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Punch Newspapers Sections Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Some bandits have reportedly attacked three local government areas of Igabi, Giwa and Chikun in Kaduna State and killed seven persons. The bandits were also said to have injured others, as well as rustled 20 cows. This is coming barely 24 hours after the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, presented the 2020 security situation reports Governor Nasir El-Rufai. In...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 ABIA State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has issued a N10m cheque towards the education of the last son of the late representative of Aba North/South Federal Constituency, Ossy Prestige. Making the presentation during a town hall meeting, in Abiriba, Ikpeazu described the late Prestige as a close ally despite the difference in their political affiliations. The governor promised to play an active role in the burial of the late federal lawmaker. While...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria would continue to administer  AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite its suspension by eight European countries over fear of its possible deadly side effects. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said suspending the vaccine would amount to a fire brigade approach. Also a prominent virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, in an int...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 A professor of parasitology, Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Jaqueline Badaki, has said basic hygiene is vital in tackling elephantiasis. Badaki stated this during a two-day training of 44 health workers in Gombe organised by Amen Health Care Foundation. She said, “Elephantiasis is categorised into different grades; at the early stage which is grade one, the swelling of the affected part is not visible; the second grade, the swelling becomes...

Adesola, the elder sister of a businessman, Lookman Onabanjo, aka Bugon, who was abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Odoselu town, in the Odog...

Punch Newspapers Sections Grace Edema Grace Edema Published 12 March 2021 Two committees of the House of Representatives have reiterated their commitment to amending the Universal Basic Education Act 2004 towards ensuring free, safe and quality girls’ education up to the secondary school level. The House Committees on Women in Parliament and Basic Education made the pledge during an event to commemorate the 2021 International Women’s Day on Monday in Abuja. The event was organised by Mala...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 The Central Bank of Nigeria’s licenced Bureaux De Change operators have said they are taking steps against foreign exchange speculators and black market dealers who are distorting the naira exchange rate against the dollar and other global currencies. Speaking during a virtual meeting with members of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria across all the six geo-political zones in Nigeria, the President, ABCON, Alhaji Aminu G...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, on Thursday, received his first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The governor, who was vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr Mike Enyinnaya, at the Government House, Umuahia, encouraged residents to avail themselves of the opportunity and be vaccinated. He said, “The deployment of the vaccine as a device to fight COVID-19 is a global decision endorsed by the World Health Organisation an...

Defender Leon Balogun hopes to sign a contract extension with new Scottish champions, Glasgow Rangers, before the end of the season, The PUNCH repo...

Punch Newspapers Sections Agency Report Published 12 March 2021 CRC Credit Bureau has launched CRC Returnex, a data enabled solution that provides lending institutions the means of using artificial intelligence to identify and retain borrowers in their portfolio. A statement on Thursday titled ‘CRC Credit Bureau launches CRC Returnex’ said with this product from CRC, lenders could effectively profile borrowers that would likely take loans again, those that may borrow from other institution...