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Published February 1, 2021 State governments, except Lagos and Oyo , are not making independent plans to procure COVID -19 vaccine, officials told The PUNCH on Sunday .Officials of states including Plateau , Delta, Ekiti, Gombe , Cross River and Bauchi , in separate interviews withThe PUNCH, said they had not made any plan to […]

Published February 1, 2021 Adelani Adepegba , Abuja The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd. ) , has failed to summon a meeting of the Nigeria Police Council for the past 21 months despite the rising insecurity in the country .Investigations by our correspondent indicated that the last time the council met was […]

Published February 1, 2021 Sunday Aborisade , Abuja A former governor of Zamfara State Abdulaziz Yari , has appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court , sitting in Abuja which ordered him to forfeit N 248 m to the Federal Government .The Media aide to the former governor , Mayowa Oluwabiyi , said […]

As Sunshine Stars Football Club prepares to trade tackles with her opponent in the next home match, efforts are being intensified to boost the morale of the players. This is coming on the heels of the donation of a 1 Horse Power Split Air Conditioner to the Sunshine Stars for use in their dressing room. […]

The Federal Lawmaker representing Ogun West Senatorial district, Senator Tolu Odebiyi has raised his concern over the high state of insecurity plaguing people in the Senatorial district. This he made know through a press release on the 29th of January 2021, this he made regarding the various issues of alleged procuring of soldiers by herders […]

Published January 29, 2021 Tukur Muntari , KanoTHE former governor of Jigawa State , Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that the unfortunate hatred and attacks on Fulani ( herders) in Nigeria was as a result of the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to govern the country well .Lamido, who was a former Minister of Foreign […]

Published January 29, 2021Wale Oyewale and Tunde OyekolaThe Seriki Fulani of Igangan , Oyo State , Saliu Abdulkadri, has disclosed that he is on a short visit to the north while his family members have settled temporarily in Ilorin , Kwara State .Abdulkadri and his men moved out of Igangan in the Ibarapa North – […]

Published January 29, 2021 Olufemi Olaniyi , IbadanA former Ekiti State Governor , Ayo Fayose , has explained why he shunned the Peoples Democratic Party South -West leaders ’ meeting to reconcile him with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State .The meeting which was held at the Oyo State Government House , Ibadan had Rivers […]

January 29, 2021 Tony Okafor , AwkaA 65 -year – old man, Uchechukwu Nweke , in Amanuke , in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State , has allegedly killed his wife and son .PUNCH Metro gathered that after killing his family members, Nweke allegedly set his house ablaze and shot himself dead […]

January 28, 2021 The Chief Executive Officer of Gallery Security Services, High Chief Bibopere Ajube has commended President Mohammadu Buhari on the appointment of new service chiefs as a way of injecting fresh ideology and strategy into the nation’s security apparatus. The Arogbo-Ibe High Chief however, urged President Buhari not to relent on efforts to […]