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Bishop Akpan warns politicians against “do-or-die” politics

Bishop of Ogoja Catholic Dioceses in Cross River, Most Rev. Donatus Akpan, on Saturday advised politicians against “do-or-die’’ politicking. Akpan gave the advice in his homily at the dedication and inauguration of St. Daniel Catholic Parish in Nsofang near Ikom, in the Etung Local Government Area of Cross River....

PmNews - 17 December 2022

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NNPP gov candidate receives PDP supporters in Gombe

The New Nigeria Peoples Party governorship candidate in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki, has received officials and members of Sardauna Dawo-Dawo, a political support group of the Peoples Democratic Party. He received the defectors who left the PDP, for the NNPP in Gombe on Friday. They were formally welcomed into...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

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Army ready for probe over alleged aborted pregnancies

The National Human Rights Commission should investigate the allegations that the Nigerian Army had been running a secret abortion programme since at least 2013 for which about 10,000 pregnancies have been aborted, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, demanded on Friday. The demand came barely 24 hours...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

Sports

FIFA accused of risking players’ welfare

FIFA is putting the welfare of players at risk with their “short-sighted” plans to introduce a 32-team Club World Cup from 2025, according to FIFPRO. The football governing body outlined their brief proposals for the new version of the tournament – currently contested annually by seven sides – at...

PmNews - 17 December 2022

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DSS summons Prof. Akintola after clash with Gov....

The Department of State Security Service at Ibadan, Oyo State, has summoned the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola. Akintola was summoned a few days after he accused Governor Seyi Makinde of “aiding and abetting Oyo State school authorities who are in the habit of forcing...

PmNews - 17 December 2022

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Red Cross distributes foodstuffs to 1,350 households

The Nigerian Red Cross Society has distributed food items to 1,350 households affected by the recent flood disaster in Delta State. The National President of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Chief Bolaji Anani who presented the items at the flagged-off ceremony of the 2022 flood intervention at Ewoma Primary...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

Others

Girls, may your ‘area aunty’ not scatter your...

I started reading your articles in since secondary school. Anytime I come across your posts online my brain will always reset. I struggled till I graduated from university this month and now the one-year, mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme is calling. I can’t wait to serve God...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

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20 feared dead over cholera outbreak in Ekureku...

From Judex Okoro, Isong Cyril, Calabar Over 20 persons are feared dead following an outbreak of cholera disease in Ekeureku community in Abi local government area of Cross River state. Ekureku, made up 12 villages, shares boundry with some parts of Ebonyi state and is an agrararian community. Investigations by Saturday Sun...

SunNews - 17 December 2022

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FUOYE declares lecture-free day as truck kills student

The management of the Federal University of Oye, Ekiti State, has declared a lecture-free day over the death of a first-year student of the Department of Quantity Survey. The student identified as Taiwo Gbolahan was reportedly crushed to death by a heavy truck along the Ikole-Oye highway in the...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

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2023 UTME: JAMB inspects 14 CBT centres in...

The Jigawa office of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inspected 14 Computer Based Training (CBT) Centres in preparation for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the state, Mr Mukarram Bello, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria...

PmNews - 17 December 2022

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Police set up special protection squad for schools

The Nigeria Police will soon introduce the “Saver School Programme” in all primary, secondary schools and tertiary institutions across the country. The programme will save the schools and the students from unnecessary exposure to bandits and kidnappers in every part of the country. The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 8...

24 August 2023

Features

Tinubu’s structural changes’ll create new influx of capital...

•Value of 2-way trade, investment deals in Africa hit $5.7b in 9 months By Emma Emeozor The United States-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Joe Biden has started yielding results within nine months as the estimated total values of business deals result in $5.7 billion in two-way trade and investment. United States...

24 August 2023

Headlines

Again, Emefiele’s arraignment over alleged fraud stalled

The expected arraignment of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, over an alleged N6.9bn procurement fraud has again been stalled. The case was first stalled on August 17 following the absence of the second defendant in the case, Sa’adatu Yaro. She was said to have taken...

24 August 2023

Headlines

Lagos traffic robberies back, angry motorists lament

Motorists have lamented the increasing cases of attacks by traffic robbers in some parts of Lagos State. The complaint came a few weeks after the state police command launched a special operation code named “Operation Flush” to curb traffic robbery and other related crimes in the state. The state...

24 August 2023

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Senator adopts children of aide allegedly killed by...

The family, friends and colleagues of slain Adeniyi Sanni, an aide to Senator Solomon Adeola, came together on Wednesday to lay to rest the body of the deceased. Sanni’s widow, children, relatives and other sympathisers shed tears as the remains of the late senator’s aide were displayed during the...

24 August 2023

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