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Punch Newspaper As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants; The PUNCH has learned. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw…

The Senate, Tuesday, passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The bill was passed during plenary after the chamber considered a report on it by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara…

The Federal Government has uncovered over 1,500 civil servants who passed through the back door to join the Federal civil service with fake appointment letters in the past year. Over 1,000 culprits were said to have been discovered in one ministry while 500 others found in other ministries, departments and agencies during a service-wide verification…

Mobile network subscribers in Owerri who were barred from making calls on Tuesday, decried the impact of the ban by telecommunication companies on their businesses. Some of the respondents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, said they have lost millions of naira to the sudden disconnection of their mobile network lines. Recall that…

Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has expressed displeasure with the House of Representatives, saying the latter’s move to probe its activities following an allegation that it extorted candidates sitting for the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, was in bad faith. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, speaking…

Self-confessed atheist, Mubarak Bala, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for blasphemy by the state High Court sitting at Audu Bako. Bala, who is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, pleaded guilty to committing blasphemy against Allah (SWT) and Prophet Muhammad (SAW). He made the headlines in 2020 when was arrested at…

Boko Haram terrorists have attacked a military base in Polewire area of Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, killing 11 soldiers and injuring 19 others. Three members of a local vigilante group also lost their lives, while two others suffered injuries during the attack. It’s gathered that the gun duel between the military and the terrorists lasted…

Europe’s worst conflict in decades has killed as many as 20,000 people since Russia’s February 24 invasion, according to Ukrainian estimates. More than 4.2 million Ukrainians have fled the country and about 6.5 million have been internally displaced, the United Nations agencies say. The world, however, keeps hoping for a respite, amid the avalanche of…

The Management Committee of the National Assembly Legislators’ Quarters Mosque, Apo, Abuja, has revealed reason behind the disengagement of Sheikh Nuru Khalid, from serving as Imam in the central Mosque . Recall that, Khalid had earlier been suspended for the sermon believed to cast aspersions on President Muhammadu Buhari led government over the state of…

Nearly one-third of patients with stroke of unknown cause have heart rhythm disorder that can be treated to prevent another stroke, says a Nordic Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke study. The study presented at the European Heart Rhythm Association, EHRA, 2022 Scientific Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, ESC, was posted on ESC website on…