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Makinde and his explosion report

On the unfortunate explosion that rocked Ibadan earlier this month, Governor Seyi Makinde has demonstrated an adeptness that is probably unequalled anywhere. Within 24 hours, he had announced that the explosion was due to the activities of “illegal miners.” Even though the declaration was relatively swift, it was not...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

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EFCC goes after church for receiving N7bn fraud...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency traced the sum of N7bn, suspected to be proceeds of money laundering, to a religious organisation. He said another religious group was found to be laundering money for terrorists. The EFCC chairman...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

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Deluge of election cases suffocating democracy

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

Features

How to sustain fight against 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...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

Business

EFCC probing Nigeria Air deal, says Keyamo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating the controversial Nigeria Air deal sealed by his predecessor, Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed. He stated this while speaking on Channels TV Politics Today on Wednesday. “There is a criminal investigation going on....

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

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14-year-old rape victim contracts HIV, culprit bags life...

A 14-year-old rape victim (name withheld) has contracted the Human Immunodeficiency Virus after she was defiled by a man, identified as Richard Saviour. According to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, the culprit was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, for defiling the...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

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Anambra residents lament open defecation, refuse, fear disease

Residents and pedestrians along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway and its environs have lamented the continued open defecation and indiscriminate refuse disposal near medians of the roads, particularly the Upper Iweka axis. Findings by South-East showed that the trend had become rampant as miscreants, traders, and hawkers defaced the road...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

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Court stops Fubara Chief of Staff’s arrest

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, restrained the police from arresting Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s Chief of Staff, Ediswon Ehie, over last year’s explosion at the state House of Assembly. The court made the order following an ex parte application taken before it by Ehie,...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

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Armed herders Killed 10 Benue IDPs – Camp...

No fewer than 10 internally displaced persons have so far been killed in Camp One and Camp Two located in Gbanjimba, headquarters of the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. This was disclosed by the camp commandant, Mr Felix Banke, on Wednesday when the team of the United...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

Business

Mali, B’Faso, Niger risk exclusion from $702bn market

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic are set to be cut off from the $702bn strong Economic Community of West African States economy following their planned exits. This potential exit could further worsen widespread food insecurity in the region as well as backfire on already fragile economies. A report...

PunchNews - 1 February 2024

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Why I want 2024 budget reviewed – Obi

Why I want 2024 budget reviewed – Obi Peter Obi Published By: Paul Dada By Paul Dada The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he wants the 2024 budget totally reviewed so that the issue

18 March 2024

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UK rejects Russia election result

David Cameron The Kremlin praised Putin’s landslide re-election for a fifth term in office as “eloquent confirmation” of the people’s supp

18 March 2024

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Obi seeks review of 2024 budget

Peter Obi The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called for a total review of the 2024 budget, citing grave concerns over the

18 March 2024

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Ebonyi man Uzo IfeanyiChukwu caught with pistol

Ebonyi man Uzo IfeanyiChukwu caught with pistol File photo: A locally made pistol Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun By Christian Ogbonna A 19-year-old man Uzo IfeanyiChukwu has been docked on a two-count charge bord

18 March 2024

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Conditions for free elections in Russia not met...

France said on Monday the election that extended Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule for another six years

18 March 2024

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Five dead, 3 arrested in Nasarawa communal clash – Army

PmNews - 4 May 2024

Five dead, 3 arrested in Nasarawa communal clash – Army Nigerian Troops Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army said five people lost their lives in communal clashes between Ambu and Eki

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I didn’t reconcile Don Jazzy, D’Banj – Mr Macaroni

PunchNews - 4 May 2024

I didn’t reconcile Don Jazzy, D’Banj – Mr Macaroni Mr Macaroni, D’Banj and Don Jazzy Comedian and social media influencer, Debo Adebayo, known as Mr Macaroni, has said that he was not the one who initiated the reconciliation between celebra