The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) says plans are underway to manage the heavy influx and reduce number of passengers that stand on board trains along Warri-Itakpe route. The Coordinator, Warri Itakpe Train Service, Abdulganiyu Sanni, said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that NRC would soon commence e-ticketing along the axis. The […]
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Nine suspects and four victims of human trafficking were rescued after a mysterious fire gutted the zonal command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related matters in Sokoto state on Saturday.The cause of the fire was still unknown as at the time of filling this report. Daily Trust […]
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The full Speech: I am delighted to be part of this event organised by the Rotary Foundation, a body that serves humanity in and around the world. The Rotary Foundation, since its establishment over 100 years ago, has touched lives positively in different ways through engaging in sustainable projects in communities across the world. The […]
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The organised labour in Nigeria has been urged to open space for gender-based violence reference centres where survival of gender-based violence and harassment would report to. The call was made in Abuja on Friday by the Solidarity Centre AFL-CIO, a nongovernmental organization based in the United States, during the official launch of a public presentation […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of Brigadier General Dzarma Zurkushu and seven other patriot, who paid the supreme price with their lives in defence of Askira-Uba during an attack in Borno State earlier in the month. The President, who spoke through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss […]
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Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says African countries must change the approach of using force to maintain peace. Abubakar said this on Saturday at a conference organised in his honour in Abuja. The former head of state said the continent is still battling “conflicts of diverse kinds”, which he said is one of the […]
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A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has revealed that he would support the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid in 2023. Tinubu had on Wednesday visited the elder statesman at his Abuja residence. Yakasai told Saturday PUNCH that the ex-governor of Lagos was […]
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Ten women have been kidnapped in Shiroro local government area of Niger and been forcefully raped in an unknown bandits camp. Chairman of the council Suleiman Chukuba disclosed this to newsmen in Kuta the headquarters of the council. He further made a distinction between the operation of Boko Haram terrorist and bandits in their communities. […]
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Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, was placed on a watchlist by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly mismanaging over N17 billion Paris Club refund and security vote, investigations by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. Our correspondent gathered that the governor who is presently out of the country had been under investigation for carrying out various […]
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