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The Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee Olabanji Oladapo has hailed Aruna Quadri, after the Nigerian became the first African to rea...

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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 4 March 2021 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, in Abuja met with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, and enjoined all Nigerians to go about their lawful businesses as “the country’s unity is not negotiable”. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the governor said the president reiterated his position on keeping the nation united by all means, when he briefed him on the decision of the Amalga...

Kayode OyeroFacebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp, on Thursday, introduced voice and video calling features to its app’s desktop.What...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The queues for petrol in Abuja and neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger reduced on Thursday as more retail outlets dispensed the product to motorists. Petrol queues had dragged on in Abuja and environs since last week, a development that resulted in over 100 per cent hike in transport fares. Oil marketers had attributed the scarcity of petrol in the affected areas to the alleged moves by government to hike the price of the commodity. They had also st...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sunday Aborisade, Abuja THE Senator representing Osun West in the National Assembly, Adelere Oriolowo, has described as unfounded the fear that the admittance of Senator Iyiola Omisore into the All Progressives Congress will threaten the party’s unity. Oriolowo, who spoke to our correspondent in an interview in Abuja on Thursday, described Omisore’s entry into the APC as a welcome development. He said, “Rather than being anxious, party leaders and members in the ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The police in Ekiti State have confirmed the killing of a 45-year-old woman, Mrs Motunrayo Olajide, inside her house in Ado Ekiti, the state capital by yet to be identified persons. Police Public Relations Officer for the Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, said on Friday that the law enforcement agencies had not arrested anyone yet in connection with the incident. The mother of three was allegedly killed at her residence on 2nd Avenue, As...

Punch Newspapers Sections Daniels Igoni, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Police Command said on Thursday that it recovered the mutilated body of an unidentified female around the School-to-Land Project in the Edepie area of Yenagoa, the state capital. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, said the command believed the victim was killed for ritual purposes, as vital organs of her body were removed by her assailants. The statement read in part, “The unidentified female c...

Punch Newspapers Sections The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a socialite, Mike Eze, aka Pretty Mike, for allegedly facilitating operations at the Cubana Nightclub in the Victoria Island area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, while parading 172 persons arrested for violating COVID-19 protocols during a raid on the nightclub, had ordered the arrest of the nightclub owner. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed Eze’s arres...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo, Eniola Akinkuotu and Ada Wodu The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr  Faisal Shuaib, who disclosed this during the second edition of State House weekly briefing held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,   said Nigeria would begin to administer the COVID-19 vacci...