Imoleayo Oyedeyi

Ibadan, Lagos

Senior Correspondent at The Punch

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Northern govs in high-stakes meeting over terror attacks

5 days ago | punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Faith Awa Maji |Godwin Isenyo

Barring any last-minute change of plan, the Northern Governors’ Forum will hold a crucial meeting today (Saturday) in Kaduna in response to the rising killings across the region. The Director-General, Press Affairs, Gombe Government House, Ismaila Misilli, who confirmed the development to Saturday PUNCH, said the NGF Chairman and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Yahaya, convened the meeting. “It will be held in Kaduna, and security will top the agenda.
Defections cementing Tinubu’s grip - Analysts

1 month ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi

Political analysts, including a former senator, have stated that the steady wave of defections by opposition lawmakers to the All Progressives Congress is strengthening President Bola Tinubu’s grip on the federal legislature. Findings by Sunday PUNCH revealed that no fewer than 15 lawmakers have dumped opposition parties for the ruling APC in the National Assembly since the inauguration of the 10th Assembly.
Lynched Edo travellers: Governors move against reprisals as 16 slain hunters buried

1 month ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Ismaeel Uthman |Godwin Isenyo |James Abraham |Chima Azubuike |Collins Agwam | +3 more

Tears flowed on Saturday in Uromi, Edo State, as the remains of the hunters who were lynched by a mob were interred. Members of the Hausa community converged on the community cemetery to pay their last respects to the victims, who were burnt to death on Friday after being accused of being kidnappers. Our correspondents had earlier reported that the men were travelling in a Dangote Cement truck when they were intercepted around 1.30pm by local security guards.
Ex-HoS rattles Fubara with alleged militants link, INC backs gov

1 month ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Dennis Naku |Daniel Ayantoye |Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Umar Sani | +1 more

The political crisis in Rivers State took a new twist late Friday following allegations by a former Head of Service, Dr George Nweke, that Governor Siminalayi Fubara ordered the bombing of the state House of Assembly complex in 2023. The complex was suspected to have been bombed by militants operating on the orders of some politicians in the state.
FG orders manhunt as outrage trails 16 Edo travellers’ lynching

1 month ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Adeyinka Adedipe |Stephen Angbulu |Godwin Isenyo | +1 more

President Bola Tinubu and some governors in the country have condemned the gruesome murder of 16 travellers by an irate mob in Uromi, Edo State. While the President ordered a manhunt for the killers, the governors joined in demanding justice for the victims. Mistaken identitySaturday PUNCH gathered that the victims, who claimed to be hunters, were travelling in a Dangote Cement truck when they were accosted around 1.30pm in Udune Efandion community by local security.
Group decries sexual, domestic violence

1 month ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi

A women’s rights organisation, Project Alert, has conducted a two-day refresher training for members of its community surveillance team in Lagos. During the workshop, held at NECA House, Alausa, on Thursday, CST members, drawn from 15 local government areas, identified prevalent forms of sexual and domestic violence as well as child abuse in their communities.
NNPCL-Dangote price war: Oil marketers slash purchase amid losses

2 months ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi

As the price war in the downstream oil sector continues leading to recurring reductions in the price of Premium Motor Spirit commonly known as petrol, oil marketers have resorted to slashing the volume of their fuel purchase amid mounting losses from the price drop.
Lagos sweepers: Supervisors lament poor pay

2 months ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Muhammed Lawal

Some supervisors overseeing street sweepers working with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority have decried what they described as “poor wages and inadequate welfare support” from the agency. The supervisors staged a protest at the state secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday, March 13, 2024, to express their frustration over LAWMA’s refusal to pay them the government-approved minimum wage of N85,000 since 2024.
Bishops kick as Soludo bans loud market preaching

2 months ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Daniel Ayantoye

Religious leaders have tackled the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for going against preachers who use loudspeakers in public spaces, particularly markets. The governor accused the clerics of causing noise pollution and public disturbances. In a viral video that circulated on social media on Saturday, he warned that loud preaching at market squares disturb traders and would henceforth attract a N500,000 fine.
How Air Force officers tortured us with rods - Ikeja Electric workers

2 months ago | punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Dare Olaiwin |damilola aina

Some employees of Ikeja Electric have recounted how Nigerian Air Force officers from the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base in Ikeja, Lagos State, brutalised them on Thursday during an invasion of the company. The soldiers were said to have stormed the IE headquarters in the Alausa area of the state capital, Ikeja, in a military truck, two OP-MESA vehicles, and others at about 7:40am.