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Olympics: Home-based athletes to camp in UNIPORT Johnny Edward Johnny Edward Published 13 March 2021 Home-based athletes that will represent Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be camped at the University of Port Harcourt’s High Performance Centre to avoid distraction, Saturday PUNCH reports. This was made known in a press release from the sports ministry on Friday. The ministry said the overseas-based athletes would be camped in the United States ahead of the Games, billed for July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo, Japan. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, who me...

American VP Kamala Harris, WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala agree to advance international trade Published 13 March 2021 The United States Vice-President Kamala Harris and the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation have stated their commitments to advancing international trade. The two women leaders revealed that they had a phone conversations, during which the decision was made. According to tweets via their individual verified Twitter handles @VP and @NOIweala respectively, the American VP had initiated the call to the WTO chief. The VP tweeted, “l spoke with WTO Director General Dr. Okonjo...

Punch Newspapers Sections Afeez Hanafi Published 13 March 2021 Some residents of an apartment in Ogombo, Ajah area of the state have lost valuables to armed robbers who fled with the stolen items in a Toyota Venza belonging to one of the victims. This is just as the police at the Ogombo division were accused of demanding N300,000 to track the car. A short video of the attack posted on Twitter on Thursday by one Davey Quid, @daveyishigh, who claimed to be one of the victims, showed different parts of the apartment in a shambles. There were several bullet holes on a bed in one of the rooms in ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa Joseph Olaoluwa Published 13 March 2021 The National Union of Air Transport Employees has threatened a strike if the Assets Management Company of Nigeria fails to clarify the fate of Arik Air’s employees. In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Ocheme Aba and titled, ‘We shall welcome NG Eagle with our solidarity song,’ the union said it suspected foul play following AMCON’s decision to float a new carrier while still in receivership of Arik Air. The statement on Friday read in part, “Presently, AMCON is in receivership of two airl...

Punch Newspapers Sections Afeez Hanafi Published 13 March 2021 The Crescent University, Ogun State, said it has commenced investigation into the alleged oral sex involving a final-year law student of the institution, identified as Samuel Olusope. Olusope was accused of sexually harassing a 200-level fellow student in a boys’ hostel after allegedly drugging the food the victim ate. The victim was said to have been rushed to a hospital for treatment. In a video posted on Instablog on Friday, Samuel was seen being taken to an office as some people derisively tagged him a gay. The medium stat...