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Punch Newspapers Sections Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe Published 12 March 2021 A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has adjourned till May 27, 2021 for the adoption of final written addresses in the case of a collapsed guesthouse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations. The Lagos State Government had prosecuted the SCOAN over the collapsed building, which killed 116 worshipers of the church on September 12, 2014. The defendants were two engineers, Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, charged alongsid...

In the wake of the outrage that greeted the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regu...

Punch Newspapers Sections Tunji Ajibade Published 12 March 2021 The United Kingdom’s current High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, trended lately. The occasion was when she rejoiced with a fellow female, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, selected recently as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Laing joined the #BeLikeNgoziChallenge online in which females dressed in the unique style of Nigeria’s former Finance Minister. That time, her surname once again makes me wonder if she�...

Punch Newspapers Sections Deji Lambo Deji Lambo Published 12 March 2021 A yet-to-be-identified motorcyclist has lost his life after he was crushed by a BRT bus around Cement Bus-Stop on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Thursday, said the motorcyclist lost control while plying the BRT corridor. He said, “In furtherance of the directive of the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, operatives of the...

‘AfCFTA’ll drive Africa’s economic recovery post-COVID-19’ Published 12 March 2021 The Secretary-General, Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Mr Wamkele Mene, has described the AfCFTA as a key driver for Africa’s recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Mene was quoted in a statement by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry as saying this during a courtesy visit to the chamber in Lagos. He said the continent’s ability to trade in merchandise and servic...

Marriage is about the most important ceremony celebrated in the world over. The reason most people adduce is simply that no one is aware of one’s b...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 287 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 159,933. ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday unveiled Kwara United’s new kits as part of the government’s efforts to promote the current leaders of the Nigerian Professional Football League. At the event held at the Kwara State Stadium Complex, Ilorin, AbdulRazaq called on stakeholders in the sports industry to redouble their efforts in promoting and showcasing Kwara United Football Club as a good brand for corporate entities to i...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke Published 12 March 2021 A petitioner, Marc Chidibere Nwadi, has been awarded N7.5 million by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality especially involving officers of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The petitioner had complained that he spent six years in the prison without trial. Nwadi had alleged that his long stay in prison was because he could not offer a bribe. Chairperson ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 The police in Rivers State have arrested a father of four, Favour Ibama, for allegedly raping and stealing from some women in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A spokesperson for the state police command, SP Nnamdi Omoni, disclosed this while parading the suspect at the command’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Omoni claimed that the suspect lured his victims with promises after meeting them on social media, adding that he stole from the...