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Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday charged the women in the state to amplify their voices in the quest...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: Protesting teachers, their children and members of the sympathizers from the civil society organizations protesting five years non-payment of salaries by the Rivers State Government on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools in Rivers State-owned tertiary institutions are currently protesting over non-payment of their salaries running into five years. Read Also The protesting teachers, who...

Punch Newspapers Sections Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Senator Bashir Mohammed, has said no fewer than 27,121 persons, including women and children have been displaced by bandits in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mohammed made this known at the inauguration of the symbolic  distribution of relief materials to internally displaced person in the area. Items su...

Hindi Livinus, Yola Adamawa State House of Assembly has enacted a bill to eliminate violence in private and public life, as well as prohibit all forms of violence against persons in the state. The passage of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill by lawmakers, which is awaiting assent by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, came on the heels of the rape of a six-month-old baby, lawmaker Kate Mamuno (PDP, Demsa), said. She is the only female of the 25-member state assembly. Kate, who is chairperson, ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti  LEADERS of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party have agreed to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign in the interest of the party. The party had been polarized along the lines of loyalty to former Governor Ayodele Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi. This was made known via a statement signed by Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday. Olayinka said the feuding party leaders took the decision to l...

Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Spokesperson for the Senate, Dr Ajibola Basiru, on Tuesday, denied speculations that Senators and Members of the House...

Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa  Notore Chemical Industries Plc has announced the retirement of Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, and two others from the company’s board. Gowon retired as chairman of the company’s board, effective from January 28 in compliance with the company’s retirement age policy for directors. He assumed the role on February 7, 2007, and worked assiduously to drive the growth of the company during the period, according to a regulatory...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 10 March 2021 Studying at the University, though fun, can also be a challenging experience as students have to find a way to effectively manage their academic (exams, essays, etc.) and extracurricular (sports, club responsibilities, etc.) activities. Achieving a balance between these numerous responsibilities can, sometimes, prove too difficult a task for students, leading to issues like anxiety, poor grades, to name a few. In response to this, several univer...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Some foreign investors on Tuesday charged the Federal Government to address the level of insecurity in Nigeria as well as concerns with the country’s foreign exchange rate. Nigeria’s forex rate has been fluctuating over time with naira crashing repeatedly against the dollar. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, the Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Harry van Djik, said the Nigerian government should address insecurity as this was a factor that had...

Punch Newspapers Sections our correspondents States on Tuesday started receiving their consignments of the  Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with Lagos collecting 507,000 doses,  Nasarawa, 61,000; Ekiti,  52,960 and Ondo,  75,570. Officials of the states disclosed these figures to The PUNNCH  in separate interviews just as one of our correspondents gathered that between 150,000 and 160,000 doses would be given to Katsina State. Recall that the Federal Government  on Tuesday last week r...