Punch Newspaper Headlines Today Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Traffic resumes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Like Tuesday, a heavy traffic has resumed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Wednesday morning. The traffic which is heavier than Tuesday’s, records a a standstill on the Ibadan enroute Lagos way. Particularly, while Power down to Mowe-Ibafo route was free, the two lanes (Lagos to Ibadan and vice versa) of the expressway were on standstill around…
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Rivers PDP gov candidate escapes EFCC arrest
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State in the 2023 general election, Siminialayi Fubara, on Tuesday night escaped an attempt by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to arrest him on Tuesday night. The drama took place at the Port Harcourt International Airport as the plane ferrying Fubara and…
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LIVE: Tinubu leads in Box 1
THE National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, recorded a lead from votes counted in the first box at the ongoing national convention of the party. Other aspirants who got votes in the box are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, former minister Rotimi Amaechi, and Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello….
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Suspected cultist set ablaze in Akwa Ibom
An angry mob on Tuesday set ablaze a suspected cultist popularly called ‘Tempo’, who is believed to have been terrorizing Uyo residents and its environs. He was set ablaze by the youth after a failed robbery at a popular boutique, Frankfik, located along Barracks Road, in the Akwa Ibom State capital, while members of his…
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APC primary: Sorting, counting underway
The sorting of votes by national delegates has commenced at the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress. The ballot casting exercise to determine the fate of aspirants, which was carried out by 2,340 delegates, started at about 2.40 am and at ended 7.45 am. The six-hour voting process ended with a few delegates…
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APC primary: Breakdown of accredited voters as voting ends
A total of 2,260 delegates of the All Progressives Congress voted at the ongoing party’s Presidential Primary at Eagle Square, Abuja. This was disclosed by the convention Electoral Committee. The total rundown of states and their respective accredited delegates are as follows: Abia state – 50 Adamawa- 62 Anambra- 63 Bayelsa- 24 Bauchi- 55 Benue-…
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How to score an own goal as a ruling party
Ahead 2023 general election, like every election since 2015, we are left with a choice that isn’t really a choice. With a ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, campaigning to end problems it has used the intervening period since its election to help sustain and the major opposition party promising to do the same without giving a…
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A view on cost of living crisis
On May 1, 2022, the U.K. Observer published an editorial titled, The Observer view on the cost of living crisis. The editorial focused on the challenges of the rocketing cost of living in Britain, caused by falling real household incomes as compared with higher energy and food prices because wages fail to keep pace with rising bills. The article…
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Mr Sabinus vs Friesland Foods and UAC Foods
Recent developments involving popular comedian and skit maker, Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, also known as Oga Sabinus, threatening to sue Friesland Foods, makers of Peak milk brand and UAC Foods, the makers of sausage roll—Gala. He claimed that the two companies used his trademark and image without his authority. His claims are simply considered Intellectual property theft….
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Recipe for a united Nigeria
“Nigeria as a national entity is on the verge of collapse. All the indices of state failure are in place. There is an unprecedented level of impunity, and a never-before witnessed orgy of violence across the land. Criminal gangs are holding swathes of the Nigerian territory, bombing state infrastructures, collecting taxes, kidnapping travellers for ransom,…
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