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The Nigeria Football Federation said on Friday that the country stands to benefit from the election of its President, Amaju Pinnick, into the FIFA ...
Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 An Abuja-based activist, Sesugh Akume, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court in the nation’s capital, asking it to compel states that outlawed the sale of alcohol to refund the sums received through Value Added Tax imposed on alcoholic beverages. About 12 states practise Sharia law in Nigeria. They are Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Zamfara and Niger. Based on Sharia law, some of the states prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages and usually ...
Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti FORMER Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni, on Wednesday, welcomed the decision of former Governor Ayodele Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi and their loyalists to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign in the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party. He said the reconciliation between the two factional leaders of the party would strengthen the party to face the challenges ahead. Oni, who is one of PDP’s hopefuls in the 2022 Ekiti State governorship election, noted that with the peace-mending meeting between Fayose’s grou...
NIDO writes Buhari, seeks justice for murdered US-based Nigerian Published 11 March 2021 The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas has written to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), seeking justice for one of its members recently murdered by kidnappers back home. The victim, Prince Dennis Abuda, was abducted on the Auchi-Benin road in Edo on Jan. 30, while returning to the US after visiting his home town of Fugar. Four days later, the police found his decomposing body with bullet wounds on the Lagos-bound bypass in Benin after ransom was paid on him. The kidnappers re...
Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ajayi has been returned elected as the Chairman of the Ondo State Football Association. Ajayi, in an election that took place at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure, defeated his closest rival, Akin Akinbobola. He won after polling 14 votes, with Akinbobola scoring seven votes, while one vote was voided out of a total of 22 votes. Henry Akingboju failed to earn a vote, in spite of being a contestant with a voting right. Ajayi later said the election would usher in a new dawn in Ondo State football. He said he would work with all stakeholders to ensure that fo...