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The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has concluded plans to work with the Lagos State Waterways Authority to explore areas of collaboration aimed at strengthening safety standards, incident investigation processes, and operational efficiency across Lagos waterways. LASWA announced this in a statement on Tuesday obtained by The PUNCH. According to the statement, the delegation from NSIB was received by the management of LASWA at the authority’s headquarters, where both organisations engaged in productive discussions on enhancing safety oversight, “fostering information sharing, promoting capacity building, and developing frameworks for improved accident prevention and response within the inland waterways sector.” Speaking during the…

Despite 15 years in darkness, Makun Omi in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area continues to trade, gather and celebrate as if time has stood still. In a community where electricity has long disappeared from daily life and roads remain a persistent challenge, residents have found a way to keep both livelihood and culture alive through resilience and tradition. At the heart of this survival is a rare nine-day market where the centuries-old practice of barter trade still thrives — one of the few known systems of its kind still in active use. Here, fish is exchanged for yam, garri for…

US President Donald Trump cancelled the signing ceremony for a housing bill containing a ban on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as he looked for Republicans in Congress to prioritize a controversial voting bill.In a Wednesday morning Truth Social post, Trump said that the signing for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, passed by the US Senate and House of Representatives, would be cancelled “until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE America Act.”Source: Donald TrumpThe housing bill, passed by the House on Tuesday, included a provision barring the US Federal Reserve from issuing or creating…

Brooks Nader is setting the record straight regarding her relationship status after those Taron Egerton kissing pictures. “I’m just single, having fun,” Nader, 29, told TMZ on Wednesday, June 24. “Always.” When pressed further, Nader made it clear that “nothing” happened between her and Egerton, 36. “I’m just going on fun dates,” she explained. “But not with anyone right now.” Nader, who chatted with the outlet while visiting Venice Beach, said she’s focused on “working” at the moment. The model is currently filming for the upcoming Baywatch reboot. “I’m just baywatching,” she quipped. “That’s it.” Brooks Nader and Taron Egerton…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has directed the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to investigate allegations that officers of the Nigeria Police Force unlawfully handed over a woman to an angry mob that lynched her in Maraban Jos, Kaduna State. The directive followed a petition submitted by human rights activist and lawyer, Hamza Dantani, who called for an “immediate, independent and thorough investigation” into the circumstances surrounding the death of the woman, identified as Ummulkhair Muhammad. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mrs Muhammad, an Islamic teacher, was lynched in Mararaban Jos, a community along the Kaduna-Zaria highway, after…

A Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikeja has remanded a 27-year-old TikToker, Oladimeji Hammed, popularly known as Immunizer, over allegations of cyberbullying and online harassment of Omowunmi Aloba, the widow of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Hammed was arraigned on Tuesday on a six-count charge bordering on cyberstalking, cyberbullying and the publication of harmful online content. The charges, filed by the Commissioner of Police, accused the defendant of using his social media platforms to publish insulting, provocative and harmful content targeted at the 26-year-old widow. The defendant pleaded not guilty to all the charges. The court, however,…

No fewer than 14 persons arrested for allegedly attacking officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI, have been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment each. The convicts were sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to assaulting the sanitation officials while they were carrying out lawful duties at the Oshodi Resettlement Market. They were arrested following an attack on KAI personnel during an enforcement operation in the market. According to the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, the incident resulted in the assault of KAI officials and the vandalisation of an operational…

When Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), went into exile in Germany, what did he learn about the country? I recall he made some videos showing off the ambience of the well-ordered streets to preach to Nigerians about the necessity of organisation. I thought it was useful that he was thinking about things, and it would reflect on his self-conduct when he makes it back to Nigeria. But showing off the streets of Germany is one thing, truly understanding a place to understand how culture and history manifest in their social planning is something else entirely. At that…

The Ogun State chapter of the African Democratic Congress has dismissed as “misleading, unfounded and baseless” allegations of financial impropriety levelled against its chairman, Olufemi Soluade. The Director General of the Directorate of Media, Communications and Publicity of the party, Adesina Olanrewaju, stated this on Wednesday at a briefing held at the party secretariat, Abeokuta. The rebuttal comes following a petition to the national leadership of the party, accusing Soluade of financial mismanagement over the funds paid for the nomination forms ahead of the 2027 elections. Olanrewaju said that the party had conducted its findings on the allegations in the…

APM Terminals Apapa has reaffirmed its position as a critical driver of the nation’s export growth, leveraging strategic investments, advanced technology and customer-focused solutions to enhance the competitiveness of Nigerian exports in the global marketplace. The terminal operator announced this in a statement on Tuesday obtained by The PUNCH. Speaking recently at an Export Management Workshop organised by Lagos Business School in Lagos, the Chief Commercial Officer of APM Terminals Apapa, Westtar Kapito, highlighted the terminal’s pivotal role in facilitating seamless trade and creating value for exporters across the country. In his paper presentation titled “The Role of APM Terminals…