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Already an Afrobeat superstar and this year a leading voice of his country\s youth protests, Nigeria\s Burna Boy is now hoping to add a Grammy to h...

The African Development Bank has projected that about 39 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2021 as a result of the coronavir...

Court rules on ex-NBA president’s money laundering case June 10 Oladimeji Ramon Published 13 March 2021 The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed June 10 to rule on the no-case submission filed by the immediate-past President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Paul Usoro (SAN), in response to the money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC accused Usoro of laundering N1.4bn belonging to Akwa Ibom State, where he hails from. He was cha...

Punch Newspapers Sections Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Published 12 March 2021 A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday, said no fewer than 200 persons lost their jobs at the Royal Spring Palm Estate, Owerri, because of its shutdown by the state government. The estate, which government alleged was built on a green verge against the master plan of Owerri, is owned by Okorocha’s wife, Nkechi. Okorocha said in a statement issued by his spokesman, Sam Onwuemeodo, that he was hap...

Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa Published 12 March 2021 BUA Cement Plc, a subsidiary of BUA Group, has received an award of recognition from Okpella Graduates Association in Okpella Community, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. According to a statement titled ‘BUA Cement Plc bags Okpella recognition award’, the award honours the cement firm for fulfilling its role in the Community Development Agreement signed between the organisation and the community. The award was ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Published 12 March 2021 A commercial motorcyclist whose identity has not been ascertained, and one other person, were on Thursday shot dead when armed robbers attacked a branch of a second generation bank in Okuku, Osun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the motorcyclist was killed near the bank while the robbers were fleeing the area. A source said, “Gunshots were heard around 3pm near the bank when the robbers were ente...

Presidency officials allege Zamfara attempted to subvert no-fly-zone order Eniola Akinkuotu and Maiharaji Altine Published 12 March 2021 Eniola Akinkuotu and Maiharaji Altine Published 12 March 2021 Some Presidency officials have accused Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State and his aides of attempting to subvert the Federal Government’s  ‘No fly’ restriction placed over the state’s airspace. Multiple officials, who spoke to The PUNCH, said Matawalle and the state House of Assemb...

Punch Newspapers Sections • Minister insists on borrowing to finance budget deficit The increasing debt service of Nigeria is an economic threat to the country, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared on Thursday. But this might not stop the Federal Government from borrowing to fund the 2021 budget, as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, insisted that government had to borrow. In January, The PUNCH reported that Nigeria spent almost N2tn on debt servic...

The Niger State House of Assembly has invited the Commissioner for Finance and his counterparts in Works and Infrastructure Planning, Justice and S...

Punch Newspapers Sections Agency Status Published 12 March 2021 Quadri Aruna is confident of nicking one of the four available qualifications slots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the World Singles Qualification Tournament at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in Doha, Qatar. The four-day tournament holds from March 14 to 17. Aruna, listed among the top seeds for the tournament, will compete alongside 72 men in the men’s singles for one of the four available slots for the Olympic. Kenya, ...