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Segun AdewoleEkiti State government has announced that it has received does of COVID-19 vaccines.A statement issued on the official Twitter...

Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu and Adelani Adepegba THE Delta State Government will receive nothing out of the £4.2m (N2.2bn) seized from former Governor James Ibori which will be repatriated from the United Kingdom, a development which has been rejected by the state government, The PUNCH has learnt. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), while thanking the UK, said the money would be used for Federal Government projects such as the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,...

Punch Newspapers Sections Chima Azubuike, Gombe GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has tasked southern governors, as well as residents within the geographical area to be patient with herders. Yahaya stated this on Tuesday in an interview with journalists shortly after declaring open the state wide vaccination campaign against Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP) in cattle and Pestes Des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in sheep and goats, held at Gadam, Kwami Local Government Area. He said not ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, suspended all legislative activities to mourn the lawmaker representing Gwaram Federal Constituency in Jigawa State, Yuguda Kila, who died in Abuja on Thursday. Kila, who died from an undisclosed illness, was aged 70. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Customs until his death. Kila was the second member of the House to have died since the 9th National Assembly was inaugurated on June 11, 2019. At a se...

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday charged the women in the state to amplify their voices in the quest...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: Protesting teachers, their children and members of the sympathizers from the civil society organizations protesting five years non-payment of salaries by the Rivers State Government on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools in Rivers State-owned tertiary institutions are currently protesting over non-payment of their salaries running into five years. Read Also The protesting teachers, who...

Punch Newspapers Sections Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Senator Bashir Mohammed, has said no fewer than 27,121 persons, including women and children have been displaced by bandits in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mohammed made this known at the inauguration of the symbolic  distribution of relief materials to internally displaced person in the area. Items su...

Hindi Livinus, Yola Adamawa State House of Assembly has enacted a bill to eliminate violence in private and public life, as well as prohibit all forms of violence against persons in the state. The passage of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill by lawmakers, which is awaiting assent by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, came on the heels of the rape of a six-month-old baby, lawmaker Kate Mamuno (PDP, Demsa), said. She is the only female of the 25-member state assembly. Kate, who is chairperson, ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti  LEADERS of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party have agreed to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign in the interest of the party. The party had been polarized along the lines of loyalty to former Governor Ayodele Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi. This was made known via a statement signed by Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday. Olayinka said the feuding party leaders took the decision to l...

Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Spokesperson for the Senate, Dr Ajibola Basiru, on Tuesday, denied speculations that Senators and Members of the House...