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The Senate is currently probing the Federal Ministry of Works for paying N145m to a construction firm as reimbursement for a road project executed ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported 205 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and four related deaths across 14 states and the Federal Ca...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 March 2021 Dr Beatrice Ezenwa is a Senior Lecturer and consultant neonatologist with the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She tells TOBI AWORINDE What is neonatal jaundice? Jaundice is the yellowish discolouration of the sclera (of the eyes), skin and mucous membranes due to the deposition of bilirubin pigment. Bilirubin is produced when the red blood cells, which carry oxygen in the body, are broken down. How common is neonatal jaundice? Neonat...

Punch Newspapers Sections BOLA BAMIGBOLA Published 14 March 2021 Twenty-six-year-old Ayoola Olalekan, who was recently paraded as a suspected cyber fraudster by the Osun State Police Command, tells BOLA BAMIGBOLA What is your name and how old are you? My name is Ayoola Olalekan. I am a 26-year-old indigene of Oyo State from Oyo town. What led to your arrest? I was arrested for SIM card hacking. I used software to withdraw money from my victim’s bank account. How do you hack into people’s...

The Director-Generally of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, arrived in Nigeria on Saturday and pledged the support of her organ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero Kayode Oyero Published 13 March 2021 The Federal Government, on Saturday, asked telecommunication operators to put on hold, their impending suspension of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services over a N42bn debt owed by banks. This was contained in a statement signed by Femi Adeluyi, technical Assistant on Information Technology to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Associatio...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 March 2021 Russian police on Saturday arrested around 200 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a Moscow conference as authorities tighten the screws on Kremlin critics ahead of parliamentary elections. A police raid on an opposition conference dedicated to running for municipal office came after President Vladimir Putin’s top critic Alexei Navalny was jailed for two and a half years last month and more than 10,000 protesters detained across t...

Women not inferior to men — Sonaiya, Ufot, Okei-Odumakin, Yesuf, Aguebor MOBOLA SADIQ Published 14 March 2021 In commemoration of Mother’s Day (today) and the International Women’s Day, which was marked on March 8, MOBOLA SADIQ speaks to some notable female Nigerians who have continually held their heads high in their chosen fields Women shouldn’t feel inferior to men — Remi Sonaiya Prof Oluremi Sonaiya is a politician, academic and writer. She was the only female presidential cand...

Atletico Madrid slipped up again in La Liga on Saturday as they failed to break down 10-man Getafe in a goalless draw that gives further encouragem...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 March 2021 A spokesman for the Libyan National Army, Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari said that the LNA forces had arrested Islamic State commander, Mohammed Mailed Mohammed, also known as ‘Abu Omar’ in Ubari, South Libya. In a statement, the spokesman said that the arrest of Abu Omar, who is one of the most prominent leaders of ISIS in Sirte, is considered a major win for the LNA in its war against terrorism, SEE.NEWS reports. Read Also He added that th...