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Babayo: Tinubu tackling deferred structural problems
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Chairman of the Board of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, Dr Musa Babayo, has described President Bola Tinubu’s willingness to confront structural economic problems previously deferred by successive administrations as one of his most consequenti...
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Poverty shaped my journey from bread seller to UK business leader – Scotland-based MSBM CEO, Ariyibi-Oke
Scotland-based lawyer and MSBM CEO, Tolulope Ariyibi-Oke, shares how her determination to defy poverty shaped her journey from hawking bread in Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/poverty-shaped-my-journey-from-bread-seller-to-uk-business-leader-scotland-based-msbm-ceo-ariyib...
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Nigerian scholar found dead in S’Africa
A Nigerian lecturer at the University of Fort Hare, Dr Ayodele Odularu, has been found dead at her residence in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-scholar-found-dead-in-safrica/...
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Nigerian teenager jailed for selling sexual abuse videos
A Nigerian teenager, Gift Ayoola, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for recording the sexual abuses of children and selling them to paedophiles in the United Kingdom. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to making and distributin...
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Christian Madu versus Mensah, by Emeka Obasi
Ghanaians regard Robert Mensah as their best goalie, ahead of Edward Doodo Ankrah, John Naawu, Joseph Carr, John Baker and Richard Kingston. One man who found a way round the goalie was Christian Madu, a Nigerian born in Kumasi. Madu’s salad days in the Gold Coast were spent with...
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Meet Eagles’ new boys for Madagascar, G’Bissau AFCON qualifiers
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have called up three new players, George Ilenikhena, Isaac James, and Moses Usor, for the AFCON qualifiers against Madagascar and Gu Read More: https://punchng.com/meet-eagles-new-boys-for-madagascar-gbissau-afcon-qualifiers/...
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What happens to your brain after 50?
By Sola Ogundipe It starts innocently. A name refuses to come. You walk into a room and forget why you’re there. Your phone is in your hand, yet you spend several minutes looking for it. An old friend’s face is familiar, but the name just won’t come. “It’s old age,” someone says....
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CDS urges military to embrace AI
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has charged the Nigerian Armed Forces to embrace artificial intelligence to enhance operational effective Read More: https://punchng.com/cds-urges-military-to-embrace-ai/...
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Dangote refinery: Nigerians tap savings, loans to buy shares
Nigerians are using personal savings, loans, and selling assets to buy shares in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s Initial Public Offering (IPO). Read More: https://punchng.com/dangote-refinery-nigerians-tap-savings-loans-to-buy-shares/...
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Defilement: Police arrest Kogi chief after PUNCH report
Police in Lagos have arrested Muhammad Salifu, the Head of the Igala Community, for alleged child defilement following a report by Saturday PUNCH. Read More: https://punchng.com/defilement-police-arrest-kogi-chief-after-punch-report/...