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Increase in the costs of transport fare in parts of Lagos have been observed on Monday as some driver withdrew their services. Along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, a trip from First Gate bus stop to Orile, that used to go for ₦150, the mini buses drivers now charge ₦250. From Mile 2 to Ketu/Mile 12 is now ₦500 from ₦400. Our correspondent also observed that the few commercial buses plying between Lagos and Ogun States via the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway now charge ₦800 for any bus stop from Berger Bus stop. The scarcity of buses and price hike have resulted in stranded commuters. The drivers under the aegis of Joint Drivers Welfare Association Of Nigeria are boycotting Lagos roads for seven days to protest extortion by members of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee.  Credit: Oluwakemi Abimbola, Oluwafemi Dawodu

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood has revealed that 2.7 million double registrants were weeded out of the last Continuous Voters Registration exercise conducted by the commission. Speaking on Tuesday October 11, at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States, Yakubu also said the new Permanent Voter Cards will be made available by November. He also revealed that about 50% of the new PVCs are ready but yet to be distributed to collection centres. The Independent National Electoral Commission has explained why over seven million eligible voters could not complete the Continuous Voter Registration.   INEC’s National Electoral Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye who spoke to Punch on Tuesday August 16, said most of those who could not complete the registration were Nigerians in diaspora.   Absolving the Commission of any wrong doing following claims of disenfranchising s

I remember a divorce case I handled some years ago.  The Respondent, the wife, blatantly refused to show up in court or engage a lawyer; and the judge wasn’t ready to proceed without her. One day in court, the judge, again, refused to proceed with the matter without the woman. That we must meet with her and hold the statutory conference before she will hear the matter. I told the judge we have served her the petition and the hearing notice for today’s sitting and clearly she is not interested in defending the petition, so, we should proceed in the interest of justice.  The judge come vex for me o. That I should do more than that. I should get her number, call her and try to see her and hold a meeting with both of them and try to settle them. E come be like say na me wan scatter their marriage.  The judge asked the petitioner, my client, if he doesn’t want settlement, he said no. He was visibly angry, talking about how he just wants a divorce immediately and nothing else. Th

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, attended the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and Daewoo Group of South Korea for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna refinery. The signing took place in Seoul, South Korea, where Buhari attended the first World Bio Summit. Present at the signing were the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva and the NNPC Limited boss, Mele Kyari. Credit: Facebook | Buhari Sallau -- Follow us for more breaking news and videos

A supporter of Nigeria's Labour Party,  OGersh, climbed Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro for 10 and a half hours to place the party's flag at the Uhuru Peak. The Uhuru Peak is the highest point of the mountain and highest point in Africa. OGersh shared a picture of himself at Uhuru Peak, next to the Labour Party flag on Tuesday saying, “On Fri, 20/10/2022 after 10½ hrs of climbing, hiking and trekking, I  made it to the Uhuru Peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,895m above sea level. There is no better place to announce the coming of a New Nigeria than the rooftop of Africa.”

  An Iranian man, Amou Haji, nicknamed the "dirtiest man in the world" for not taking his bath for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday.   Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, IRNA news agency reported.   Haji had avoided showering over fears of "getting sick", the agency quoted a local official as saying.   Credit: AFP

The United Kingdom monarch, King Charles III, on Tuesday, received Rishi Sunak at Buckingham Palace and appointed him as the next prime minister. In a post on the Royal Family's Twitter handle, a photo from the meeting was shared and captioned, “The King received The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP at Buckingham Palace today. "His Majesty asked him to form a new Administration. Mr. Sunak accepted His Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.” Credit: Twitter | RoyalFamily