Johnson Idowu

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami |Johnson Idowu |Fawzi Kehinde

Worn-out and frustrated commuters have berated the Ogun State Government for what they described as a slow and inadequate response to a petrol tanker explosion that caused a two-day gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The gridlock, which began around 11 a.m. on Wednesday following a fuel tanker explosion near the NASFAT corridor of the expressway, lingered into Thursday, leaving passengers and motorists stranded for hours.

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Johnson Idowu

The Nasarawa State Police Command said it had begun a manhunt for a suspected gunrunner who abandoned a motorcycle and concealed one AK-47 rifle and two magazines along the Giza-Kadarko Road in the Keana Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Rahman Nansel, in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that they had received an intelligence report about the suspect transporting the firearms.

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Johnson Idowu |Bankole Taiwo

A member of the Governance Advisory Council in Lagos State, Chief Muraina Taiwo, on Sunday, said the speculated rift between President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is now over. In a telephone interview with The PUNCH, Taiwo said God had resolved the crisis, adding that the father (Tinubu) had drawn his son (Sanwo-Olu) closer. Speaking after a meeting of the GAC members with the President, Taiwo said, “Everything they are saying, God has resolved it.

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Johnson Idowu

University of Port Harcourt The management of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has demanded a probe into the death of one of its students, Godwin Akpakpan, a 300-level Computer Science undergraduate, who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet fired by a yet-to-be-identified military man. PUNCH Metro recalls that the family of Akpan accused the police of a cover-up in the circumstances behind the death of the student outside the university campus.

3 weeks ago | punchng.com | Josephine Ogundeji |Johnson Idowu

The President, Bola Tinubu, inaugurated the reconstructed Lekki-Epe Deep Seaport road in Lagos State on Thursday, where he told the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to ignore critics of the multibillion naira Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. During the inauguration of the Lekki-Epe Deep Seaport road, Tinubu commended Umahi and the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, for the work done on the road, but spoke extensively about the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.