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Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa  Notore Chemical Industries Plc has announced the retirement of Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, and two others from the company’s board. Gowon retired as chairman of the company’s board, effective from January 28 in compliance with the company’s retirement age policy for directors. He assumed the role on February 7, 2007, and worked assiduously to drive the growth of the company during the period, according to a regulatory...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 10 March 2021 Studying at the University, though fun, can also be a challenging experience as students have to find a way to effectively manage their academic (exams, essays, etc.) and extracurricular (sports, club responsibilities, etc.) activities. Achieving a balance between these numerous responsibilities can, sometimes, prove too difficult a task for students, leading to issues like anxiety, poor grades, to name a few. In response to this, several univer...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Some foreign investors on Tuesday charged the Federal Government to address the level of insecurity in Nigeria as well as concerns with the country’s foreign exchange rate. Nigeria’s forex rate has been fluctuating over time with naira crashing repeatedly against the dollar. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, the Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Harry van Djik, said the Nigerian government should address insecurity as this was a factor that had...

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 Published 10 March 2021 A stalwart of the All Progressive Congress in Zamfara State and former member of the National Assembly, Abdulmalik Bungudu, shares his thoughts on the no-flying-zone order and other issues in this interview with MAIHARAJI ALTINE The Federal Government has imposed a no flying zone order on Zamfara State. What is your comment on this? Thank you very much for this question. First of all, I want to bring to the notice of everybody that based on co...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja It is high time the Federal Government stopped the illicit movement of cattle on various roads across the country, retired General Evangelist, Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Samuel Abiara, has said. He also charged the government to emulate other developed and emerging economies of the world on how to manage cattle for the betterment of citizens. Abiara, who spoke to journalists in Abuja during a prayer session for the nation, observed that ...

Police beef up security around COVID-19 vaccines store in Lagos Deji Lambo The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has deployed policemen to beef up security around the cold store where the COVID-19 vaccines are kept in the Ikeja area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Wednesday that Odumosu, after inspecting the cold store, cautioned members of staff at the cold store to prevent unauthorised access to people who are n...

Dayo Ojerinde The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said it is too early to interpret the reduced COVID-19 cases being recorded in the countr...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba and Sunday Aborisade, Abuja Hundreds of members of the Nigeria Labour Congress have commenced a protest march to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The union and its affiliates are demanding the withdrawal of a bill that would remove the National Minimum Wage from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list. The House of Representatives had about two weeks ago introduced the bill which according to the sponsor, Garba Mohammed (APC Kano), woul...

Punch Newspapers Sections Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki The Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State has said the party would take over the reins of government in the state come 2023. This is as the party alleged that it was ready to eschew negative tendencies that almost ruined it before the defection of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, to the All Progressives Congress, adding that the governor’s sudden departure remained insignificant. Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state, E...