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Segun AdewoleThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described as false a report (Not by The PUNCH) that its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Ba...

Punch Newspapers Sections Nike Popoola Continental Reinsurance Plc has announced that the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Femi Oyetunji, will retire from the company. The reinsurance company has also inaugurated its new headquarters in Lagos. It said these on Friday in a statement titled ‘Continental Reinsurance Plc positioned to deliver value post COVID-19 recovery of African nations as Group Managing Director/CEO, Dr Femi Oyetunji, announces his retirement’. Oyetunji s...

Punch Newspapers Sections Daud Olatunji The Ogun State Police Command has revealed how eight members of a family were arrested for the alleged kidnapping of eight people in the Sagamu area of state. Six members of the syndicate comprising the father, Oweniwe Okpara and three of his children: Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara as well as one Christian Ishaha and Emmanuel Joseph were paraded in Sagamu on Friday. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the fi...

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka compromised his side\s faint hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League as the Swiss midfielder\s embarrassin...

Daniels Igoni, YenagoaPresident of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has urged leaders and heads of governments to foster peace and uni...

Olajide Samuel The first runner-up of Big Brother Naija (Lockdown Edition), Dorathy Bachor, has stated that the reality television show made her c...

Punch Newspapers Sections Matthew Ochei, Asaba Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, said rumours of his interest in contesting in the 2023 presidential election was “mere speculation.” Jonathan, who stated this when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State at Government House, Asaba, over the recent demise of his father, Sir Okorie Okowa, pledged to continue to serve God, humanity, and Africa to the best of his ability. He said, “On the rumour of my in...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan Fresh crisis appears to be brewing in the Ibarapaland area of Oyo State, following the return of Fulani herdsmen to the area and the alleged destruction of farms in the area. Fulani herdsmen had, in January, migrated out of Igangan and other communities in Ibarapa, Oyo State, following the eviction notice given to Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Salihu Abdukadir, by Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho. Farmers in Igangan, however, told Saturd...

Punch Newspapers Sections Nigerian Twitter users have taken to the social media platform to root for Burna Boy ahead of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards scheduled to hold on March 14, 2021. The organisers of the award ceremony had announced that the African Giant was billed to perform at the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, which would feature performances by current Grammy nominees like Rufus Wainwright, Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Lido Pimienta, Poppy and many others Furthermore, th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 6 March 2021 Karim Benzema will be fit to play some part in Sunday’s derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Zinedine Zidane said on Friday. Benzema had missed Real Madrid’s last three games with a groin injury but Zidane said the Frenchman will return at the Wanda Metropolitano, although would not say if he will start. “We are happy to see him again with us. He will be with us and we’ll see how it goes tomorrow,” said Zidane in a press confe...