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Belgium, Czech advance to q’finals

A moment of class from Thorgan Hazard proved enough to knock out holders Portugal as Belgium continued their pursuit of a first major title by reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2020. The Borussia...

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Jos violence: Abia warns against further attacks on Enyimba players

The Abia State Government has condemned the attack on Enyimba players in Jos, following their goalless draw against home side Plateau United in a Nigeria Professional Football League match on Sunday....

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Bizman’s bleeding wife’s health worsens following ordeal in hands of LASTMA...

The health of Sophia, the wife of a Dubai-based businessman, Jude Eze, has deteriorated after some personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority allegedly absconded with her during an...

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Two cultists nabbed for injuring rivals during supremacy clash in Ogun

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists for allegedly unleashing mayhem in the Orelope area of Ilogbo Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area of the state. The...

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Family in 15-month wait for police to prosecute cops who killed UNIZIK Law...

Fifteen months after five policemen attached to the Enugu State Police Command allegedly killed and buried a final year Law student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Augustine Ugwu, the police...

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Delta chief fingers subjects as hoodlums attack palace, farm, rape wife

The wife of the Odogwu (warlord) of Ogwash-Uku Kingdom was allegedly stripped naked and raped by community youths over a chieftaincy tussle. PUNCH Metro gathered that three houses, livestock, farm and...

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Osun mosque attack: Worshippers attempted unmasking our masquerader, says...

The leadership of the Kamorudeen Society of Nigeria and adherents of the Esubiyi masquerader, on Monday traded accusations over a clash at the Oluode Aranyin’s compound, Osogbo, which left one man dead...

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Ebuehi passes Venezia medical

Newly-promoted Serie A side Venezia have officially announced the signing of Benfica and Nigeria right-back Tyronne Ebuehi after he passed a routine medical on Monday, The PUNCH reports. It’s the...

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CJN warns A’Court judges of irresistible offers

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has charged the newly sworn-in Court of Appeal Justices to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty. The CJN stated this at the...

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Sokoto officials get N275m bail in N500m pension scam suit

Five management staff of the Sokoto State Primary Staff Pension Board, who allegedly diverted over N500m, have been granted bail by the Sokoto State High Court. The money was meant for the payment of...

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FG asks TETFund to fund abandoned National Library

The Federal Government on Monday approved the takeover of the financing of the National Library Project by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Sunday PUNCH had on June 20, 2021 reported exclusively that...

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Amnesty plans ex-agitators’ training at Bayelsa moribund fish farm

The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), has said the PAP is partnering the Bayelsa State Government to revive the state’s moribund 500 fish ponds as a...

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Lawyers contest plea bargain as ex-JAMB registrar arraigned for N900m fraud

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday fixed July 6 for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission to arraign former Registrar, Joint Admissions and...

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FMBN, help me

Mrs Akinde, Block 7, Flat 3, Lakeview Estate, Amuwo Odofin Lagos State: I subscribed for a three bedroom apartment under PERTRUST (private developer) through the National Housing Fund. I paid close to...

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Local airlines scamming Nigerians

Ibude Guobadia, ibudeguobadia@gmail.com: In the past two weeks, I have had to fully pay for domestic flights cancelled by the airlines. The flights were cancelled via terse e-mails to my email box...

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FG arraigns Kaduna-based critic, alleges defamation of Masari, SSG

The Federal Government on Monday arraigned a social critic, Muhammad Mahdi, for allegedly defaming the character of the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, the government and that of the...

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Kwara bizman’s kidnap: Family raises N2m as abductors demand N30m

Abductors of Lukman Ibrahim, the young Offa entrepreneur whose pregnant wife was killed on Saturday by suspected gunmen, have requested N30m ransom from his family. Close family sources told The PUNCH...

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Robbers raid Osun Christian corpers’ lodge, injure six, steal N130,000

Suspected robbers have attacked an apartment occupied by some corps members in Osogbo, Osun State capital, injuring six and carting away personal effects of the occupants. The robbers reportedly...

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UN agency takes over Ogoni clean-up from HYPREP

The board of the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation has said 70 per cent of the clean-up of impacted sites in Ogoni land, Rivers State, will now be managed by the United Nations Environment...

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Diesel price jumps to N280, LCCI says inflation’ll rise

The price of a litre of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, has risen to N280, buoyed by the recent increase in global oil prices and naira devaluation. The PUNCH had reported on February 24,...

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