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Man convicted of murder, rape executed in Florida

A Florida man convicted of the brutal murder of a college freshman and the rape of the victim’s older sister during a 1994 camping trip was executed on Thursday. Loran Cole, 57, was put to death by lethal injection at…

Commuters lament as fuel scarcity jacks up fares in Lagos

Residents in Lagos State have lamented the hike in fares following the increase in the fuel price in the country. PUNCH Metro gathered that the fare hike had left many commuters stranded and frustrated during daily rush hours. Speaking with…

Fire razes Lagos govt staff quarters

Fire on Friday gutted part of the two-storey building at the Lagos State Government Staff Quarters at Odunsanmi Street, off WEMPCO Road, Ogba area of the state. The incident was said to have happened in the wee hours of the…

Man, 30, arrested for allegedly defiling seven-year-old girl

A 30-year-old man identified as Chinonso Nwaebonyi, has been arrested by security operatives for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl in Awka, Anambra State capital. Nwaebonyi, a native of Izzi community in Ebonyi State, was apprehended after the mother of the…

Community members ambush bandits, kill over 30 in Zamfara

Community members of Matusgi village in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State, on Wednesday, foiled an attack by armed bandits who stormed the community to kidnap residents and rustle cattle. DAILY POST gathered that the armed bandits in…

Rivers fishermen continue protest over colleague’s death

Protesting fishermen have blocked the creek which allows access to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas boats conveying staff members to its operational base in Bonny Island, Rivers State. This came after the police teargassed them from barricading the company’s entrance…

Lagos traders allege harassment, petition govt

A group of traders from the Aguiyi Ironsi International Market Traders Association in Ladipo, Mushin, Lagos State, have petitioned the Lagos State Government over alleged harassment, intimidation, and threats to their lives by the market’s executives and task force committee.…

Police hunt killers of four in Anambra over land

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have neutralised a notorious  Kidnap kingpin, and gang leader of the Bling Bling Marine Strike Force, one Ubong Effiong Archibong, alias Condiment. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon John, disclosed this…

Fake forex trader arraigned for fraud

A 39-year-old man, Bassey Ikpi, accused of posing as a forex trader, was arraigned on Thursday before the Lagos State Chief Magistrate Court in Ebute-Metta for allegedly defrauding several individuals and companies of large sums in multiple currencies. The defendant,…

Police arraign lawyer for forgery in Ondo

A legal practitioner, Olusegun Agunloye, was on Thursday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, over allegations of forgery. The lawyer was accused of presenting a fake testamentary instrument also known as the Will of…

Court restrains Uzodimma, others from demolishing Imo market

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, and the Central Market Complex Development and Investment Company, Donez Global Services Ltd, Joe Jonny Joyson Enterprises Ltd,  and Nigerian Export-Import Bank have been restrained as defendants either through their agents, servants, assigns,…

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