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Punch Newspapers Sections Parents protest, PDP alleges tear gas attack on protesters, flays FG Our focus is to resolve students’ abduction, not politics, says Presidency Our Correspondents Prominent groups and Nigerians from different walks of life, on Sunday, took a swipe at the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over Friday’s abduction of students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Most of those who reacted said Buhari had failed and said they were shocked that the President had not visited the school despite the fact that he is in Katsin...

Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede, Enugu The Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, on Friday, warned that people should not take the humility of its Spiritual Director, Reverend Fr. Ejike Mbaka, for weakness. The church warned that “imbedded in Fr Mbaka’s seeming humility is a den of the ‘roaring lion of the tribe of Judah’ whom his detractors cannot withstand.” The church gave the warning in reaction to reports in some sections of the media that Mbaka attacked a British Broadcasting Corporation media team he invited to interview him on Wednesday. The BBC Igbo service had in a s...

Punch Newspapers Sections State governments took loans to pay LG workers’ November salaries – Kwara governor Only six states fully implementing N30,000 minimum wage, LG workers, teachers worst hit Our Correspondents There were strong indications on Thursday that the financial problems facing state governments had worsened as many states had yet to start the payment of N30,000 minimum wage 11 months after the deadline given by the Nigeria Labour Congress for the conclusion of negotiations. The PUNCH gathered that state governments’ foot-dragging on the minimum wage negotiations might not...

Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede, Enugu A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has convicted a former Rector of Enugu Coal City Polytechnic, Dr Isidore Nwankwo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had in April 2019 arrested Nwankwo for allegedly obtaining N1,153,700.00 from students under false pretences. He was subsequently arraigned on six counts bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences before Justice N. I. Buba of Federal High Court. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Buba declared that the prosecution counsel proved his case against the defendan...

Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede, Enugu THE apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra have disagreed with the leader of the Northern Elders’ Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, for alleging that most violent acts against the northerners were perpetrated by the Igbo. In separate statements issued on Wednesday, Ohanaeze’s President General, Chief Nnia Nwodo; and MASSOB Leader, Uchenna Madu, described the comment by Abdullahi as unsubstantiated and provocative. Nwodo, in a statement by Media Adviser, Chief Em...