September 20, 2022

[GIST] FSDH Merchant Bank, Lagos partner on healthcare financing

[GIST] FSDH Merchant Bank, Lagos partner on healthcare financing

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FSDH Merchant Bank has partnered with the Lagos State Government to provide accessible healthcare financing to residents of the state. A statement by the bank said that in the past few decades, the health sector in Nigeria had experienced continuous disruptions. It added that with the drawbacks from traditional practices to the emergence of new


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[GIST] How Abia police arrested bullion van robbery suspects

[GIST] How Abia police arrested bullion van robbery suspects

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The Abia Police Command has arrested 10 members of a dare-devil armed robbery gang that allegedly robbed a bullion van on July 26 and carted away about N390 million. The Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede, said the suspects belonged to a 14-member gang that specialised in bullion van robbery in different parts of the country.


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September 19, 2022

[GIST] Kidnapped wedding guests regain freedom in Imo

[GIST] Kidnapped wedding guests regain freedom in Imo

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One of the kidnapped wedding guests, Collins Alaefula, who alongside two other victims was kidnapped after leaving a wedding ceremony at the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, has been released by his abductors.  Alaefula was freed on Saturday after his relatives allegedly paid the money demanded as ransom by his abductors.  His


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[GIST] FG invests in firm to boost agric exports

[GIST] FG invests in firm to boost agric exports

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Pandagric Novum, an agriculture firm with over N10bn investment from the Federal Government, is set to increase maize export from Nigeria and boost food security across the country. As an integrated feed and food manufacturing company, the firm said it would contribute to supporting the delivery of Nigeria’s food security objectives and would strengthen the


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[GIST] Reduce number of out-of-school children, UNICEF tells FG

[GIST] Reduce number of out-of-school children, UNICEF tells FG

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The United Nations Children’s Fund has charged the Nigerian government to address barriers responsible for the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country. UNICEF Country Representative to Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins said this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum, a special interview programme, in Abuja. Hawkins identified poverty, proximity to


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[GIST] EU to showcase Yoruba culture

[GIST] EU to showcase Yoruba culture

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The European National Institutes for Culture cluster in Nigeria has announced its project to create awareness of Yoruba culture and its expansion across continents. This was disclosed in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Sunday, adding that the event would be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at the Embassy of Brazil in


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[GIST] Parallex Bank gets recognition

[GIST] Parallex Bank gets recognition

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Parallex Bank Limited, a commercial bank in Nigeria, has been recognised as the ‘Most Outstanding Young Commercial Bank’ in Nigeria for its professionalism at the Marketing Edge annual summit and award. A statement said the award ceremony was held recently in Lagos. It was attended by dignitaries from all walks of life, including representatives from


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September 18, 2022

[GIST] Okonkwo: Rise of U-17 World Cup winner before FIFA ban

[GIST] Okonkwo: Rise of U-17 World Cup winner before FIFA ban

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On Saturday, the Nigeria Football Federation announced, through a statement, that Nigerian striker Orji Okonkwo had been suspended from football for four years by FIFA, after being found guilty of a doping violation. The 24-year-old, who plays for Serie A side Bologna, was initially handed the ban by Italy’s national anti-doping agency (Nado Italia) in


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[GIST] VJ Adams unveiled as host of Naija Star Search

[GIST] VJ Adams unveiled as host of Naija Star Search

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The search for the next afrobeats superstar will enter a new phase today as the group stage of the music reality TV show, Naija Star Search, kicks off, with media personality, VJ Adams, as the host. Recall that 17 contestants, made up of young and promising music talents, were unveiled by the judges last Sunday.


