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Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa  The Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, has promised to take action against fuel tankers and containerised vehicles parking along Apapa port access roads. This is following an investigation by The PUNCH which showed that trucks had returned to access roads contributing to a gridlock along Tin Can port as well as the Ijora end, days after the Nigerian Ports Authority inaugurated a new call-up system desi...

The father of one of the abducted Jangebe schoolgirls, who himself had been in captivity, regained his freedom on Monday night with tales of sadnes...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke The Nigerian Labour Congress has threatened to embark on a nationwide protest on Wednesday over moves by the National Assembly to remove the national minimum wage from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list. In a statement on Tuesday, the NLC said the protest will hold in the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly. It added that the protest will start from the Unity Fountain Abuja at 7:30 am to the National Assembly complex. Read Also The House of Repr...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: FILE: President Muhammadu Buhari being vaccinated with the Astrazeneca COVID -19 Vaccine by his Chief Personal Physician, Dr Suhayb Rafindadi during the COVID-19 Presidential Vaccination at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Saturday (6/3/2021) /6/3/2021/Callistus Ewelike/NAN Kayode Oyero Reactions continue to trail the Federal Government’s vaccination programme against COVID-19 as some Nigerians on social media have asked the President, Majo...

Sodiq OyelekePopular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, has clarified that religious bias existed in the Nigerian Army between 2010 and 2015. ...

At least 39 migrants drowned off Tunisia when two boats capsized on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, as numbers risking the dangerous crossing t...

Kayode OyeroThe Oodua Peoples Congress says three of its operatives detained by the Oyo State Police Command are still in the state and not mov...

Opposition leader Bobi Wine on Tuesday called on Ugandans to \

Punch Newspapers Sections — Diane Mariechild, author of “Mother of Wit”. Regardless of where they live, in the Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere, in a rich country or a poor one, women have always played vital roles in the continuation of the human species as well as in community and societal development. Women leaders have also played key roles in crises response; serving as heads of government, co-coordinators of grassroots movements as well as frontline health care providers. ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Temiloluwa O’Peters Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, has announced a $25m grant as part of its new Global Impact Challenge for Women and Girls. Google said the initiative would provide $25m in overall cash grants to nonprofits and social enterprises, creating pathways to prosperity for women and girls. The company in its International Women’s Day 2021 webinar held on Monday made an open call for applications for the grant funding, noting that grantees woul...