Uthman Salami

Lagos

Senior Correspondent at The Punch

Runner up @NMMA 2023 and 2024 Capital Market Correspondent Categories | Field: Human Interest

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Sallah: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway gridlock traps thousands

3 days ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

FILE: • Scene of traffiic Hundreds of commuters and travellers were stranded on Wednesday as vehicular movement on both sides of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was brought to a near standstill for hours. PUNCH Metro observed that traffic slowed to a crawl from the popular Otedola Bridge for those heading out of Lagos and into Ogun State. Similarly, road users travelling into Lagos faced frustrating congestion, particularly around the Kara Market section of the motorway.
Gunmen kill female pharmacist, one other in Kwara

4 days ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have allegedly launched coordinated attacks on communities in Patigi and Ndanaku, both in the Kwara North Senatorial District, killing two people, including a pharmacy owner. PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday that the incident occurred late Monday night, shortly after Muslim worshippers had observed the Ishai prayer.
Police rescue 12 trafficked children in Abia

5 days ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

The Nigeria Police Force has rescued 12 trafficked children and arrested two suspects for operating an illegal and unregistered motherless babies’ home in a residential apartment along Ikot Ekpene Road in Aba, Abia State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. “Upon intervention, operatives discovered 12 children, aged between six months and 14 years, living in the premises.
Three Nigerians bag 15 years jail for fraud in India

5 days ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

Three members of a Nigerian cyberfraud syndicate have each been sentenced to five years in an Indian prison after a court found them guilty of defrauding a female teacher through an online scam. PUNCH Metro gathered on Monday that the convicts, including Nelson Chigaogejimu, Francis Emeka, and Udala Chukwudi, scammed the victim, an Indian school teacher, out of approximately Rs 6.3 lakh.
Dislodged traders lament delayed justice over Lagos market demolition

6 days ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

POWA market after demolition Nearly two years after the demolition of the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping Complex in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, aggrieved traders who lost their shops and goods have expressed deep frustration over the slow pace of court proceedings.
NIPR inducts Ogun varsity spokesperson

1 week ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

The Deputy Registrar of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, and Head of the institution’s Corporate Affairs Division, Niyi Oduwole, has been inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations. Oduwole was decorated as a fellow during the recently concluded 2025 Institute’s Annual General Meeting, held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The conferment was performed by the President and Chairman of the Governing Council of NIPR, Ike Neliaku.
32 Internet fraudsters jailed in Edo

1 week ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

No fewer than 32 Internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by the Edo State High Courts sitting in Benin City. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in a statement on Thursday, disclosed that its Benin Zonal Directorate secured the convictions before Justices A.N. Erhabor and W.I. Aziegbemhin.
Four Nigerians face deportation over drug trafficking, fraud in India

1 week ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

At least, four Nigerian nationals, including two women, are facing possible jail time and deportation after being arrested in separate incidents across India for crimes ranging from cyberfraud to drug trafficking. PUNCH Metro gathered from multiple Indian media sources on Thursday that the suspects, identified as Pepe Morepeyi, Gabriel Onyeka, Bamba Fanta, and Abigail Adonis, were apprehended by different law enforcement agencies in the country.
Ex-envoy hails Tinubu, Oborevwori’s two-year milestone

1 week ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami

A former Nigerian ambassador to Thailand, Oma Djebah, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu and the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on their two years in office, praising their “visionary and courageous leadership.”In a statement issued on Thursday to celebrate the second anniversary of both administrations, Djebah commended the Tinubu-led Federal Government for implementing bold economic reforms that, according to him, have laid strong foundations for sustainable growth.
Bodies of three family members recovered from Lagos collapsed building

1 week ago | punchng.com | Uthman Salami |Okikiola Afolabi

The bodies of 16-year-old Maleek, his 13-year-old sister Ameerah, and their 73-year-old uncle, known simply as Bolaji, were on Wednesday recovered from the rubble of a collapsed two-storey building in the Ota-Ona community of Ikorodu, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro correspondents, who visited the scene of the incident located along Awolowo Road, gathered that the three victims were members of the same family.