What goes around, they say, comes around. In 2017, the sports ministry, then headed by Solomon Dalung, brought out guidelines for elections into sports federations with an instruction that those which had their own constitutions should organise theirs. The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF was...
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NIGERIA has a long way to go in protecting children from abuse. The rescue of Amarachi, 15, from a prolonged confinement in a toilet at a residence in Abuloma, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, is another reminder of this grim reality. According to reports, the teenager, said to be fr...
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An aide to Senator Solomon Adeola has explained that the Ogun APC governorship hopeful changed his name from Sulaimon Ogunleye after converting from Islam. Read More: https://punchng.com/yayi-changed-name-after-converting-to-christianity-aide/...
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Lagos State Police have arrested six members of a syndicate for allegedly diverting imported goods worth over N20bn over the last 19 years. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-bust-lagos-syndicate-over-n20bn-goods-diversion/...
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Nigeria’s NDLEA and the UAE’s NDEA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Abu Dhabi to strengthen the fight against transnational drug trafficking. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-uae-sign-mou-against-transnational-drug-syndicates/...
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Christian movie, Agbara Nla, has premiered in Abuja ahead of its nationwide cinema release, with its director aiming to win one million souls for Christ. Read More: https://punchng.com/agbara-nla-premieres-in-abuja/...
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Mr Aituma said there is no known single cause of the condition, but several factors can increase a woman's risk. The post PT Health Watch: How Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension puts mother, baby at risk appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
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By Zubairu Usman Sadiq To the extent that an average Nigerian finds it difficult to meet the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, health and protection, and the three core values of development; sustenance, self-esteem and freedom, development is still a mirage to us as a peop...
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By Saka Ola Ahmed The death of 37 suspected illegal miners while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Minna, Niger State has thrown the nation into grief. Outrage has rightly been expressed by Nigerians who called for an urgent probe of the un...
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“Niger Delta got $160bn in 27 yrs, yet remains underdeveloped – Aig-Imoukhuede ” – VANGUARD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026. “Every country has the government it deserves” – Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821. Thank God for Nigerians like Aig-Imoukhuede who occasionally seizes the opportunity to t...
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Nollywood has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest movie screening, with over 51,000 people watching the film ‘Black Market’ in Lagos. Read More: https://punchng.com/nollywood-breaks-guinness-world-record-with-51000-person-movie-screening-in-lagos/...
