerment programmes to genuine Isale-Eko indigenes. This initiative is part of the union’s...
30th December 2024
Four killed, 16 injured in Lagos-Ibadan highway accidents
No fewer than four people have lost their lives, while 16 others narrowly escaped death in two separate accidents along the Ogun State corridors of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. City Round learnt on Fr...
28th December 2024
Hit-and-run driver kills two on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Two male pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run incident near Kara Bus Stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State on Thursday, Boxing Day. The State Police Command stated on Friday that the a...
27th December 2024
Osun court denies sentencing fowl thieves to death
The Osun State High Court has dismissed widespread reports suggesting that a young man, Olowookere Segun, was sentenced to death for stealing a fowl, describing the claims as false and maliciously dis...
27th December 2024
Lagos silent on school probe months after teacher sodomised pupil
Two months after a 10-year-old pupil of Blessed Peace School in Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, was allegedly sodomised by his teacher, the Lagos State Government has yet to dis...
27th December 2024
Man arrested for raping, impregnating 16-year-old girl in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Akeem Sumonu, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl in the Olodo Community of Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun State. ...
26th December 2024
Man nabbed for killing four-year-old son in Edo
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Theophilus Osazuwa for allegedly killing his four-year-old son. The command said Osazuwa was suspected to have committed the act while und...
26th December 2024
Four suspected motorcycle, cylinder thieves arrested in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended at least four suspects for allegedly stealing a motorcycle and a gas cylinder in the Ajuwon Community and Odeda areas. Our correspondent exclusively learn...
26th December 2024
As education costs soar, parents battle to keep children in school
Amid the rising cost of books and the urge to educate their children, parents struggle to adapt to the new economic realities, writes UTHMAN SALAMI A 33-year-old woman from Ijebu Igbo in Ogun State, M...
26th December 2024
Abandoned two-year-old boy found at Lagos dumpsite
An abandoned two-year-old boy (identity unknown) has been found at a dumpsite in the Iganmu area of Lagos State. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in a pos...
25th December 2024
One dies in Lagos-Ibadan expressway auto crash
At least one driver, Wale Eyinola, has been killed, and another driver, identified as Isa, injured in separate crashes along the Sagamu corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan and Sagamu-Benin Expressways on Tue...
24th December 2024
Traders seek justice one year after POWA market demolition
Aggrieved traders displaced from the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping Complex in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, have lamented that their economic conditions have remained unstable a year...
24th December 2024
Kwara family accuses police of torturing son to death in custody
The death of 35-year-old Jimoh AbdulQodir Tunji while in the custody of the Kwara State Police Command on Friday, has left his family and loved ones in shock. This incident becomes even more horrifyin...
23rd December 2024
Imo not offering free buses for Christmas travel -Govt
The Imo State Government has warned its indigenes planning to return to the state during the Christmas and New Year celebrations to avoid falling for a deceptive travel offer aimed at exploiting them ...
23rd December 2024
Journalist accuses Lagos police of extortion after hoodlums’ attack
A journalist working for Security Monitor News, an online news outlet, Kayode Adeyemo, says he is currently fighting to save his left hand after being attacked by at least seven hoodlums at Odo Eran B...
23rd December 2024