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Punch Newspapers Sections Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, inaugurated the Board of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency where the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, will serve as vice chairman. El-Rufai, while inaugurating the board, charged the agency to redouble its efforts in making the state the topmost investment destination in Nigeria by improving its ease of doing business ranking. The governor formally welcomed the former Emir to the board as  vice chair...

Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, on Thursday, said the command suspected that the gunmen that killed a ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Maiharaji Altine, Gusau The Zamfara State Police Command has deployed more personnel to Jangebe town following rising tension as a result of the clash between the parents of the freed schoolgirls and security agents. In the clash, which occurred on Wednesday, one person was said to have died and many others sustained varying degrees of injury. The state government has already imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the town to prevent a further breach of the peace in the area...

Punch Newspapers Sections Johnny Edward Renowned neurosurgeon Alfredo Bucciero has warned that Victor Osimhen must be in “perfect condition” before he is allowed to return to the pitch. Last week, the 22-year-old was knocked unconscious in a scary incident during the final minutes against Atalanta, after a challenge by Cristian Romero, and was stretchered off the pitch and taken to hospital. According to Bucciero, Osimhen will undergo further tests and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan on F...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sunday Aborisade, Abuja THE Senate Public Accounts Committee, on Thursday, queried the Ministry of Environment over 55 vehicles allegedly missing from its coffers. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Mathew Urhoghide, relied on the 2018 Auditor General’s report to take the decision. The AuGF report read in part, “Audit observed that 55 vehicles were not presented for physical inspection; all efforts to inspect and confirm their existence proved abortive and the ...

Ebenezer Bajela The Federal Government has declared its backing for Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick’s quest to be a member of...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey,Uyo The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has vowed to make Nigerian cuisine an international brand to make it compete compete favorably with other conutries’ brands. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, said this during a one-day sensitisation programme for exporters of Nigerian cuisine organised by NEPC on Thursday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. Awolowo, represented by the Deputy Director, International Export Offi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Grace Edema Stakeholders in the education sector have said the education system will experience reform if adequate attention is paid to the welfare of teachers. On Thursday, issues around teachers were discussed at the Save Education in Nigeria Dialogue zoom meeting which was organised by Concerned Parents Educators Initiative. The event titled, ‘Preparing Teachers for Education Reform’ was an initiative of the CEO of Edumark Consult, Mrs Yinka Ogunde. At the meeti...

Punch Newspapers Sections IT is heartening that efforts are ongoing to develop a vaccine for Lassa fever. An American biotechnology company, INOVIO, which is spearheading the research, noted that the first participant in Lassa vaccine trial had been dosed in a Phase 1B clinical trial for INO-4500, its DNA vaccine candidate for Lassa fever. The clinical trial in progress in Ghana is reportedly focusing on offering precisely-designed DNA medicines to treat and protect people from infectious dise...

Restore LASGEMS project, inventor appeals to Sanwo-Olu Grace Edema AN Information Technology consultant and inventor of the Lagos State Government Education Management Systems, Mr Yomi Erogbogbo, has appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to restore the project. LASGEMS, a brainchild of Erogbogbo, was introduced into the Lagos State education sector in 2006 to manage the information of all students in both private and secondary schools for on-line access. Erogbogbo in an i...