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10 things to do to be safe on BRT vehicles
Since the death of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, many citizens of Lagos State have been worried about how safe it is to travel on the Bus Rapid Transit vehicles in the state. The PUNCH had reported that Oluwabamise, who closed from work around 7pm on February 26, was on her way to visit her brother,…
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APC crisis: INEC rejects Bello’s letter, recognises Buni, gives reasons
Despite the purported ouster of the embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, by his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Bello, Buni may still be in control after all. This is as the Independent National Electoral Commission rejected a letter inviting it to an emergency…
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JUST IN Bamise: Arrested Lagos BRT driver to be arraigned today
Andrew Nice, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of 22-year-old Bus Rapid Transit passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, would be arraigned today at the Yaba Magistrate Court, The PUNCH has learnt. Counsel for the family of the deceased, Ayo Ademiluyi, made this known in a statement on Friday, while urging interested persons to make it to…
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208 court cases threaten APC convention, Buni fights back
The All Progressives Congress is currently battling no fewer than 208 court cases with some of them challenging the leadership of the party in various states and the legitimacy of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, The PUNCH has learnt. The cases, which among others, are seeking a declaration nullifying all state congresses under the leadership…
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Lagos to divert traffic on Awolowo Way, Simbiat Abiola Way
The Lagos State government has announced that traffic will be diverted on Awolowo Way and Simbiat Abiola Way from Saturday, March 12, 2022, to 6.00am on Monday, March 14, 2022, for junction improvement works. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, explained that the traffic diversion was necessary to facilitate the delivery of the junction improvement…
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Doctor says I have five years to live, actress Kemi Afolabi opens up
Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi, has opened up on her ‘incurable’ ailment, revealing that she was diagnosed with lupus. In a recent interview with show host, Chude Jideonwo, published on Friday, the actress also disclosed that the doctor said she had five years to live. According to her, she had lived just one year after the…
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War: One dies as Russia hits civilian targets in Ukraine’s Dnipro
Civilian targets came under Russian shelling in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro Friday, killing one, emergency services said, in what appeared to be the first direct attack on the city. Early on Friday, “there were three airstrikes on the city, namely hitting a kindergarten, an apartment building and a two-story shoe factory, starting a…
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Nigerian public officeholders deserve jail terms for bad governance -Ex-works minister
A former minister of works, Ambassador Ibrahim Musa Kazaure, has said that he, alongside other Nigerian public officeholders deserves jail terms for their role in institutionalising bad governance in Nigeria. Kazaure, who spoke on a Radio France International programme, alleged that Nigerian leaders are all for themselves and not for wellbeing of Nigeria and Nigerians….
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UPDATED Crisis: Lagos backs MC Oluomo, suspends NURTW
Following the crisis engulfing the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union in Lagos State, the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Government has suspended the activities of the union from all parks and garages with immediate effect. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a statement late Thursday. The statement titled, ‘Lagos…
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Arrested Lagos BRT driver raped me inside bus, says victim, presents evidence
Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayankole, has been accused of engaging in illicit acts with another female passenger in Lagos State. The female victim, who spoke exclusively to PUNCH Metro, accused Omininikoron of raping her on November 25,…
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