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BREAKING: Nigeria confirms second coronavirus case
Sodiq Oyeleke The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has announced a second confirmed case of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The PUNCH learnt that the victim had contact with the Italian that brought coronavirus to Nigeria. The victim was said to be one of those under isolation. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed this in a
Mortuary attendant sells human skull to herbalist
• Teenager stabs suspected rapist to death • Fake naval man nabbed for violating traffic rule Deji Lambo A mortuary attendant, Seun Falana, has been arrested for allegedly exhuming a corpse from where it was buried and severing the skull at the Trinity Cemetery, Ajegunle, in Lagos State, which was sold to a herbalist, Olawale
I’ll never give up struggle for better Imo — Ihedioha
Success Nwogu, Abuja The 2019 Imo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, on Sunday said he was firmly resolved never to give up on the struggle for a better Imo State and for a better governed Nigeria. He spoke in his statement on the Supreme Court’s rejection for a review
BREAKING: Oil price crashes to $33, loses $11 in hours
‘Femi Asu The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, which stood at $45.72 per barrel on Sunday, has slumped to $33 per barrel. Oil prices suffered an historic collapse overnight after Saudi Arabia shocked the market by launching a price war against onetime ally Russia. Brent, against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, fell by $11.62 to
Builders remember Ita-Faji victims, want building collapse offenders jailed
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi One year after the collapse of a three-storey building in the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos, builders in the country have called for collaboration among relevant stakeholders to end quackery in building construction. The builders said the high rate of building collapse in the country, especially Lagos State, was as a result of non-compliance
Senate proposes amendment to immunity for vice-president, govs
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Senate has introduced a bill that will make the vice- president, governors and their deputies lose their immunity if they misappropriate public funds. The President of Nigeria, vice-president, governors and their deputies are currently protected by the nation’s laws from criminal prosecution while in office. However, the proposed legislation from the
Army saved me from death twice, says Makinde
Wale Oyewale, Ibadan Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said the Nigerian Army had saved him from imminent death on two occasions. Makinde spoke at a reception organised in his honour by the General Officer Commanding, 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Anthony Omozoje, at the Tiger’s Den, Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Odogbo, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Bus conductor faints after LASTMA arrest
Deji Lambo A yet-to-be-identified commercial bus conductor reportedly fainted on Saturday after officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority intercepted his vehicle to arrest him and his driver for violating the state traffic rule in the Maryland area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that during the operation, there was an altercation between the
Obasanjo, Jonathan, Buhari beneficiaries of electoral fraud — Don
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta A Political Science scholar, Prof. Micheal Oni, has said that all the civilian presidents and vice-presidents the country has produced since independence are beneficiaries of electoral fraud. The don listed the administrations of Shehu Shagari, Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’ Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari as direct profiteers of electoral violence and
Sacked SGF’s firm, Police, Customs, NSCDC get radio licences
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are among 52 organisations that have just been granted radio licences by the National Broadcasting Commission. They are joining others like the Armed Forces and the Federal Road Safety Corps that currently operate Defence Radio and Traffic
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