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Punch Newspapers Sections Dayo Ojerinde The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Winnie Byanyima, has advocated an end to HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. According to a statement, Byanyima would pay an official visit to Nigeria between March eight and 10, as part of her efforts to ensure the country wins the battle against HIV/AIDS. The statement partly reads, “The Executive Director and United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Winnie Byanyima, will be in Nigeria on an of...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited for questioning the Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, over an allegation of fraud that allegedly rocked the Assembly recently. Besides the speaker, it was gathered that the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu, and the Deputy Clerk, Mr Amos Olowogorioye, and the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, Mr Felemugudu Bankole, and some civil servants were inv...

Segun AdewoleThe Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the state is aware of the events regarding Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, who wa...

Punch Newspapers Sections Nike Popoola The Association of Professional Women Builders of Nigeria has inaugurated Mrs Adenike Saidi as the second national chairperson of the association. She and some other executives were inaugurated during an event themed ‘Construction industry transformation and digital divide – Bridging the ICT gap’. While delivering her acceptance speech, she said APWBN has less than 500 members on its register, and that it planned to follow up on its membership streng...

Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, was among top government officials who were on Monday vaccinated a...

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday said no fire incident was recorded inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as being reported in som...

Punch Newspapers Sections The Supreme Court of Nigeria has announced the death of Justice Nwali Ngwuta. The Apex Court said he died by 2.30am on Sunday, March 7, 2021. A statement by the Chief Registrar Supreme Court of Nigeria, Hadizatu Mustapha, said he was due to retire from the Supreme Court bench on attaining mandatory retirement age of 70 years on March 30, 2021. The statement reads partly, “He felt sick and was admitted in the last one week at the National Hospital, Abuja, but before h...

PSC commissioner condemns alleged police extortion on South-East roads Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Commissioner representing the South-East geopolitical zone and the Organised Private Sector in the Police Service Commission, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, has said he is working to ensure that the seeming marginalisation of the Igbos in the top echelon of the force was redressed in the interest of equity and justice. Nnamani, who was recently sworn-in by the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), noted ...

John Alechenu, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has challenged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to speak up on the latest ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Deji Lambo Controversy is surrounding the death of the Chief Executive Officer, Cash Nation Entertainment, Babatunde Abiodun, aka Kashy. Three narratives have emerged about the circumstances surrounding Abiodun’s death on Sunday, March 7, 2021. One narrative claimed that Abiodun, who was said to have been battling depression for months, allegedly committed suicide by jumping down from a balcony, while another had it that before his death, a fight broke out between hi...