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’Femi Asu and Okechukwu Nnodim with agency report The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, dropped on Monday after climbing above the $70 per...

Punch Newspapers Sections Ted Odogwu, Kano KANO State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said about four million people have so far registered as members of the All Progressives Congress in the ongoing membership registration /re-validation exercise in the State. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, in Kano on Monday. He quoted the governor as saying this during the Sixth APC Stakeholders meeting, in Kano. The statement quoted Ga...

Punch Newspapers Sections Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, has commenced an advanced diploma course in native medicine. The Special Adviser to the Anambra State Governor, Mr Willie Obiano, on medicine and herbal practice, Dr  Onyekachi Ibezim, disclosed this at  a press conference in Awka. He said the development was part of the efforts of the state government to advance and harmonise  herbal medical practice in the state. He added that the entry qualification for the a...

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, on Tuesday, disagreed with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation on the interpretat...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: The Ondo National Union of Road Transport workers members clash at the Oja Oba area of Akure, vandalise vehicles on Tuesday March 9, 2021 Peter Dada, Akure There was pandemonium at Oja Oba Area of Akure, the capital of Ondo State on Tuesday morning as members of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers engaged in free for all. This came barely 48 hours after the factional unionists fought at the Owode area of the state,...

Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, and human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), over the ongoing fraud case involving Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team. Others summoned include: the Director of Compliance, Central Bank of Nigeria; an official of the ...

Sodiq OyelekeThere was a protest over the non-implementation of the financial autonomy for the judiciary at the gate of the National Assembly i...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State , Taiwo Adisa, has said the All Progressives Congress is plotting to lure the governor to the party to avoid a heavy defeat in 2023 governorship poll. Adisa said the APC was aware that they could not raise any candidate that can match Makinde and that is the reason they what to lure him to their party by all means. The CPS, who said this in a statement on Monday said that the plot t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Delta State Government is set to receive nothing out of the £4.2m (N2.2bn) seized from former Governor James Ibori which will be repatriated from the United Kingdom, a development which has been rejected by the state government, The PUNCH has learnt. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), while thanking the UK, said the money would be used for Federal Government projects such as the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the 2nd ...

CP redeploys DPO, others for aiding COVID-19 violators, 113 arrested Deji Lambo The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has redeployed the Divisional Police Officer, Ajao Estate Division, and other senior police officers attached to the division for allowing clubbing at the Garbana Club in the area. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Monday that Odumosu warned DPOs against encouraging the violation of COVID-19 protocols in the state...