The Lagos State Government will divert traffic at Akowonjo/Egbeda Road, Jimoh and Akinremi Streets to de-flood the drainage along the axis of accumulated storm water from 11:00 pm on Friday, 19th November till midnight of Sunday, 21st November, 2021. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, explained that Akowonjo Road will…
Participants in this year’s audition for the annual Fuji music talent hunt, Goldberg Fuji T’o Bam, were taken aback on Wednesday when a visually-impaired man, Ibraheem Kareem, was led into the Havannah Hotels in Gowon Estate, Egbeda, venue of the contest and expressed his intention to participate. The whole thing initially appeared like a…
Report reaching us indicate that Lekan Shonde, the man accused of killing his wife, Ronke Bewaji, last Thursday in Lagos has turned himself in to the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police. Lekan was said to have surrendered to the police on Monday after he spoke with Punch from hiding. He was accused of…
One Lekan Shonde, the man accused of killing his wife, Ronke Bewaji, has claimed he never killed the mother of his two. Lekan spoke with Punch Metro on the telephone line provided by his in-law, Bolatito, which was also confirmed by the Lagos police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos. Before the tragedy, the couple lived on Tiemo…
Some residents of Egbeda and its environs have cried to authorities to come to their aids over the constant harassment they suffer in the hands of men of the Nigeria Police, who don’t respect their fundamental human rights. These residents, in a recent report published by Punch, urged the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase,…