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Lalong seeks FG’s assistance to resettle Plateau IDPs
James Abraham, Jos Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to assist the state in its efforts to resettle internally displaced persons. According to the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, Lalong made the call when he visited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management
Australian Open: Gauff insists she will be aggressive against Osaka
Coco Gauff is still learning to drive and was scared when she went on a highway — but the 15-year-old warned Naomi Osaka she will not be overawed when they clash Friday at the Australian Open. The American prodigy celebrated wildly after fighting back to defeat Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday and
US to place visa restriction on Nigeria, others
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja United States President, Donald Trump, is set to add Nigeria and six others to a new list of countries on America’s visa restriction, Wall Street Journal reports. According to the report, Nigerians would not be barred from entering the country but would not be issued with certain types of visas. The Trump
PFAs invest N7.40tn in FG securities, infrastructure
Nike Popoola and Ifeanyi Onuba About N7tn of the N9.99tn pension fund assets has been invested in the Federal Government securities by Pension Fund Administrators. Latest data from the National Pension Commission also showed that the PFAs raised their investment in infrastructure to N40.52bn as of November 30, 2019. The N7tn invested in the Federal
Predictable, unending power tussle between governors and their predecessors
Politics appears to assume a different dimension in states where governors look into the past activities of their predecessors, OLADIMEJI RAMON reports The January 2, 2020 demolition of the late Senator Olusola Saraki’s Ile Arugbo in Ilorin, on the instruction of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, followed the pattern in which the immediate-past governor
1,000 northern Christians killed in January – Ecumenical Youths
Friday Olokor, Abuja Over 15,000 Christians in the North were killed between 2015 and 2019 in attacks targeted at Christian communities by insurgents and bandits, a coalition of Christians under the aegis of Ecumenical Youths Association, has said. The President of EYA, Daboikiabo Warmate, stated this in an interview with The PUNCH after a press
Abdusalami bemoans insecurity, says Nigeria at a crossroads
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday night lamented the spate of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the country, saying Nigeria is at a crossroads. He therefore called on Nigerians to assist security agencies to combat the challenge. The former military leader spoke as the guest of honour
Lassa fever kills two Kano doctors, Ondo death toll rises
Peter Dada and Ted Odogwu Lassa fever has killed two medical doctors and 17 others in Kano and Ondo states, The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday. The Ondo State Government said 16 people had so far been killed by the deadly Lassa fever while 84 cases were recorded in the state this year. Also, the Director of
I no longer feel safe at NIJ, says assaulted student
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos, Anjola Ogunyemi, has said she is not returning to the school after being allegedly sexually assaulted by one of her lecturers, Tene John, as she no longer feels safe. Ogunyemi said she feared that she would be victimised by other lecturers of the
Naval personnel sack Lagos community
Deji Lambo Residents of the Tarkwa bay area of Victoria Island, Lagos State, were on Tuesday thrown into confusion when some naval personnel allegedly invaded the community and sacked the residents from their homes. An eyewitness, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on condition of anonymity, said the naval personnel, who had been on surveillance of
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