Punch Newspaper Headlines Today Sunday 20th June 2021
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Olympics trials: Nigeria target relays spots on final day
Nigeria’s relay teams will be hoping to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the final day of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria National Trials at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. With only the women’s 4x100m team – who are placed 16th on the Top List – qualified for the Olympics, the men’s 4x100m,…
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COVID-19: Nigerians need to do more to avoid third wave – NMA
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof Innocent Ujah, has said Nigerians need to do more to prevent a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ujah said this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday. He was reacting to the Africa Centre for Disease Control’s statement concerning 15 countries being susceptible to a…
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Twitter ban: FG, Lai Mohammed sued over directive to broadcasters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja “to stop the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Muhammed from using their patently unlawful directive to all TV and radio stations not to use Twitter, and to delete their accounts as a pretext…
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Assist my govt fight corruption, Buhari tells Appeal Court president
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has called on the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, to assist his regime in the fight against corruption. Buhari made the call in Jos on Saturday during a thanksgiving mass in honour of the Court of Appeal president over her appointment last year. Governor…
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Yemi Solade, MC Abbey, others celebrate Charly Boy at 70
Nigerian showbiz maestro and rights activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has received congratulatory messages from actor, Yemi Solade; comedian, MC Abbey; and other celebrities on his 70th birthday. The celebrant, on Sunday, took to his Instagram page to upload videos of celebrities wishing him a happy birthday. Solade, in his video, described…
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Oniduro Mi: Tope Alabi thanks fans for their support
Iconic gospel artiste, Tope Alabi, has finally broken the silence since she has been in the news for a comment she made about the popular gospel song, Oniduro Mi. In a viral video, Alabi was seen stating that although she was not condemning the song, she believes God is bigger than an entity to be…
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Banditry: Nine Kebbi pupils, teachers rescued, three dead, 90 still missing
Seventy-two hours after bandits attacked the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, 10 persons comprising 94 pupils, four teaching and four other non-academic staff members were kidnapped, Sunday PUNCH can report. A source told our correspondent that the majority of the kidnapped students are SS1 and SS2 pupils who were in the middle of…
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Why FG is borrowing to expand infrastructure – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has defended the Federal Government’s resort to loans to expand infrastructure in the country. Fashola, who spoke in Abuja at NAN Forum, the flagship interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria, said that the country would not make meaningful progress without taking loans to boost infrastructure….
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Spain, Poland in danger of early Euro 2020 exit
Both Spain and Poland are in danger of failing to qualify for the knockout stage of the European Championships after drawing their second Group E game 1-1 on Saturday. The result leaves the Spanish with two points from their first two matches and the Poles with just one. Both sides need to win their last…
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Nigerians will choose between Tinubu and others in 2023 –Senator Durojaiye
A former presidential aspirant and lawmaker in the Fourth Republic, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, in this interview with TOBI AWORINDE, discusses the state of the nation and solutions to the insecurity and widening socioeconomic gap in the country In terms of security, economy and anti-corruption, do you think Nigeria is better or worse than it was…
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