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Boxing legend Marvin Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, died on Saturday at age 66, his wife said.In a posting on ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 March 2021 Some few weeks ago, the management of the University of Ibadan announced the sad news of the death of Mr. Nigel Henry, the longest serving member of the Classics Department, and indeed of the entire Faculty of the Humanities. Henry spent over four decades, tutoring students in the fine art of classical studies. Classics is concerned with the critical investigation of the cultural and civilisational antiquity of the Greek culture and its massive ...

Punch Newspapers Sections DENNIS NAKU Published 14 March 2021 Elder Canaan Lucky, 66, is one of the shop owners at Bishop Okoye Street market, in the Mile 3 area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which went up in flames on Friday, February 19. In this interview with DENNIS NAKU Tell us your name and what you are into? I am Elder Canaan Lucky and I deal majorly in rice; I sell bags of rice. I also sell beans, salt, oil and other items. You are one of the victims of the recent fire outbreak at ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Published 14 March 2021 Two aides of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, have resigned their appointments with the state government. The duo, Mr Amaechi Oken, a Senior Technical Assistant to the Governor and Apostle Benjamin Obaji, a Technical Assistant, resigned their appointments this month (March). In their resignation letters dated March 1 and March 8, 2021, respectively, the Governor’s aides cited non-payment o...

Magnificent 400-guest floating hotel whets appetite for space tourism Tobi Aworinde • Nigerian travel firms see opportunities, physicists disagree The sky’s the limit no more. Indeed, the marvel that comes with gazing out of an aeroplane window as clouds slowly roll by might soon fade into obscurity – eclipsed by the novelty of space travel. Space tourism is becoming an increasingly hot topic, and there are several companies trying to make it happen – from Richard Branson’s Virgin Ga...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 March 2021 Authentic Nigeria Football and Allied Sports Supporters Club has congratulated the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick on his election as a member of the FIFA Council. Pinnick was on Friday elected into the FIFA Council at the Confederation of African Football’s 43rd General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco. National president of ANFASSC, Abayomi Ogunjimi, said the victory had paved way for a bigger Nigerian football project ...

Punch Newspapers Sections …says illicit cash flow over $70bn The President, African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has described as unsustainable the debts owed by African countries, including Nigeria, saying it has become worrying. He noted that it had become expedient to address the continent’s debt and development finance challenges, so as to avoid another “lost decade” and build resilient economies. He added that the time is now for one last debt relief for Africa but that s...

Punch Newspapers Sections TESSY IGOMU Published 14 March 2021 Medical experts say using saliva as a lubricant during sexual intercourse increases the risk of the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis, and herpes infection. They also noted that sexually transmitted infections like candidiasis, chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhoea can also be transmitted through the practice. The physicians urged couples to indulge in foreplay to get lubricated naturally, or get a lubricant that is medically ce...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 March 2021 The body of Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko was flown home on Saturday, two days after he died in Germany. Bakayoko, who turned 56 last Monday and died following cancer treatment in Germany, was popular for reaching across the political spectrum in the bitterly divided West African country. His death came just days after a rare trouble-free election in which all sides took part. President Alassane Ouattara, dressed in a dark suit and w...

Punch Newspapers Sections Alexander Okere Published 14 March 2021 A former early career fellow in the Department of Politics at University of Oxford, Ike Okonta, has described effective political leadership and liberal democracy as essential factors that would promote true federalism in Nigeria. Okonta, who stated this in his book, ‘Nigeria and the Challenges of Federalism,’ said the reluctance of Nigeria’s political leaders, from the colonial era to the present time, to put forward a co...