By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The 2023 presidential election has thrown up many post-election arguments, but FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s latest account has opened a particularly revealing window into the calculations of the five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors who opposed Atiku...
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By Sola Ogundipe Cancer treatment can become a race against time. A drug works, the tumour shrinks, hope returns. Then the cancer changes. The treatment that once held it back starts losing its grip. Cancer cells find another way to survive, and a battle that seemed to be won beg...
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By Sola Ogundipe If your bedroom isn’t completely dark at night, a new study suggests it may be worth taking a closer look at how much light reaches you while you sleep. Read Also: We don’t need pity, we need jobs — Blind couple Research involving more than 11,000 people found th...
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By Luminous Jannamike & Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — The last thing many of the miners arrested around the Wushishi-Lukoto axis of Niger State could have expected when they were taken into custody was that some of them would not come out alive. Read Also: Full List: 20 NSCDC officers su...
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By Prisca Sam-Duru It was a roll call of eminent Igbo sons and daughters at Dover Hotel, Ikeja, during the week as traditional rulers, political leaders, business captains, and cultural icons all gathered for a different kind of golden jubilee. For its 50th anniversary, Ohanaeze ...
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Experts advise Nigerian parents on having open conversations with teens about friendships, social media, academics, sex, and peer pressure to build trust. Read More: https://punchng.com/conversations-parents-should-have-with-their-teens/...
business
By Juliet Umeh For many years, Enugu carried the history and prestige of the old Eastern Region, but Governor Peter Mbah believes nostalgia is no longer enough. His ambition is to build a state that does not merely look back at its past importance but becomes a major economic for...
schools
By Adesina Wahab That the Federal Ministry of Education signed a concession agreement with the Old Boys Association of King’s College, Lagos to run the school for 50 years is not news, but the manner all other 116 unity colleges have been shut for weeks over the issue has become ...
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By Juliet Umeh There are moments when Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, sounds more like the banker he once was than the politician he has become. Read Also: Rivers 2023 results: Questions on Wike’s account on Atiku, Obi Ask him how Abia could confront billions of naira in inherite...
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The family of a man murdered in 2020 has urged Governor Dapo Abiodun to reject a state pardon application for one of his killers serving a life sentence. Read More: https://punchng.com/family-to-ogun-gov-dont-pardon-our-sons-killer/...
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By Juliet Umeh Michael and Akintomide cannot see, but together they cook, clean, raise their children and battle unemployment as they wait for the teaching jobs they believe could transform their family. For Michael Ogunkanmi, darkness has been part of life for almost as long as ...
government
By Anayo Okoli, Dennis Agbo, Chinedu Adonu & Juliet Umeh Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, and former Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi, has charged editors and the Nigerian media to guide politicians towards issue-based campaigns ahead of the 20...
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By Dayo Johnson , Regional Editor, South West The polity is already awash with threats of violence and intimidation against those who do not support the ruling All Progress Congress. Few days ago, Chairman of Esan West Local Govt Area of Edo state threatened a hotel hosting Niger...
