Новости за 09.05.2021

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has postponed plans to commemorate the 18th birthday of Leah Sharibu in absentia on Friday, May 14, three years after she was kidnapped by Boko Haram in Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the postponement was due to the recent death of…

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of seven of its cops by gunmen who attacked police stations in Elimgbu, Obio/Akpor and Rumuji, Emuoha Local Government Areas of the state respectively on Friday night. The gunmen also lost two of their gang members after policemen engaged them in a shootout and prevented them…

Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, in February 2018 by Boko Haram insurgents. Her mother, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, speaks to TOBI AWORINDE ahead of her daughter’s 18th birthday on Friday, May 14, 2021 Your daughter has been in Boko Haram captivity…

President General, Agbekoya Farmers Association of Nigeria, Chief Kamorudeen Okikiola, speaks to TOBI AWORINDE about the worsening menace of killer herdsmen in the South-West and how it is taking a toll on the region’s potential for food production and sufficiency What is your view about the pervading cloud of insecurity in the country? In Nigeria…

The Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Shepherds Limited, Idorenyin Enang, speaks to GODFREY GEORGE about his life, professional journey and dreams of a working Nigeria What was growing up like for you. I come from a very humble family. My parents, thankfully, are still alive. My father is 86 and my mother is 79. They are…

In what physicians have termed the most ridiculous of myths, mothers who spoke with ANGELA ONWUZOO swore to never yield their male babies for a medical procedure that may otherwise save those beloved sons from certain health risks Male circumcision is a common practice in many parts of the world with some proven health benefits,…

A renowned professor of virology and former Vice-Chancellor at the Redeemer’s UniversityNigeria, Ede, Osun State, Oyewale Tomori, says inconsistent government policies and personal interests are some of the reasons Nigeria is unable to produce human vaccines. Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise, Prof. Tomori noted that the obstacles placed in the way of doing business and getting…

With thousands of fans celebrating outside the San Siro stadium and a guard of honour onto the pitch, Inter Milan celebrated their first Serie A title in over a decade with a 5-1 victory over Sampdoria giving Antonio Conte’s side a record 14th successive home win. Saturday’s match took place behind closed doors because of…

Liverpool kept alive their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League as Sadio Mane and Thiago Alcantara sealed a 2-0 win against Southampton on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side moved above Tottenham into sixth place thanks to Mane’s first-half header and Thiago’s first goal for the club in the final moments at Anfield. Liverpool’s…

The Inter Parties Advisory Council has says it welcomes the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court on Friday, which upheld the Independent National Electoral Commission’s power to deregister political parties. IPAC, in a statement issued on Saturday, urged the 74 parties deregistered by INEC on February 6, 2020, to work with the current 18 parties…

At least 15 people died Saturday after a landslide at a clandestine artisanal gold mine in Guinea’s northeast Siguiri region, rescuers and witnesses said. A rock overhang collapsed near the village of Tatakourou according to first telephoned reports from the area which did not clearly establish whether the victims had been crushed by falling rock…