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Corruption: Ali demands Customs officers’ files

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

Some customs men on duty. | credits: Cargocleaning.blogspot.com President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the new Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hamid Ali (retd.) to rid the service of corrupt officers. The PUNCH learnt on Sunday that as part of measures to carry out Buhari’s directive, the CG of Customs had demanded files […]

Release my wife, Nwosu begs abductors

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

By Evelyn Usman & Ebere Aham LAGOS—THE Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspaper, Mr Steve Nwosu, whose wife was abducted Monday, by gunmen who raided his Ago residence, Lagos, yesterday, appealed to her abductors to release her to his family. This is just as he has stated that he did not have the N100 […]

Lagos to shut schools where pupils are defiled

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

* Closes Ijegun school where proprietor allegedly defiled 2 students By Monsuru Olowoopejo As schools resumed for the new session yesterday across Lagos, the state government has vowed to shut any school that failed to provide adequate security for its pupils, leading to the premises been used to perpetrate defilement, rape or other illicit acts. Worried […]

20m Nigerians infected with hepatitis virus — Expert

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

By Suzan Edeh Bauchi—No fewer than 20 million people are infected with Hepatitis virus in Nigeria, Bauchi-based Gastroenterologist of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Dr Mustapha Umar, has said. Dr Umar, who stated this in an interview in Bauchi yesterday, as part of activities lined up to mark this year’s Hepatitis Week, said 3.6 […]

Ekiti imposes education levy on students

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

By Rotimi Olaleye Ado-Ekiti—In a bid to raise the state internally generated revenue and make education functional, students of public secondary schools are to contribute a token of N1, 000 per term and those of Primary Schools are to pay N500 respectively towards educational development in the State. The Ekiti State Commissioner for Education, Science […]

Cross River set to host Buhari Sep 21

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

There is palpable air of excitement in Cross River State as the state gets set to host President Muhammed Buhari on Monday, September 21. President Buhari is visiting the state to flag off the construction of the 260km Calabar-Katsina-Ala Super Highway. The road is to serve as the evacuation route for another project, the Bakassi […]

Ministerial list: DSS screens Odimegwu, Falana, Utomi, others

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 14th, 2015

Utomi, Falana and Odimegwu A FORMER Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, Mr. Festus Odimegwu and a former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, are among the ministerial nominees that have been screened by the Department of State Service, The PUNCH learnt authoritatively on Sunday. Those already said to have been screened as nominees for President […]

Hungary closes crossing used by thousands of refugees

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, September 14th, 2015

Hungary has closed off a railway track used by tens of thousands of refugees to enter the European Union on foot, launching a crackdown promised by the right-wing government to tackle Europe’s worst refugee crisis in two decades. Dozens of helmeted police officers, some on horses, took up position on Monday across the track that […]

Warning: Revealing Pictures: Mourinho’s 18-yr-old daughter wears N649,935 dress to GQ Awards

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, September 13th, 2015

Mathilde Mourinho, the 18-year-old daughter of Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, upstaged her father on the red carpet of GQ Men of the Year Awards, in her very revealing velvet tuxedo dress made by Balmain, which costs N649, 935 (£2, 145). The N649, 935 dress made by Balmain, a label adored by the Kardashians revealed the upper part of […]

Army invades Delta community, seizes pregnant woman, cripple

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Delta, Headlines, State News Sunday, September 13th, 2015

Over alleged arms YUKUGBENE – Soldiers from the 19th Battalion, Koko, Delta State, raided Yukugbene community in Warri North Local Government Area of the state and apprehended a pregnant woman and a cripple for allegedly being in possession of firearms and ammunition. A security source told Saturday Vanguard that soldiers who stormed the community in […]