Godfrey George

Lagos

Writer|| Lover|| Friend|| Senior Journalist and Member, Editorial Board, PUNCH Newspapers, Lagos @mobilepunch Views expressed here are solely mine, please.

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Nigerian communities where snails are sacred, pythons roam free - pythons

5 days ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

Across several states, particularly in the South-East and South-South regions, communities still uphold long-standing traditional taboos that forbid the killing or consumption of certain animals, including land snails, specific fish species, and the revered python. In these areas, what many might consider a delicacy is regarded as a deity.
Lagos pension commission urges retirees on new life

5 days ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

Lagos State Pension Commission The Director-General of the Lagos State Pension Commission, Babalola Obilana, has advised prospective retirees in the Lagos State Public Service to embrace financial literacy, stay engaged, and maintain a positive outlook as they prepare for a new life after active service.
Akpabio: Natasha, US-based activist in war of words over leaked audio

1 week ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Godfrey George |Nathaniel Shaibu

The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday, countered a United States-based activist, Dr Sandra Duru, who alleged a plot to frame Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The lawmaker, in a statement issued by her media aide, Israel Arogbonlo, said all the recorded conversations played in Duru’s live stream were manipulated. The allegationsDuru, popularly known as Prof.
Beaten to death: Tragic tales of parental corrections that ended in tragedy

1 week ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

Across Nigeria, chilling stories of children brutalised by their parents often slip through the cracks, buried under the guise of discipline. But behind closed doors and drawn curtains, unspeakable cruelty thrives.
Lagos sky-high rents threaten new wave of homeless families

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

The scramble for shelter in Lagos has become a bruising contest between shrinking pay packets and soaring rents. From the tenements of Mushin to the glassy estates of Lekki, landlords are issuing fresh invoices that read like ransom notes: yearly dues doubled, tripled—sometimes quadrupled—within months.
JAMB nabs 40 impersonators as parents decry exam resumption time

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George |Muhammed Lawal |Emmanuel Ande

No fewer than 40 persons have been arrested and are facing prosecution for impersonating candidates during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has disclosed. This is as many parents and guardians are lamenting that the 6.30 am resumption time for the exam was too early for candidates, adding that many may have to travel several kilometres to their examination centres.
Nigeria’s new contactless  biometric passport

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

In January 2024, the Nigeria Immigration Service quietly piloted what may prove to be its most ambitious reform in two decades: a contactless biometric passport and a fully remote application platform. The digital booklet looks familiar—green cover, gilded crest—but embedded inside is a next‑generation chip that stores the holder’s photo, signature, 10 fingerprints and an encrypted facial template. Far more radical than the booklet itself is the way Nigerians can now apply.
When fathers vanish: Silent scars of abandoned children

3 weeks ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

Across Nigeria, countless families bear the deep emotional, financial, and psychological scars left behind by fathers who walked away. In homes where love once lingered, silence and unanswered questions now reside.
I never believed I’d live up to 97 - Nonagenarian

3 weeks ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

Chief Mrs Funke Arthur-Worrey, a distinguished matriarch, community leader and philanthropist, is a former president and Head of the Board of Trustees of the International Women’s Society and widow of the late legal luminary, Steady Arthur-Worrey.
Against all odds: How akara sellers defy superstitions to stay in business

1 month ago | punchng.com | Godfrey George

In various Nigerian communities, a pervasive belief holds that akara (bean cake) sellers are often coerced into joining clandestine witchcraft covens. Those who resist are said to suffer misfortunes such as illness, spiritual attacks, or even death.