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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Dayo Oyewo
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, raising concerns about mass failure as more than 1.5 million out of 1.9 million candidates whose results were released scored below 200. The UTME is graded over 400, with each candidate assessed in four subjects scored over 100 marks each.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu |Dayo Oyewo
A severe gridlock that left commuters stranded for several hours following the closure of Independence Bridge in the Falomo area of Lagos State on Wednesday has left commuters with bitter tales, JOHNSON IDOWU and DAYO OYEWO writeCommuters and motorists in Lagos endured hours of gridlock on Wednesday till the wee hours of Thursday following the closure of the Independence Bridge located in the Falomo area of Lagos State for maintenance and rehabilitation.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Dayo Oyewo |Uthman Salami
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the location where the Lagos State University graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode, was buried, following the arrest of the principal suspect, Olaoluwa Ajisomo. PUNCH Metro exclusively learnt that the prime suspect, rumoured to have fled to the Benin Republic, was leading police detectives in locating the burial site of the deceased.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Dayo Oyewo |Solomon Odeniyi
Illustration image: Gunmen The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has launched an investigation into the abduction of a family of four at the Chikakore community in the Bwari Area Council. A security guard in the area, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said four individuals had been confirmed kidnapped at the moment.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Dayo Oyewo
The Lagos State House of Assembly has tightened security at the Assembly Complex as lawmakers hold plenary on Monday (today), The PUNCH reports. There are speculations that there might be a showdown at the House as the former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, on Saturday claimed he remained the Speaker of the House. Obasa was removed by the majority of House members on January 13, 2025, following allegations of misconduct and financial misappropriation.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Dayo Oyewo
19th January 2025 Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited The Supreme Head of The Sacred Cherubim and Seraphim church, Solomon Alao, has called on President Bola Tinubu to privatise the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to improve its performance. Alao made the call in a statement he signed on Saturday ahead of the church’s Annual General Conference. He also advocated that NNPCL be listed on the stock exchange.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Dayo Oyewo
A graduate of Mass Communication, single mother and caterer, Tomiwa Oni, in this interview with DAYO OYEWO, recounts her harrowing encounter with officers of the Ogun State Police Command, who she alleged shot her while returning from her place of work in the Ota area of the state. Excerpts:Where were you coming from on the day you had an encounter with the police? I was returning from where I had gone for a catering job. So how did it all happen?
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Dayo Oyewo
Mrs Abosede Aloba, the mother of the late singer Ilerioluwa, aka Mohbad, and actor Yomi Fabiyi have clashed over allegations against the late singer’s brother, Adura. PUNCH Metro learnt that Fabiyi on Friday, December 13, 2024, filed a petition at the Lagos State Police Command, alleging that the deceased’s brother initiated an Instagram chat wherein he claimed to have video evidence of how Mohbad died.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Dayo Oyewo |Uthman Salami
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, in Lagos State, have demanded a probe of the impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, by the anti-graft agencies. They made the call on Tuesday, 24 hours after Obasa was ousted by his colleagues, citing corruption allegations amongs others.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Dayo Oyewo
The Lagos State Police Command said it had recovered three rifles that were parts of the weapons stolen from its armoury during the #EndSARS protest. The Commissioner of Police, Ishola Olanrewaju, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the state command headquarters on Saturday. He said the rifles were found on December 27, 2024, after being kept in a bag placed on the rooftop of a building at Idunsagbe Street in the Lagos Island area of the state.
