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Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba, Edward Nnachi, Leke Baiyewu,  Dennis Naku, James Abraham, Raphael Ede and Peter Dada Published 6:20 am Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba, Edward Nnachi, Leke Baiyewu,  Dennis Naku, James Abraham, Raphael Ede and Peter Dada Published 6:20 am The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed anger over a plan by the United Kingdom to offer asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous P...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Peter Dada, Akure Published 2:16 pm The Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the October 20, 2020 governorship election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, against the victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in the election. Jegede had approached the tribunal seeking the nullification of Akeredolu as the winner of the election. READ ALSO:

Punch Newspapers Sections States face cash crunch, salaries swallow revenues, Federal Govt seeks more funds Olalekan Adetayo, Okechukwu Nnodim, Abiodun Nejo, Peter Dada, Bola Bamigbola, Chima Azubuike, Adeniyi Olugbemi, John Charles, Adeyinka Adedipe and Armstrong Bakam Published 2:02 am FILE: The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) Olalekan Adetayo, Okechukwu Nnodim, Abiodun Nejo, Peter Dada, Bola Bamigbola, Chima Azubuike, Adeniyi Olugbemi, John Charles, Adeyinka Adedipe and ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Published 12:34 am Barely 24 hours after about 30 cows were found dead at the camp of their owner on the A.U.D. Road, Akungba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, the animals have been given a mass burial. The cows, owned by one Ibrahim Saliu, were reportedly found dead shortly after returning from the grazing field on Sunday. The traditional ruler of Akungba, Oba Sunday Ajimo, had warned butchers not to sell the dead co...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: Workers and labour leaders during a protest against a bill on the minimum wage in Ikeja, Lagos…on Wednesday. Photo: Stanley Ogidi • Wait for public hearing, stop attacking me, bill sponsor tells labour By our correspondents The leadership of the National Assembly will, on Tuesday next week, meet labour leaders over a  bill which seeks to remove the minimum wage negotiations from the exclusive legislative list. The Majority Leader of the Ho...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure One person was killed on Tuesday during a clash involving some factional members of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, at the Oja Oba area of Akure, the state capital. Following the clash, the state government announced an indefinite suspension of all activities of the union across the 18 local government areas of the state. A witness said the clash caused pandemonium at Oja Oba and some streets in Akure, as reside...

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...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State House of Assembly has said its Speaker, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun, was not invited by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission over an alleged financial fraud. It was gathered that the Speaker, Oloyeloogun; the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu; the Deputy Clerk, Mr Amos Olowogorioye; and the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, Mr Felemugudu Bankole; and some civil servants were invited by the anti-graft agency. A sou...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters Women in the Federal Capital Territory,  Abuja on Monday,  staged a protest  against hunger, hardship and insecurity in the country to mark on this year’s International Women’s Day. They also called for the immediate resignation of the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for incompetence. Addressing journalists on behalf of the women, Mrs Stell Ajadi, lamented the lack of basic amenities in their community. Ajadi rebuked the Presiden...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: The Ondo National Union of Road Transport workers members clash at the Oja Oba area of Akure, vandalise vehicles on Tuesday March 9, 2021 Peter Dada, Akure There was pandemonium at Oja Oba Area of Akure, the capital of Ondo State on Tuesday morning as members of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers engaged in free for all. This came barely 48 hours after the factional unionists fought at the Owode area of the state,...