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The Punch 

Two fallen trucks worsen gridlock on Lagos -Ibadan Expressway, commuters groan

Commuters and motorists were held for several hours along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday following multiple accidents where two trucks fell at different sections of the expressway thereby worsening the traffic situation on the busy road. This is just as the road users expressed their frustration over the recurring gridlock on the expressway. PUNCH had

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Akpata flags off campaign, pays homage to Oba of Benin

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has said his party is strong and vibrant to wrest power from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Akpata, who stated this at the opening of his campaign secretariat on Saturday evening in Benin, said he would deliver the dividends of democracy to

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The Punch 

Nigeria loses 86,700 hectares of forest in nine years – FG

The Minister of State for the Environment, Dr Iziaq Salako, has disclosed that Nigeria lost 86,700 hectares of tropical forest between 2010 and 2019. He made this known in a statement released to The PUNCH, to commemorate the World Environment Day. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 annually. He said, “Land degradation,

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80% of Africans lack affordable housing, says minister

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has called on the African housing minister to embrace innovative housing finance solutions to address Africa’s growing housing affordability crisis, which affects 80 per cent of the African population. According to the minister, this is important given macroeconomic challenges and rising inflationary trends, which have impacted

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Three killed, 22 injured in Osun multiple crashes

Three lives were lost, while 22 other commuters sustained injury in two separate road accidents that occurred in Aagba and Sekona in Osun State on Sunday. Details about the Aagba accident were sketchy as of the time of filing this report. However, PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident involved a motorcycle carrying three people, and

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Andy Capp - 17th June 2024

Andy Capp has been a favourite part of the Daily Mirror since 1957. Enjoy the adventures of Andy Capp and wife Flo every day

«Mirror» (mirror.co.uk) 

Perishers - 17th June 2024

Perishers originally ran from 1959 to 2006. The strip is still so popular today that we decided to reprint the best of the strips by Maurice Dodd and Dennis Collins