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Jonathan, West African Elders return to Liberia for...

Jonathan, West African Elders return to Liberia for presidential run-off Former President Goodluck Jonathan Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga The...

PmNews - 13 November 2023

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Again, boat mishap claims over 20 in Taraba

Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, on Monday, condoled with families of victims of a boat mishap in the Ibi local government area of the state that claimed over 20 lives. Mr. Emmanuel Bello, the Special Adviser on Media and Digital Communication, quoted the governor as describing the incident...

PunchNews - 13 November 2023

Sports

Youths football league will drive campaign against drug...

From Felix Ikem, Nsukka The Enugu State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Lloyd Ekweremadu has said that the Nsukka Town Youths Football League will help to drive the state government’s campaign against drug abuse in the area. Ekweremadu disclosed this in Nsukka on Monday during the opening ceremony of the...

SunNews - 13 November 2023

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One injured as policemen disperse protesting Lagos drivers

A lady simply identified as Joy was injured as operatives of the Lagos State Police Command were dispersing protesting commercial drivers in the Mangoro, Ikeja area of Lagos State on Monday, November 13. According to an eyewitness, Chinedu, who spoke to PUNCH Online, the lady was a victim of...

PunchNews - 13 November 2023

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INEC concludes collation of results

The Independent National Electoral Commission has finally concluded the collation of results for the Bayelsa State governorship election conducted on Saturday. Results from the Southern Ijaw LGA were the last to be collated in the exercise which began on Sunday. At present, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Farouq Kuta, is entering...

PunchNews - 13 November 2023

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20 die as boat capsizes

We can’t allow a repeat – Governor Kefas Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo At least twenty fishermen lost their lives on Monday after a boat conveying them capsized around Anyiin, on the Taraba stretch of the River Benue. Alhaji Jidda Suleiman, Taraba state water Transportation chairman, told journalists that the incident happened in between...

SunNews - 13 November 2023

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LAWMA breaks silence on crushing of two street...

LAWMA breaks silence on crushing of two street sweepers to death by reckless driver The car which killed the LAWMA sweepers Published By: Kazeem...

PmNews - 13 November 2023

Politics

APC hails Uzodimma, Ododo on election victory, commends...

The All Progressives Congress has congratulated its governorship candidates in Imo and Kogi states, Hope Uzodimma and Usman Ododo, respectively, on their victory at last Saturday’s election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, revealed this in a statement signed on Monday, November 13. The statement read, “The All Progressives Congress...

PunchNews - 13 November 2023

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Police arrest Benue woman for killing 11-month-old daughter

A woman identified as Sughshater Ushahemba from Mbadyur council ward in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State has been accused of poisoning her 11-month-old baby. It was gathered from the community that the woman allegedly fed the baby with a substance believed to be a chemical in the...

PunchNews - 13 November 2023

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Woman poisons her 11-month-old baby, claims boyfriend abandoned...

From Scholastica Hir, Makurdi A young woman from Logo Local Government Area of Benue state has killed her 11 months old baby by poisoning. The woman identified as Sughshater Ushahemba was said to have fed her baby with chemicals used for killing grasses last Saturday, November 11. Speaking to newsmen on phone,...

SunNews - 13 November 2023

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Slain Ekiti monarch’s dream of becoming professor cut...

Oba Olatunde Olusola of Imojo-Ekiti, one of the two Ekiti monarchs killed by bandits on Monday, was on track to become a professor within a year before his untimely death. The Second-in-Command to the Onimojo, the Elejira of Imojo, Chief Ayodele Dada, disclosed this in a meeting between Ekiti...

1 February 2024

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Oyo reopens 23 schools shut over land dispute

No fewer than 23 schools in Atiba, Afijio, Oyo East, and Oyo West local government areas of the Oyo State that were shut 10 years ago have been reopened by the state government. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday....

1 February 2024

Features

How to sustain fight against neglected tropical diseases

Neglected tropical diseases affect more than a billion people worldwide. Spread by worms and insects, these preventable diseases blind, disable and disfigure people living in some of the most remote and impoverished corners of the world, perpetuating cycles of disease, stigma and poverty. Despite their profound impact, NTDs have...

1 February 2024

Headlines

PUNCH celebrates 50th anniversary

Nigeria’s foremost print and digital media group, PUNCH Nigeria Limited, is set to roll out the drums to mark its 50th anniversary with an array of epoch-making ceremonies in Lagos. PUNCH, the publisher of the nation’s leading newspaper titles, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, and PUNCH Online,...

1 February 2024

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Miners owe FG over N2tn — Minister

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said that miners and operators in the sector owed the Federal Government more than N2 trillion. This is as the minister stressed that the current administration of President Bola Tinubu is determined to halt the activities of illegal miners across...

1 February 2024

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Stray bullet hits journalist in Kano Govt House

PunchNews - 4 May 2024

Abubakar Rimi A correspondent of Abubakar Rimi Television attached to the Kano State Government House, Naziru Idris Ya’u, escaped death on Friday evening following a stray bullet which hit him at the Government House. The source of the stray bulle