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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 Former Super Eagles winger, George Finidi, has questioned the choice of some players selected by coach Gernot Rohr for Nigeria’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho later this month, The PUNCH reports. Rohr released a 24-man list for the games on Tuesday, listing two defenders Shehu Abdulahi and Semi Ajayi as midfielders alongside Wilfred Ndidi and Oghenekaro Etebo for the games, a decision Finidi disagreed with. The 49-year-old, who scored eight goals in 45 matches for Nigeria also said striker Paul Onua...

Punch Newspapers Sections John Alechenu, Abuja John Alechenu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 GOVERNORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, resolved to continue to collaborate with the Federal Government to fight the scourge of insecurity. They however appealed to the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to support states more to secure the country because states still bore the brunt of most of the security challenges. Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, who is also the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, who read out the communique of t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 THE House of Representatives has said the paucity of funds was hampering legislative functions of members of the National Assembly. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, raised the alarm during a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. The National Assembly had a budget of N139.5bn in 2018, N125bn in 2019 and N128bn (N125bn proposed, N3bn added) in 2020. While the sum of N125bn was proposed for the National Assembly in 2021, the sum of N134bn was approved for it and all other affiliates su...

Punch Newspapers Sections Umar Muhammed, Lafia Published 12 March 2021 Angry students of the Isa Musthapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Thursday, staged a protest against the closure of the school’s registration portal by the institution. The protest, which began around 12.30pm, lasted for two hours and led to the blockage of the Lafia-Jos federal highway. PUNCH Metro gathered that the students damaged some property, including part of the administrative block, streetlights, vehicles belonging to staff, the Information and Communication Centre security house, among others, u...

Punch Newspapers Sections Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe Published 12 March 2021 A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has adjourned till May 27, 2021 for the adoption of final written addresses in the case of a collapsed guesthouse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations. The Lagos State Government had prosecuted the SCOAN over the collapsed building, which killed 116 worshipers of the church on September 12, 2014. The defendants were two engineers, Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, charged alongside their companies — Hardrock Construction and Engineering Company and Jandy Trust Ltd. They were c...