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Israel Adesanya has been handed a medical suspension for six months, The PUNCH reports. The Nigerian-born New Zealander suffered the first defeat ...

Buhari justifies shoot-on-sight directive on AK-47 bearers Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 The Presidency said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, emphasised his marching order to security chiefs to go harder on criminals, including shooting anyone found illegally with AK-47. Buhari was quoted to have made the emphasis at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria at the State House, co-chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. This was con...

The Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja upheld the conviction of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye on the charges of criminal breach o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 THE House of Representatives has summoned the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to come forward and explain the circumstances surrounding the transfer of some forfeited assets to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation. Also to appear before an ad hoc committee of the House set up to compile and review projects and fixed assets belonging to the Federal Government across Nigeria, are the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); and Minister of ...

Punch Newspapers Sections ’Femi Asu Published 12 March 2021 Imports of raw materials into Nigeria rose to N2.32tn last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic from N1.34tn in 2019, according to data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics. The NBS said in its latest Foreign Trade Statistics report that the value of total trade in raw material stood at N762.6bn in the fourth quarter of 2020. It said the import component was valued at N715.7bn while the export component stood at N46.9bn. “The value of raw material imports grew marginally by 0.75 per cent in Q4 2020 compared to Q3 2020 but was 113.1...