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Stop incessant attacks on our communities, Ogun urges...

The Ogun State Government, on Friday, urged its Ondo State counterpart to caution its citizens encroaching on Ogun territory and launching attacks on indigenes in the communities bordering the two states. Ogun State Deputy Governor, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele, who doubles as the Chairman, Ogun State Boundary Committe, made this...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

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Petrol subsidy probe underway — House Committee

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, has vowed on behalf of the Committee to conduct a comprehensive audit of the petrol subsidy regime. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee in Abuja on Friday, Ugochinyere said the implementation of the Petroleum Industry...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

Entertainment

Singer Burna Boy offers bloggers money to shift...

Grammy-award-winning artiste, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has offered the Nigerian bloggers money so that they will stop reporting him. Taking to his X account on Friday, the ‘I Told Them’ crooner noted that although he had never paid any media house to publicise his brand, he was open to...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

Business

Naira continues recovery, strengthens to N950

The naira continued its rebound against the dollar on Friday, strengthening to N950/$ on the average in the parallel market. This represents a N170 gain or a 15.18 per cent appreciation of the local currency compared to the N1,120 it traded for on Thursday. This is also the second...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

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Kaduna releases pension beneficiaries list, begins verification

The Kaduna State Pension Bureau has released the list of 1,051 beneficiaries for both the defined benefits scheme and contributory pension scheme. The list contained 873 names of beneficiaries that have been shortlisted for the payment of gratuity and death benefits under the defined benefits schemes for both local...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

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Presidential system creates problems for Legislature, Judiciary in...

Presidential system creates problems for Legislature, Judiciary in Nigeria – Salis Salis Owolabi Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga Chief Owolabi...

PmNews - 3 November 2023

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Sokoto seizes 1,200 jerrycans of adulterated cooking oil

The Sokoto State Government has announced the seizure of over 1,200 jerrycans of adulterated cooking oil at the Central Market in the state. A statement signed and issued to newsmen on Thursday by the state Commissioner for Health, Asabe Balarabe, said the state also intercepted another five truckload of the...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

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Redeploy Imo CP now, labour unions tell IG

Following the attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Thursday, the organised labour has issued a five-day ultimatum for the redeployment of the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde. During a press briefing in Abuja, on Friday, the...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

Business

Nigeria’s GDP worth $600 billion — Expert

An economic expert and the Chief Executive Officer of Chapel Hill Denham, Bolaji Balogun, has said that contrary to estimates, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product is worth around $600 to $650 billion. Currently, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics estimates the country’s GDP to be well over $400 billion as of 2021. However,...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

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Northern group threatens to stop food supply to...

A group, the Northern Consensus Movement of Nigeria, has vowed to stop the supply of food from the North to the southern part of the country. The group made this threat following a recent ultimatum issued by a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho for...

PunchNews - 3 November 2023

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We’re investigating allegation of poisonous plantain chips —...

We’re investigating allegation of poisonous plantain chips — NAFDAC Published By: Paul Dada The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration...

20 January 2024

Entertainment

Ghanaian actor, Vincent McCauley dies after surgery

Renowned Ghanaian actor, Vincent McCauley, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2024, following surgery for a brain tumor in South Africa. His family, announcing his death in a statement on Friday, expressed gratitude for his “glorious magnificent transition” into the presence of God Almighty. The statement said,...

20 January 2024

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CSOs seek appeal court justices’ probe for sacking...

Four Civil Society Organisations have called on the National Judicial Council to probe the Appeal Court president, Monica Dongban-Mensem, and the justices involved in the Plateau State election matter. The justices are Oluwayemisi Williams-Dawodu, Abdulaziz Waziri, and Okon Abang, – all justices of the Court of Appeal. At the...

20 January 2024

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We have seized 20,000 kilogrammes of illegal wildlife...

We have seized 20,000 kilogrammes of illegal wildlife products — NCS Published By: Paul Dada The Special Wildlife Office of the...

20 January 2024

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NAFDAC probes ‘poisonous’ plantain chips allegation

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it is investigating a viral social media post alleging a woman fried plantain chips using oil adulterated with polythene. In a statement on Saturday by NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, the agency said it was taking a...

20 January 2024

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Nigerian public sector will contaminate saints within 24 hours – EFCC chairman

PunchNews - 24 April 2024

EFCC chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that endemic corruption

My purported suspension a drama on Africa Magic – Ganduje

PunchNews - 24 April 2024

Former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has finally o

Early morning fire destroys goods, hard currencies in Benin

PmNews - 24 April 2024

Early morning fire destroys goods, hard currencies in Benin Buildings on fire in the Benin fire incident Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun By Jethro Ibileke Goods worth billions of naira and cash, including foreig