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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 9 March 2021 There are words that have been given different meanings in Nigeria. Sometimes, the meaning given to these words is even the opposite of their original meaning. Let us look at 10 of these words. fatal    WRONG:    I witnessed a fatal accident this morning in which the vehicles were damaged beyond repair; but surprisingly, no life was lost. It was a miracle. The word ”fatal” means “causing or resulting in death.” If death is not involv...

Punch Newspapers Sections Daniels Igoni, Yenagoa Fifty one teachers who were wrongfully suspended by the Bayelsa State Government in 2013 have called on the government to obey the judgment of the National Industrial Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which directed their reinstatement. The affected teachers in Yenagoa on Monday urged the state government to implement the court’s verdict. The teachers, who were employed under the State Universal Basic Education Board, secured the ju...

Punch Newspapers Sections Gbenga Adeniji, Friday Olokor  and Olufemi Olaniyi The Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress in Oyo State, Mr Rotimi Olumo, has said the police have arrested four members of the group, who were part of the team that arrested a Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili. A joint team, including the Oodua Peoples Congress, a vigilante group and others arrested the Fulani on Sunday. He was arrested on Sunday along with three of his gang members after an exchange of gunfire. Wa...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The opening ceremony for the training of 1,110 agriculture extension agents in all 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory commenced on Monday. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, inaugurated the exercise at the headquarters of the States’ Agricultural Development Projects in Abuja. He said 30 extension agents each from the 36 states and the FCT were being trained by the Federal Government to reali...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is expected to lead top management staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria to the Senate today (Tuesday). They are expected to explain details of the alleged missing $9.5m interest which accrued from Petroleum Profit Tax investment. They will appear before the Senate Public Account Committee to explain the alleged disappearance of the principal sum deposited, the tenor and rate of interest. ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in the Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state has sentenced a 31-year-old man one Edidiong Ototi to death by hanging. Edidiong, a native of Ikot-Akwa in the Obot Akara Local Government Area of the state, was convicted for killing his father, Mr Pius Ototi, whom he accused of being a wizard. In his confessional statement to the police, Edidiong admitted that he killed his father and buried him inside a pit...

Temiloluwa O’Peters The Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo and the Tutor...

Ex-power minister arraigned for collecting N148m bribe Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A former Minister of State for Power, Muhammed Wakil, was on Monday arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged bribery. Wakil was arraigned alongside two companies, Corozzeria Nigeria Limited and Pikat Properties Nigeria Limited, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice S. B. Belgore on two counts of corruption and abuse of office. The EFCC, in a statement on Monday, alleged that...

Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa The Nigerian Stock Exchange has vowed to prioritise the inclusion of women on the board positions of its demutualised entities. Chief Executive Officer of the NSE, Oscar Onyema, made the vow on Monday during the commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2021 hosted virtually in collaboration with United Nations Global Compact, UN Women, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, International Finance Corporation, World Federation of Exchanges and Wo...

Court adjourns El-Zakzaky’s trial till March 31 Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Kaduna State Court on Monday adjourned the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ite, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky; and wife, Zeenat to March 31, 2021 At  the resumed hearing of the trial on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, adjourned  to allow the prosecution to close its case. Chris Umar, leader of the prosecution team and Solicitor General and Permanent Secretar...