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1 day ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
A Nigerian-born United States citizen, Oladapo Fadugba, risks 27 years imprisonment over his alleged involvement in a $690,000 wire fraud scheme and making false declarations to obtain US citizenship. PUNCH Metro learnt this in a statement by the US Attorney for the District of Florida, Gregory Kehoe, obtained on Wednesday. According to Kehoe, Fadugba was indicted for multiple charges, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements during his naturalisation process.
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2 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
Motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have expressed anxiety over gridlock that may trail the planned repair of the damaged bridge at the Lotto area of the expressway. PUNCH Metro recalls that a driver of a low-bed articulated vehicle, which was transporting an excavator, hit the bridge structure, causing damage to its beams.
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2 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
A heated argument between a couple in the Elega area of Abeokuta on Saturday night turned tragic when the husband, identified as Olamide, mistakenly struck his one-year-old son with an iron rod intended for his wife, leading to the child’s death. PUNCH Metro learnt in a video from the scene of the incident obtained on Monday that Olamide had fled the area after the incident.
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3 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency on Monday confirmed the recovery of two dead bodies under the debris of the collapsed three-storey building at Oremeta Street in the Ojodu-Berger area of the state, bringing the total number of bodies recovered to seven. This is as the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, promised that the owner of the building would face the law.
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3 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
File photo of an accident scene No fewer than four people escaped death on Easter Monday following a head-to-head collision between two trucks along the Lapeleke area of Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt from a traffic update on Monday by the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, that the accident occurred at about 10:25 am.
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4 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said its operatives arrested no fewer than 10 suspects during various operations across the country recently. A statement by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, listed the suspects as including a suspected supplier of illicit substances to bandits identified as Muhammad Mohammed. He was arrested in Kano, while another suspect, Mohammed Abdulaziz, was arrested with 68 blocks of skunk.
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4 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
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4 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdulaziz, 43, was nabbed the same day at Research Rimin Kebe area of Nasarawa, Kano, with 68 blocks of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 30kg. Credit: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said its operatives intercepted 500 grammes of cocaine concealed in the pages of religious books and bound for Saudi Arabia at a courier company located in Lagos State.
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5 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu
Two separate accidents that happened on Easter Saturday along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road and Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway in Ogun State have left four people dead. PUNCH Online gathered separate traffic updates from the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, that the first accident along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road occurred at about 7 a.m. at the Odorasanyin area near the VIO office in Ijebu-Igbo.
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6 days ago | 
punchng.com | Johnson Idowu |Onozure Dania
A teenager, Alabi Quadri, who was freed on Thursday after being incarcerated for three months following his arraignment by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on allegations of armed robbery, has demanded N100m in compensation from the police. Quadri became an internet sensation after standing in front of the convoy of the 2023 Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during his visit to Lagos in 2023.
