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Makinde approves N25,000 wage award for workers, N15,00...

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, approved the payment of N25,000 for workers and N15,000 for pensioners as wage award in the state for the next six months. The PUNCH reports that workers had in October threatened to embark on an indefinite strike should the government fail to...

PunchNews - 6 November 2023

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Tinubu to launch birth, death registration portal Wednesday

President Bola Tinubu is expected to launch an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System and Geospatial Data Repository on Wednesday. The Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, made this known on Monday at a pre-launch briefing in Abuja. According to Kwarra, the launch of the e-CRVS by Tinubu marks, “The...

PunchNews - 6 November 2023

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136 bag first-class as UNIUYO graduates 14,866

The University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State is set to award first-class honours degrees to 136 graduating students. This occasion will take place during the institution’s combined convocation scheduled for Saturday, November 11, 2023. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, while addressing journalists to highlight activities lined up for the...

PunchNews - 6 November 2023

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Reno Omokri bashes Peter Obi for castigating Supreme...

Reno Omokri bashes Peter Obi for castigating Supreme Court judgment Obi and Omokri Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga By Kazeem...

PmNews - 6 November 2023

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Breadmakers lament high cost of raw material, forex...

The Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria has said lack of access to foreign exchange and high levy on imported raw materials needed for bread production is crippling the baking industry across the country. The National President of PBAN, Emmanuel Onuorah, who stated this in a statement released on Monday...

PunchNews - 6 November 2023

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Anambra Governor’s father, Pa Soludo, dies at 92

Anambra Governor’s father, Pa Soludo, dies at 92 Pa Simeon Nwankwo Soludo, and his son, Anambra Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Published By: Ayorinde...

PmNews - 6 November 2023

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Women protest killings, abductions in Anambra community

Again, over 100 women from the Ogwuaniocha community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Monday, marched round Onitsha and its environs to protest against “incessant killings, abductions and destructions of their husbands and sons” by opposition groups in their community. The women, wielding placards with different...

PunchNews - 6 November 2023

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Nigerian Navy stops 8 Nigerian stowaways in Lagos

Nigerian Navy stops 8 Nigerian stowaways in Lagos Nigerian Navy patrol team stops eight stowaways from sneaking out of the country Published By:...

PmNews - 6 November 2023

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Tinubu mourns victims of Canadian embassy fire

President Bola Tinubu has expressed sympathy with the Canadian Government and the victims of the fire incident which occurred at the Canadian High Commission in Abuja on Monday. The President’s sympathy was conveyed in a statement by his Special Adviser, (Media and Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday. The PUNCH earlier reported...

PunchNews - 6 November 2023

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TASUED justifies fee hike, says old rate can’t...

The management of Tai Solarin University of Education Ijagun, Ogun State, on Monday, explained that it could not help the hike in the school fees. It added that it was to reflect the obvious economic situation across the country. The students had earlier staged a protest to kick against...

PunchNews - 6 November 2023

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South West govs, Afenifere differ on anti-grazing law...

South-West governors and a pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, have differed over the enforcement of the anti-grazing law by states in the region. While the state governments insisted that the law had always been implemented in their various states, Afenifere explained that enforcing the already enacted laws would stop the incessant...

20 January 2024

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Ex-minister, Agunloye meets bail condition, released

A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after meeting his bail condition, Saturday PUNCH gathered. Our correspondent learnt that Agunloye was released on Friday evening. The spokesperson Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Adamu Duza, disclosed...

20 January 2024

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We will resolve issues in Akwa Ibom APC,...

The All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State chapter, says plans are underway to set up a reconciliation committee to address differences in the party. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this while addressing Uyo stakeholders meeting held at Kara Event Centre, said he had directed the...

20 January 2024

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Naira closes flat at parallel, official markets

The naira closes flat against the dollar on Friday at the parallel and official markets. It closed trading at N902.45/$ on the official Investor and Exporter window of the foreign exchange market and at N1350/$ in the parallel market. On Friday, the naira remained a little above N902 against...

20 January 2024

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How suspect drugged, beheaded Adamawa lady – Police

The Adamawa State Police Command said it has arrested some suspects in connection with the beheading of a young lady in a hotel in Yola, the state capital. Also arrested were three employees of the hotel, identified as Jacob, and Yifarta, who are receptionists, and Isah, a security guard, who...

20 January 2024

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Rivers PDP fumes over arrest of Gov. Fubara loyalists in Abuja

PmNews - 19 April 2024

Rivers PDP fumes over arrest of Gov. Fubara loyalists in Abuja Rivers lawmaker Sokari Goodboy and Ezebunwo Ichemati alleged to be loyalists of Gov. Siminalayi Fubara: Arrested in Abuja. Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun

X accounts involved in engagement farming risk suspension, Elon Musk warns

PunchNews - 19 April 2024

Elon Musk The Chief Executive Officer of X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk, has warned that any account involved in engagement farming on the social media platform will face suspension. Engagement farming is said to refer to practic

How Atiku, others prevented implosion of PDP at NEC meeting- Ex-Rep Dagogo

PmNews - 19 April 2024

How Atiku, others prevented implosion of PDP at NEC meeting- Ex-Rep Dagogo PDP NEC meeting Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A former member of the National Assembly from Rivers Sta