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Police to partner with hunters in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Wednesday agreed to partner with hunters in addressing security challenges in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Austin Iwar said after a closed door meeting with the state hunters association that the police would tap from their experiences in tracking criminals. Iwar described the hunters […]
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The banality of politicised awards
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 01:09:48 +0200
Thursday with Abimbola Adelakun aadelakun@punchng.com There might be another reason, aside from corruption, why no Nigerian leader has won the Mo Ibrahim Prize: they have won so many other awards that the prize might be superfluous. This year alone,...
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Thu, 19 Apr 2018 01:09:48 +0200
Thursday with Abimbola Adelakun aadelakun@punchng.com There might be another reason, aside from corruption, why no Nigerian leader has won the Mo Ibrahim Prize: they have won so many other awards that the prize might be superfluous. This year alone,...
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Nigeria: How to win
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:20:08 +0200
Henry Boyo The above is the title of the lead paper presented at the 2nd Vanguard Economic Discourse, held in Lagos, on Friday, April 13, 2018. This year’s theme was titled, “Economy in rebound: Pitfalls, Trajectories, and Resetting”. The keynote...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:20:08 +0200
Henry Boyo The above is the title of the lead paper presented at the 2nd Vanguard Economic Discourse, held in Lagos, on Friday, April 13, 2018. This year’s theme was titled, “Economy in rebound: Pitfalls, Trajectories, and Resetting”. The keynote...
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Abuja engineer stabs friend to death at birthday party
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:17:18 +0200
Afeez Hanafi The police in Ogun State have arrested an Abuja-based computer engineer, Oladeji Hamzat, for allegedly stabbing his childhood friend, identified simply as Bayo, to death. The violence followed an altercation that reportedly ensued between...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:17:18 +0200
Afeez Hanafi The police in Ogun State have arrested an Abuja-based computer engineer, Oladeji Hamzat, for allegedly stabbing his childhood friend, identified simply as Bayo, to death. The violence followed an altercation that reportedly ensued between...
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Boat operator deflowers Lagos pupil who rejected love proposal • I am ready to marry her – Suspect
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:11:37 +0200
Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old boat operator, Ayo Festus, for allegedly raping a Senior Secondary School one pupil, Lola, in the Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect deflowered...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:11:37 +0200
Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old boat operator, Ayo Festus, for allegedly raping a Senior Secondary School one pupil, Lola, in the Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect deflowered...
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Ogun police nab man for defiling 13-year-old
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:09:52 +0200
Samuel Awoyinfa Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 29-year-old man, Soji Ogunrinola, aka Bulldozer, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. The girl was said to be with her mother to spend the holiday at Ogiri Ojule village,...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:09:52 +0200
Samuel Awoyinfa Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 29-year-old man, Soji Ogunrinola, aka Bulldozer, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. The girl was said to be with her mother to spend the holiday at Ogiri Ojule village,...
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LASG impounds 98 motorcycles for traffic offence
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:03:46 +0200
Afeez Hanafi Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have impounded 98 commercial motorcycles allegedly plying restricted routes in the Apapa area of the state. It was learnt that the motorcycles...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:03:46 +0200
Afeez Hanafi Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have impounded 98 commercial motorcycles allegedly plying restricted routes in the Apapa area of the state. It was learnt that the motorcycles...
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Sex-for-mark: Groups commend OAU, seek protection of student
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:01:13 +0200
Success Nwogu and Samson Folarin A female rights group, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, and a religious group, Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, have said the suspension of a lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:01:13 +0200
Success Nwogu and Samson Folarin A female rights group, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, and a religious group, Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, have said the suspension of a lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo...
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UK position on gay marriage satanic, ignore it, CAN tells Buhari
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:50:35 +0200
Chukwudi Akasike and Adelani Adepegba The Christian Association of Nigeria has advised the Federal Government not to bow to pressure by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on same-sex marriage. CAN said May’s position on gay marriage was ungodly,...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:50:35 +0200
Chukwudi Akasike and Adelani Adepegba The Christian Association of Nigeria has advised the Federal Government not to bow to pressure by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on same-sex marriage. CAN said May’s position on gay marriage was ungodly,...
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Group backs Bamidele’s Ekiti gov ambition
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:49:24 +0200
A group, Ekiti Professionals in Politics, has endorsed the aspiration of Opeyemi Bamidele to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress in the July 14 governorship election. The group in a statement on Sunday called on the party delegates to give...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:49:24 +0200
A group, Ekiti Professionals in Politics, has endorsed the aspiration of Opeyemi Bamidele to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress in the July 14 governorship election. The group in a statement on Sunday called on the party delegates to give...
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Buhari’s CHOGM trip, a colossal waste —PDP
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:47:49 +0200
Olusola Fabiyi and Olalekan Adetayo The Peoples Democratic Party said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s attendance of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in United Kingdom last week, was a colossal waste. The main opposition party alleged that...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:47:49 +0200
Olusola Fabiyi and Olalekan Adetayo The Peoples Democratic Party said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s attendance of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in United Kingdom last week, was a colossal waste. The main opposition party alleged that...
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Adegboruwa, Obiagwu, Ojo, 61 others short-listed for SAN rank
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:46:05 +0200
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, the National Coordinator of the Legal Defence and Assistance Project, Mr. Chino Obiagwu, and a prominent defence attorney, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, have been shortlisted for the rank of the...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:46:05 +0200
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, the National Coordinator of the Legal Defence and Assistance Project, Mr. Chino Obiagwu, and a prominent defence attorney, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, have been shortlisted for the rank of the...
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Omo-Agege: Senate panel chair, Marafa, Ndume trade words
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:36:32 +0200
Leke Baiyewu and Ade Adesomoju The crisis between the proscribed Parliamentary Support Group and others senators deepened on Sunday, as the senior lawmakers threatened to expose their colleagues in the PSG. Some senators, who confided in The PUNCH, said...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:36:32 +0200
Leke Baiyewu and Ade Adesomoju The crisis between the proscribed Parliamentary Support Group and others senators deepened on Sunday, as the senior lawmakers threatened to expose their colleagues in the PSG. Some senators, who confided in The PUNCH, said...
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Killings, sign of a failed state, says Dickson
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:22:45 +0200
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said Nigeria is divided more than ever. He said the continuous killing by Fulani herdsmen across the country was a sign of a failed state. Dickson expressed the views at the state Ecumenical...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:22:45 +0200
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said Nigeria is divided more than ever. He said the continuous killing by Fulani herdsmen across the country was a sign of a failed state. Dickson expressed the views at the state Ecumenical...
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Mace snatching was plotted by FG —Wike
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:21:50 +0200
Ade Adesomoju and Afeez Hanafi The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Sunday that the invasion of the Senate was a plot by the Federal Government to overthrow the Senate leadership. The governor in a statement by his Special Assistant on Electronic...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:21:50 +0200
Ade Adesomoju and Afeez Hanafi The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Sunday that the invasion of the Senate was a plot by the Federal Government to overthrow the Senate leadership. The governor in a statement by his Special Assistant on Electronic...
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Scores injured as Yoruba, Hausa clash in Ondo
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:21:36 +0200
Peter Dada, Akure There was pandemonium on Sunday in the Sabo area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, as the Yoruba engaged in a free-for-all with some members of the Hausa community, leading to many people being injured. It was gathered that the fight...
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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:21:36 +0200
Peter Dada, Akure There was pandemonium on Sunday in the Sabo area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, as the Yoruba engaged in a free-for-all with some members of the Hausa community, leading to many people being injured. It was gathered that the fight...
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