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Punch Newspapers Sections Nigerian Idol, premieres Sunday, March 14. The much anticipated show will open with a special airing of the most entertaining moments from the auditions which took place late last year. DStv and GOtv customers will get the chance to play judge during this pre-show by rating their performances on the company’s website and find out if their favourites made it to the judges’ list when the main show starts on March 28. The Nigerian Idol platform provides a launch pad ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Umar Muhammed, Lafia No fewer than 27 students of the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, have been arrested in connection with the Thursday protest against the closure of the school’s registration portal by the institution. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bola Longe, who was in the entourage of the state governor, Mr Abdullahi Sule, revealed this shortly after the governor inspected the level of damage caused by the angry students on F...

Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor and Adelani Adepegba Published 13 March 2021 Friday Olokor and Adelani Adepegba Published 13 March 2021 • ICPC arrests 33 FRSC officials, for alleged extortion The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Shuaib, has said over 30 senior staff members of the NYSC have been dismissed for several offences, including misconduct and indiscipline. Their dismissal was said to have been recommended in the report of a disciplin...

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Punch Newspapers Sections Bola Bamigbola Published 13 March 2021 A 37-year-old farmer in Osun State, Mudasiru Adekunle, who was abducted while working on his farm in Balogun Village near Ikire, tells BOLA BAMIGBOLA What is your name and what do you do for a living? My name is Mudasiru Adekunle. I am a farmer. I live in Ikire town (Osun State), but my farm is located at Balogun Village. You were reportedly abducted by some gunmen on March 6; how did it happen? On that particular day, I went to...

Olympics: Home-based athletes to camp in UNIPORT Johnny Edward Johnny Edward Published 13 March 2021 Home-based athletes that will represent Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be camped at the University of Port Harcourt’s High Performance Centre to avoid distraction, Saturday PUNCH reports. This was made known in a press release from the sports ministry on Friday. The ministry said the overseas-based athletes would be camped in the United States ahead of the Games, billed for Ju...

American VP Kamala Harris, WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala agree to advance international trade Published 13 March 2021 The United States Vice-President Kamala Harris and the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation have stated their commitments to advancing international trade. The two women leaders revealed that they had a phone conversations, during which the decision was made. According to tweets via their individual verified Twitter handles @VP and @NOIweala respectively, the American VP had ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Afeez Hanafi Published 13 March 2021 Some residents of an apartment in Ogombo, Ajah area of the state have lost valuables to armed robbers who fled with the stolen items in a Toyota Venza belonging to one of the victims. This is just as the police at the Ogombo division were accused of demanding N300,000 to track the car. A short video of the attack posted on Twitter on Thursday by one Davey Quid, @daveyishigh, who claimed to be one of the victims, showed different pa...

Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa Joseph Olaoluwa Published 13 March 2021 The National Union of Air Transport Employees has threatened a strike if the Assets Management Company of Nigeria fails to clarify the fate of Arik Air’s employees. In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Ocheme Aba and titled, ‘We shall welcome NG Eagle with our solidarity song,’ the union said it suspected foul play following AMCON’s decision to float a new carrier while still in receivership o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Afeez Hanafi Published 13 March 2021 The Crescent University, Ogun State, said it has commenced investigation into the alleged oral sex involving a final-year law student of the institution, identified as Samuel Olusope. Olusope was accused of sexually harassing a 200-level fellow student in a boys’ hostel after allegedly drugging the food the victim ate. The victim was said to have been rushed to a hospital for treatment. In a video posted on Instablog on Friday, ...