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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 The police in Rivers State have arrested a father of four, Favour Ibama, for allegedly raping and stealing from some women in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A spokesperson for the state police command, SP Nnamdi Omoni, disclosed this while parading the suspect at the command’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Omoni claimed that the suspect lured his victims with promises after meeting them on social media, adding that he stole from the women after raping them. The police spokesman said Ibama was arrested at a popular supermarket in t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Some bandits have reportedly attacked three local government areas of Igabi, Giwa and Chikun in Kaduna State and killed seven persons. The bandits were also said to have injured others, as well as rustled 20 cows. This is coming barely 24 hours after the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, presented the 2020 security situation reports Governor Nasir El-Rufai. In that report, the commissioner had said bandits killed no fewer than 937 persons, kidnapped 1,972 pe...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 ABIA State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has issued a N10m cheque towards the education of the last son of the late representative of Aba North/South Federal Constituency, Ossy Prestige. Making the presentation during a town hall meeting, in Abiriba, Ikpeazu described the late Prestige as a close ally despite the difference in their political affiliations. The governor promised to play an active role in the burial of the late federal lawmaker. While receiving the cheque on behalf of the family, the member representing Aba Central State Constituenc...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria would continue to administer  AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite its suspension by eight European countries over fear of its possible deadly side effects. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said suspending the vaccine would amount to a fire brigade approach. Also a prominent virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, in an interview with The PUNCH, stated that there was nothing to worry about. Recall that the Federal Govern...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 A professor of parasitology, Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Jaqueline Badaki, has said basic hygiene is vital in tackling elephantiasis. Badaki stated this during a two-day training of 44 health workers in Gombe organised by Amen Health Care Foundation. She said, “Elephantiasis is categorised into different grades; at the early stage which is grade one, the swelling of the affected part is not visible; the second grade, the swelling becomes visible and in the third grade, the affected area becomes hard as stone. “But with basic hygiene ...