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The Niger State Government has directed the closure of all Public Secondary Schools for two weeks commencing from Friday, March 12 to March 26. Th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 THE United Kingdom has introduced a new policy in a bid to curb the recruitment of doctors from Nigeria and other developing countries. The policy does not, however, bar Nigerian doctors from migrating to the UK. This is according to a statement by the UK government titled, ‘UK to strengthen its ethical approach to the international recruitment of health and care workers’ on February 25, 2021. The updated code of pra...

 The House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee set up to investigate stolen crude oil valued at N5tn on Wednesday grilled the Group Managing Direc...

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu inadvertently gave an insight into the corruption and racketeering within the Lagos ports and its environs when he rece...

Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa Published 12 March 2021 The Accident Investigation Bureau has transferred the investigation of the incident involving Air Peace’s B737-300 aircraft with nationality and registration Marks 5N-BUQ to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. A spokesman for the AIB, Tunji Oketunbi, in a statement on Thursday, directed further enquiries on the occurrence to the NCAA. The statement titled ‘Update on Air Peace Aircraft incident at  Lagos Airport,’ insis...

Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 The House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee set up to audit arms and ammunition procured by the Armed Forces has criticised the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, for failing to appear before it in person. The House Ad Hoc Committee on the Need to Review the Purchase, Use and Control of Arms, Ammunition and Related Hardware by Military, Paramilitary and Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria held its...

Israel Adesanya has been handed a medical suspension for six months, The PUNCH reports. The Nigerian-born New Zealander suffered the first defeat ...

Buhari justifies shoot-on-sight directive on AK-47 bearers Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 The Presidency said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, emphasised his marching order to security chiefs to go harder on criminals, including shooting anyone found illegally with AK-47. Buhari was quoted to have made the emphasis at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria at the State House, co-chaired by the Su...

The Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja upheld the conviction of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye on the charges of criminal breach o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 THE House of Representatives has summoned the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to come forward and explain the circumstances surrounding the transfer of some forfeited assets to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation. Also to appear before an ad hoc committee of the House set up to compile and review projects and fixed assets belonging to the Federal Government across Nigeria, are the...