City news

Local breaking news, traffic and weather, live updates and information

Latest City news

Hit-and-run driver knocks down Lagos hoodlum

A money-seeking hoodlum was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver in the…

Lagos average yearly rent hits N900,000

The average cost of renting a 2-bedroom apartment in Lagos State has…

Rivers teenager on holiday forced into prostitution

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested…

Hypertensive man dies after corrupt LASTMA officers impound vehicle

A hypertensive Bureau De Change operator, Modibo Usman, died from shock following…

Peacemaker feared dead in Oyo

A lottery kiosk operator, known as Mufutau Sanni, feared dead while mediating…

70 defrauded home seekers protest at Sanwo-Olu’s office

About 70 prospective tenants have stormed the Lagos State Governor's office to…

How we confused our teachers in school – 80-year-old twin professors

Eighty-year-old twin professors, David and Joshua Ukponmwan, have revealed how they taunted…

Mother hospitalised as family petitions police over son’s disappearance

The mother of a 22-year-old undergraduate of the University of Ibadan, Samson…

Edo APC chieftain escapes from kidnappers

About 24 hours after being abducted by unknown gunmen, the Chieftain of…

Lagos policemen on illegal duty handcuff, brutalise reporter

A reporter attached to The PUNCH, Matthew Agbaje, was brutalised by some…

My love for Ijebu made me support Ojude Oba festival – Subomi Balogun

The founder of the First City Monument Bank Otunba, Dr Olasubomi Balogun,…

Traffic flow restored after evacuation of fallen fuel tanker in Lagos

Traffic flow has been restored in the Costain area of Lagos State…

VIDEO: Ojude Oba returns after two-year break

The Ijebu Igbo people of Ogun State held their first Ojude Oba…

PHOTOS: Sanwo-Olu arrives Ojude Oba Festival

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State arrived at the venue of the…

Flood: Elderly woman trapped in Lagos building

An elderly woman has been rescued by operatives of the Lagos State…