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Flying Eagles Commence 2025 World Cup Prep With Chile Draw
The Flying Eagles opened their preparations for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 1-1 draw against hosts Chile on Saturday, according to PUNCH Sports Extra. The friendly in Rancagua marked the first of two tune-up matches lined up ahead of the tournament, which kicks off on September 27 in Santiago, Chile. Nigeria struck first through Ahmed Akinyele in the...
VP Shettima Attends UN General Assembly In New York
Vice-President Kashim Shettima departed Abuja on Sunday for New York to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Office of the Vice-President said. According to a statement released on Sunday by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Vice-President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Shettima will deliver Nigeria’s national statement at the...
NNPP, PDP Fires Back At APC Over Atiku’s Hunger Warning
The war of words between the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition has intensified with officials of the New Nigeria People’s Party and the Peoples Democratic Party slamming the reaction of the ruling party to the hunger warning by Atiku. APC had on Monday branded Atiku’s warning about worsening hunger “reckless, irresponsible and a tacit instigation of revolution,” accusing...
Deputy Speaker Kalu Calls For Urgent Need Of States Police Over Insecurities
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, has emphasised the urgent need for state police as a solution to Nigeria’s insecurity challenges. Kalu said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja after returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he represented Nigeria at the 55th WTO–Inter-Parliamentary Union Public Forum. Kalu said that the country’s current centralised policing system was inadequate...
Trump Imposes New Restrictions On Harvard’s Access To Federal Funds
The Trump administration imposed fresh restrictions Friday on Harvard’s access to federal funds, opening a new front in its unprecedented crackdown on the prestigious US university. The Department of Education announced in a statement that it has placed Harvard under “heightened cash monitoring (HCM) status” saying there were “growing concerns regarding the university’s financial position.” It cited the administration’s own accusations...
Lautech Nurses, Midwives Begins Indefinite Strike Over Minimum Wage Implementation
Nurses and midwives at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State have commenced an indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the new National Minimum Wage and long-standing welfare issues. This was contained in a statement released by the Unit Chairman, Ojewumi Olutayo, and Secretary, Adedokun Foluwake, respectively in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday. PUNCH Online reports...
Fubara Reaffirms Commitment To Rivers’ Peace, Loyalty To Tinubu, Wike,
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara resumed yesterday, pledging loyalty to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, and President Tinubu, apparently overwhelmed by the politics that forced him out of office through an emergency rule. He revealed that he resisted the temptation to legally challenge the constitutionality of the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers on March 18 due to his commitment to...
Professors Voiced Out Struggles With Debts Over Poor Pay
Some professors in the country have recounted their struggles with poor remuneration, revealing how meagre salaries have forced them into multiple loans and an unending cycle of debt. In separate interviews with Saturday PUNCH, the lecturers described how the government’s weak commitment to education has made life increasingly difficult for them and their families. Their concerns come amid ongoing agitation by...
Fubara Resumes Duty, Addresses Rivers People 6pm
The Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, has resumed duty at the Government House, Port Harcourt, promising to address the state 6 pm. This was following the expiration of the Emergency Rule imposed on the state by President Bola Tinubu on March 18. Fubara had arrived at Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, at 11:40 am in the company of his wife,...
“Striking Doctors’ Grievances Are Being Addressed Through Due Process” – Wike
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike says the grievances of the striking Doctors are being addressed through due process. The minister stated this on Thursday during the inauguration of a road project in the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that residents’ Doctors in the FCT, on Monday, embarked on an indefinite strike over six months...
