The banality of politicised awardsThu, 19 Apr 2018 01:09:48 +0200Thursday 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 winMon, 23 Apr 2018 03:20:08 +0200Henry 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 partyMon, 23 Apr 2018 03:17:18 +0200Afeez 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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Ogun police nab man for defiling 13-year-oldMon, 23 Apr 2018 03:09:52 +0200Samuel 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 offenceMon, 23 Apr 2018 03:03:46 +0200Afeez 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 studentMon, 23 Apr 2018 03:01:13 +0200Success 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 BuhariMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:50:35 +0200Chukwudi 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 ambitionMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:49:24 +0200A 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 —PDPMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:47:49 +0200Olusola 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 rankMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:46:05 +0200Ade 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 wordsMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:36:32 +0200Leke 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 DicksonMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:22:45 +0200Simon 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 —WikeMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:21:50 +0200Ade 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 OndoMon, 23 Apr 2018 02:21:36 +0200Peter 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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