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A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Saturday, invited 500 stakeholders comprising technocrats, traditional rulers, and livestock researchers to develop a blueprint that could bring a lasting solution to the perennial conflict between herders and farmers in the country. The herders-farmers clash has been ongoing particularly in the Middle

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said the next president will need to upgrade the health sector and introduce a better pay that will appear irresistible to medical professionals who dumped the country for greener pastures. Shuaib made the appeal on Saturday when he spoke at a medical

Actress, Esther Nwachukwu, says she intentionally gets involved in controversies on social media because she wants to be popular. In an interview with Sunday Scoop, she said, “I am not a prostitute. I just decided to become controversial because I wanted to trend. I have been to so many auditions, but in the end, if

Some lawyers have backed the Supreme Court over its warning against public criticism of its judgements. They said members of the public, opinion leaders and public commentators should be careful before rushing to denigrate the judiciary. The Supreme Court on Saturday came hard on persons and groups whom it said had been “venting convoluted anger”,

His bloodied face is instantly visible as he runs down the alley of the old bazaar in the historic city of Antakya, pursued by a shopkeeper with an iron bar, accusing him of looting in the wake of Turkey’s huge earthquake. Monday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor hit Turkey and Syria, killing nearly 26,000 people and destroying thousands

Over 100 anti-corruption civil society organisations and their supporters staged a protest in Lagos on Saturday in continuation of their call for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, over alleged continued disobedience of court orders. Leaders of the groups, who began what they described as a “week-long

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Bashir Jamoh, tells ANOZIE EGOLIE and FAITH AJAYI about his career, marriage and other issues What piqued your interest in the maritime sector? I started my career in Kaduna State, with the Kaduna State Farmer Supply Company, which was financed by the World Bank.

A US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over Canada on Saturday — in a joint operation by the North American neighbours and the second such take-down in their skies since the dramatic downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon a week ago. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of the

The spokesperson for Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, has said his principal, Senator Ademola Adeleke, will not organise Valentine’s Day celebration for workers in the state. Rasheed said rather, the State Civil Service Union, in collaboration with the Office of the Head of Service, would host the annual Valentine’s Day event, “an annual gathering that

Michael Adeniran, the father of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, has taken to social media to cry out over the death of his daughter, Whitney Adeniran, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities. According to posts making the rounds on social media on Saturday night, Adeniran said his daughter died on

The Chief Executive Officer of My Surrogate Twins Agency, Judith Akinwunmi, takes FAITH AJAYI through her infertility journey and how she had children via surrogacy Why did you choose surrogacy as a means of becoming a mother? Every time I got pregnant, it ended up in miscarriage before the second trimester. Since I could get

Nigerian-born boxer Anthony Joshua honestly admitted that money is motivating him ahead of his fight with Jermaine Franklin at the O2 Arena in London. The former two-time unified heavyweight champion is keen to get his career back on track by beating Franklin on April 1 after suffering consecutive defeats to champion Oleksandr Usyk. During a

Super Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, scored his 40th Premier League goal for Leicester City as they came from behind to win for the second time in a row thrashing a dreadful Tottenham Hotspurs 4-1 at the King Power stadium on Saturday. The goal was his third EPL goal of the season in 16 appearances (28th

British singer Harry Styles won the top awards on Saturday at the UK’s biggest popular music prizes, the Brit Awards, while acknowledging his “privilege” for triumphing in a supposedly gender-neutral category that featured no female artists.Styles made multiple appearances on stage, winning awards for artist of the year, album of the year, song of the

Oil marketers have threatened to close their filling stations in protest against the rejection of old naira notes by deposit money banks across the country. It was gathered that the banks issued circulars to some of the filling stations, urging them to stop accepting the old bills, as the DMBs would not collect them from

For Ebuka Ebonine, a real estate developer, Valentine’s Day does not look promising this year. The day should be a double celebration for him because it is also his birthday. But he is not looking forward to it. With a tinge of fear and uncertainty, he told Sunday PUNCH marking his birthday and Valentine’s Day

A comic actor, Ime Umoh, aka Okon Lagos, says he does not see acting comedy as an unserious job. In an interview with Sunday Scoop, he said, “Who says my (comic) roles are not serious? (laughs) There is nothing unserious about comedy. As a matter of fact, it is a genre of drama that is

The Adamawa State Police Command has got a new Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Adeniyi. This was contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, on Saturday in Yola. It said that before his deployment to Adamawa, Adeniyi served as Commissioner of Police in charge of Anti-Human Trafficking, Force Headquarters,

The Lagos mega rally organised by the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party for its flagbearer and former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, on Saturday, was marred by violence, Sunday PUNCH reports. Several supporters of the candidate told our correspondents that they were attacked by hoodlums on their way to the Tafawa Balewa Square, the

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the July 16, 2022, Osun State governorship election, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his party have filed a cross-appeal on the judgement of the election petition tribunal that resolved the allegation of forgery in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The Independent National Electoral Commission

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday revealed that over 1.16 million admission seekers have so far registered to take the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examinations. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, stated this on Saturday, during a monitoring tour of some computer-based test centres in Abuja. Oloyede, during

JOHN CHARLES x-rays the political voyage of the Catholic priest, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, who for the third time has won the rescheduled governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State For the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, the experience of the past few

The Unity Advocacy Group has expressed concern over the speculations that the military was planning to disrupt the elections and plot a coup d’etat, had the capacity to cause more tension in an already politically charged atmosphere. Although the military had denied the allegation and pledged its commitment to the democratic system of government in

A former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, tells LEKE BAIYEWU his position on the issues in the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State There are reports that the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State has expelled you, what did you do? I have not been

NIGERIA’S shambolic healthcare delivery system is under renewed attack from several fronts. Apart from frequent outbreaks of diseases, dependence on imported medicines and the exodus of medical professionals, the influx of fake and substandard drugs has become a deluge, causing illnesses, disabilities and deaths in Nigeria and other West African countries. The government needs to