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[GIST] Firm to uplift lives with solar, tech-enabled energy

[GIST] Firm to uplift lives with solar, tech-enabled energy

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D Light has officially launched into the Nigerian market, promising to transform one billion lives globally by 2030. Speaking at the official country launch of the firm in Lagos, the Chairperson of the Board, Mrs Ibukun Awosika, stated that the need to transform lives was the driving force of the firm’s initiative. ‘’The bottom line


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[GIST] Why MTN Foundation invests in youths – Director

[GIST] Why MTN Foundation invests in youths – Director

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MTN Foundation is skilling Nigerian young people in order to bridge the employment gap in the labour market. The Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation, Odunayo Sanya, announced this during a panel discussion at the 7th annual Project Management Institute Africa Conference, tagged, “Sustainable Growth for Social Good: Connecting Ideas, People and Projects,” held in Lagos on


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[GIST] Nigeria may lose N401bn HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria grants

[GIST] Nigeria may lose N401bn HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria grants

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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended procurement in the National Agency for the Control of AIDS following a discovery that bids for a contract worth $12m for the upgrade of warehouses in 13 states were allegedly tampered with by unidentified NACA officials. Various audits by the international financing and partnership


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September 17, 2022

[GIST] Premarital sex kills slowly

[GIST] Premarital sex kills slowly

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My darling, precious, glorious, dignified, world-famous and heavenly celebrated Nigerian sisters, I know many people including a man I met in London, United Kingdom, last weekend that said he’s always bewildered by the sexual purity articles by a lady, who wears a pink hat in Saturday PUNCH, would say “there she goes again!” (Smiles). Yes


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[GIST] Livestock bred with growth promoters unhealthy for consumption – Prof Adetunji

[GIST] Livestock bred with growth promoters unhealthy for consumption – Prof Adetunji

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A professor of Veterinary Public Health at the University of Ibadan, Victoria Adetunji, speaks to OLUFEMI OLANIYI about her career, family and related issues What other roles do you perform at the university apart from teaching? I am currently the Chairperson of Animal Use and Care Ethics Committee and I also coordinate the University of


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[GIST] PDP Reps candidate hails Atiku’s meeting with stakeholders

[GIST] PDP Reps candidate hails Atiku’s meeting with stakeholders

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The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency in Osun State in the 2023 general election, Mr. Sola Arabambi, has said the recent meeting with the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, has further united the party in Osun State.  Atiku, on Wednesday, in Ibadan, met Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; former governor


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[GIST] Ogun SSG advises South-West states on digital connectivity

[GIST] Ogun SSG advises South-West states on digital connectivity

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The Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, has tasked his counterparts in the South-West to evolve short and long-term strategies that will propel the next level of development in the region. Talabi stated this in Abeokuta on Thursday at the second edition of the Secretaries to State Governments Forum, saying the South-West


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[GIST] 69 road crashes killed 32 in Ekiti – FRSC

[GIST] 69 road crashes killed 32 in Ekiti – FRSC

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The Federal Road Safety Corps Sector Commander in Ekiti State, Olusola Joseph, has said that 32 persons were killed in 69 road crashes recorded in the state between January and mid-September, 2022.  Joseph, who blamed the accidents on speeding on the part of drivers of the vehicles and poor conditions of roads, called for safe


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[GIST] Adhere to election engagement rules, COAS tells soldiers

[GIST] Adhere to election engagement rules, COAS tells soldiers

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has asked soldiers to adhere strictly to the army’s reviewed rules of engagement during the forthcoming general elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission fixed February 25, 2023 for the presidential and National Assembly elections and March 11, 2023 for governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections. Speaking


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[GIST] Port Harcourt hosts writers for literature prize

[GIST] Port Harcourt hosts writers for literature prize

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The Rainbow Book Club, organisers of the Port Harcourt Book Festival, and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, will be hosting three poets who were shortlisted for the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature on Sunday. It was earlier reported that the poets, Suéddie Vershima Agema (Memory and the Call of Water); Romeo Oriogun (Noman), and Saddiq


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September 16, 2022

[GIST] ‘We didn’t shower for three days after U-20 Women’s W’Cup’

[GIST] ‘We didn’t shower for three days after U-20 Women’s W’Cup’

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Falconets and Bayelsa Queens goalkeeper Omini Oyono, in this exclusive interview with ANTHONY NLEBEM, talks about how she started her football career, playing at the U-20 Women’s World Cup, her ordeal at the Istanbul airport and more Welcome back from the U-20 Women’s World Cup. How would you describe the experience? It’s a dream come


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