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Daniels Igoni YenagoaThe Bayelsa State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, passed the state\s bill banning open grazing of livestock in the state....

International News Media Association, on Wednesday, announced 290 finalists for the 2021 Global Media Awards competition.INMA is a global commu...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The continued suspension of international flights to and from the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, is denying the Federal Government a lot of revenue, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Tuesday. Sirika said this in his office in Abuja when he received a delegation from Kano State led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The minister told his guests that it was the desire of his ministry to reopen the airport for international...

Adeyinka Adedipe, BeninDrivers of petroleum tankers and other articulated vehicles on Wednesday blocked the Benin-Ore highway, at Ofosu, over t...

Anambra community women protest, allege official land-grabbing Tony Okafor, Awka Scores of women from Umueri in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Monday, protested against what they called forceful takeover of their land by the state government on the pretext of building an airport. They accused Governor Willie Obiano and government officials of partitioning their land for personal use and gain. The women, who marched round the airport premises singing and making unpri...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin Respite came the way of the police in Edo State as the Assistant Superintendent of Police in the State Investigation Bureau, ASP Clement Amoko, who was kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday, has been rescued. The rescue operation was carried out by various tactical and strike forces of the Edo State Police Command. Our correspondent learnt that Amoko, who was freed late Sunday, had been reunited with his family. The Police Public Relations Off...

Punch Newspapers Sections Nike Popoola The National Pension Commission has faulted states and some private companies for not funding 3.5 million pension accounts opened by their workers as of the end of 2020. The implication of this default is that the workers under this category would retire without having any pension to depend on in their vulnerable old age. Figures obtained from the commission on Monday on its review of monthly report of unfunded Retirement Savings Accounts showed the status...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State House of Assembly has said its Speaker, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun, was not invited by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission over an alleged financial fraud. It was gathered that the Speaker, Oloyeloogun; the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu; the Deputy Clerk, Mr Amos Olowogorioye; and the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, Mr Felemugudu Bankole; and some civil servants were invited by the anti-graft agency. A sou...

Punch Newspapers Sections The annual ritual of the United Nations International Women’s Day took place on March 8 with a muted fanfare due to the COVID-19 restrictions. It was meant to highlight (and indeed, celebrate) the achievements of women in society, and their contributions to human development throughout the ages. A well-deserved 15 minutes of fame for women, you might say. It is also an occasion for bystanders to ask probing questions. One of such questions is the long-running riddle ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The House of Representatives on Monday held a public hearing on five bills, one of which was seeking establishment of a Federal University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Niger State. Two of the bills are to establish two Federal Medical Centres, one of which is to be located in Wase Federal Constituency, Plateau State, where the Deputy Speaker Ahmed Wase, has been representing since 2007. The legislations are titled, ‘A Bill for An Act to Enha...