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Ajayi ruled out of Rotherham clash

Nigerian defender, Semi Ajayi, will miss West Brom’s English Championship clash against his old club Rotherham United at The Hawthorns on Saturday, reports. The 29-year-old defender who last played a competitive game for the Baggles in August sustained a shoulder problem during training last weekend The former CArdiff defender had...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

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Politicians, others behind attacks on INEC offices – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has accused politicians and other prominent personalities of being behind the recent attacks on the officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission in different parts of the country. The IG, who was represented by the Deputy Inspector-General, Department of Operations, Dandaura Mustapha, stated...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

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Three suspected Rivers cultists die in gun duel

Three members of a cult group, Icelander, including a gang leader, have lost their lives during a gun battle in Abarikpo community in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. gathered that members of the group invaded the community at about 2am on Thursday in search...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

Business

Functional refineries will end fuel subsidy – NECA...

The Director-General of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, Mr Adewale Oyerinde, has said subsidy will die a natural death if the country’s refineries were functional. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, he argued that the country has the capacity to refine petroleum products that would meet its daily need,...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

Sports

Usman doubtful for Edwards rematch

Former welterweight champ, Kamaru Usman, may not be fit to face Leon Edwards in their projected UFC title rematch on 18 March in London, according to fellow fighter, Stephen Thompson. Birmingham’s Edwards was expected to take on Usman in a rematch after he spectacularly knocked out the American to...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

Politics

Soludo leads 1,573-man APGA PCC

The All Progressives Grand Alliance on Friday released its Presidential Campaign Council ahead the 2023 general election. This was contained in a release jointly signed by the party’s National Chairman, Dr Victor Oye and National Organizing Secretary, Ifenayi Mbaeri. The 1,573-man committee has Abubakar Adamu as the Director General of the...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

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Institute has no business with budgetary allocations –...

The Federal Government has said the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria, has no business going cap in hand to the National Assembly every year for appropriation. A statement quoted the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, to have said this on Thursday in Zaria during a familiarisation tour of...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

Entertainment

How my marriage crashed — Actress

An actress, Charity Nnaji, is of the view that intimacy is compulsory in relationships. She told , “If a guy loves a girl, I don’t see why they should not be intimate with each other. Inasmuch as I am not cheating on my guy and he is not getting intimate with...

PunchNews - 17 December 2022

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Sanwo-Olu launches LASWA data centre to enhance safety,...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, commissioned the newly installed Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre (WMDMC) at the Five Cowrie Terminal – the headquarters of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) in Falomo, Ikoyi. The Data Management Centre, which is first of its kind in the country, is a...

PmNews - 16 December 2022

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Nestlé Nigeria, Switzerland empower 20 graduates

Nestlé Nigeria and the Switzerland Government have reiterated their resolve to boost industrialisation in Nigeria through support for technical education and skills among the youth. Speaking at the sixth graduation ceremony of the Nestlé Technical Training Programme in Agbara, Ogun State, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé...

PunchNews - 16 December 2022

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Gombe gov decries FG’s palliatives, urges people to...

The Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, said that they have received N2 billion out of the N5 billion subsidy removal palliative set by the Federal Government. Yahaya, who doubles as Chairman Northern States Governors’ Forum made this disclosure on Wednesday at the grand finale of the distribution of palliatives...

24 August 2023

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Tinubu receives letters of credence from envoys of...

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24 August 2023

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Kwara police arrest Isese activist n Ibadan, detain...

Another Isese activist, Oluwo Of Tede, Chief Ademola Olawoore, has been arrested and detained in a correctional facility in Ilorin, Kwara State. A visibly shaken Olawoore, as he is fondly called, in a video that has since circulated on social media, was charged with defamation of character. The elderly...

24 August 2023

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Rescue operations ongoing at Abuja building collapse

The Director-General of the Federal Emergency Management Authority, Dr. Abbass Idriss, on Thursday morning, said the 37 rescued persons had all been taken to various medical facilities in Abuja, and that rescue efforts were ongoing, in collaboration with other rescue agencies. A three-storey building in the Garki Area of Abuja...

24 August 2023

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We have not received any kobo from FG,...

By Victor Adeoti The Osun Government clarified no money has been received from Federal Government as the state inaugurated committee for the distribution of food palliatives to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on the residents of the state. Members of the committee were inaugurated by the Deputy...

24 August 2023

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