The Lagos State Government has announced an eight-hour road closure and traffic diversion in preparation for the Lagos City Marathon scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 2025. State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made the announcement in a statement released on Tuesday, February 11. He said that the marathon will take place between 5:00 am…
Police in Akwa Ibom say they have begun investigating the death of a makeup artist, Emrich Effanga, who was allegedly k!lled by her boyfriend identified as Ndifreke. Spokesperson of Akwa Ibom Police Command, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this to journalists in Uyo on Monday,February 10. According to John, the Commissioner of Police, Baba Azare,…
Google Maps has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users in the United States. This update comes after an executive order signed by former US President Donald Trump, which led to the formal change by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), a US government database responsible for…
Nigerians have gone on X to lament after they woke up to see that their mobile operators have increased tariffs. This realisation caused a number of popular telcos to trend on X. X users lamented that an internet bundle that used to be available for N2K for 15GB of data is now N6,000 for the…
The protester who waved a Palestine flag during Kendrick Lamars Super Bowl halftime show has been banned for life from NFL stadiums and events. Footage showed the man waving the flag while standing on top of the GNX car used by the rapper for his set during Sundays showpiece game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was then chased…
Spyro has defended his crush Nengi following confirmation that she is pregnant. The Big Brother Naija reality star was forced to release a statement yesterday, denying reports that she is pregnant for a married governor. However, she admitted that she is pregnant and asked to be allowed to enjoy it in peace (read here). Reacting,…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has expressed confidence that the mass emigration of healthcare professionals, popularly known as the “japa syndrome,” will soon subside. Speaking during a working visit to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) on Monday, Salako credited this optimism to the focused reforms and policies introduced…
A 42-year-old e-hailing driver, Yusfat Ayinde, was stabbed to d3ath by unidentified assailants suspected to be armed robbers in Lagos State. The chairman of Lagos State chapter of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria, Jaiyesinmi Azeez, who confirmed the incident to Punch on Monday, said that the deceased was on duty in…
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected child trafficker, Onyinyechi Emeka and rescued a stolen five-year-old boy in her custody. Spokesperson of the command, Henry Okoye, said the suspect, aged 40, was apprehended on Friday, February 7, 2025 by the Commands operatives conducting a stop and search in Okigwe. According to…
Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, have rescued a 75-year-old woman from a kidnappers’ den after she was r3.ped in Ifira Akoko, Akoko South-East Local Government area of the State. Narrating her ordeal, the septuagenarian said, “I was on my way back from the farm that fateful sunny…
