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Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said on Wednesday that the state government had put in place measures that would ensure that Ekiti residents had equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccines. Fayemi urged Ekiti residents and indeed all Nigerians to disregard any unfounded theories about the efficacy and effects of the vaccines on them, saying, “We should not introduce unnecessary sentiments to the health and well-being of our people for wh...

Cristiano Ronaldo\s Juventus crashed out of the Champions League last 16 for the second year running on Tuesday, losing to 10-man Porto on away goa...

Lagos begins COVID-19 vaccine rollout weekend —Sanwo-Olu Segun Adewole The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 vaccination will commence in the state this weekend. The state had on Tuesday received the first consignment of 507,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines provided by the Federal Government. Sanwo said a steering committee was in its final stage of preparation for the deployment of the vaccine, adding that there’s a clear-cut strategy for...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 10 March 2021 The Nigeria Labour Congress in Ebonyi says removing the National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive Legislative List is tantamount to declaring war on Nigerian workers. The state chairman of the workers, Mr. Ikechukwu Nwafor, said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki during a press conference organised in line with the directive of the national leadership of NLC. Nwafor said that the Bill at the National Assembly (NASS), seeking to remove minimum wage fr...

Herdsmen: Deploy more security personnel to South-West, others, Senate tells NSA Kayode Oyero As a way of tackling the security challenges in the country including banditry, herdsmen killings, amongst others, the Senate, on Wednesday, urged the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), to immediately deploy more security personnel to affected communities especially in the South-West geopolitical zone. The upper legislative arm stressed that the move was imperative to avert ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has announced that 5,000 Nigerians refugees have been repatriated to the state from Cameroon. According to a statement on Zulum’s Facebook page, the handing over took place on Monday and was led by Cameroon’s Minister for Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, and other officials of his country. The returnees were part of thousands of Nigerians, mostly from Borno, who since 2014, fled in batches to Mi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke with agency report Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, appeared before an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday to give evidence in a N1.4 billion fraud trial. The fraud trial involved an oil company, Nadabo Energy, which Bawa had earlier testified against before his appointment as the EFCC boss. Bawa, who is the fifth prosecution witness,  had told Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja that ...

Former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has been named as the club\s first technical director, with John Murtough promoted to the role ...

The US Congress on Wednesday passed Joe Biden\s enormous economic relief package, delivering a resounding victory for the US president and a desper...

Daniels Igoni YenagoaThe Bayelsa State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, passed the state\s bill banning open grazing of livestock in the state....