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The #EndSARS panel investigating cases of police brutality in Abuja, on Thursday, asked the police legal team to produce police officers named in connection to the death of Dul Kate Maxwell, a sergeant, who allegedly died mysteriously in custody in 2019. The officers of interest, according to the panel, include the Divisional Police Officer of Denton Police Division, Lagos State, …

• New variant worse than Delta – S’Africa virologist• Being vaccinated against COVID-19 not licenceto throw caution to the wind, WHO warns• Lagos braces up for the fourth wave laments low vaccination rate As the world slowly pulls out of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic with increased vaccination, South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in small numbers, which is …

The Federal Government may deduct at least N2.4tn from the Federation Account to fund the N5, 000 cash palliative that will be handed over to 40 million poor Nigerians after the fuel subsidy has been removed next year. This is just as The PUNCH learnt on Thursday that the list of poor Nigerians on the Federal Government’s National Social Register had surpassed …

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday urged members of the global trade body who would be gathering next week in Geneva for Ministerial Conference 12 (MC 12) to put in progress a process for the reforming of the WTO. Okonjo-Iweala said this yesterday, during a virtual media briefing organised by the WTO, where …

Edo State government is committed to ensuring the even spread of developmental projects across the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki said on Thursday as the Federal Government inaugurated four Songhai farms in the state. Obaseki, who was represented by his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu. …

• Delegation moves to Nembe over oil spill• President receives CEOs of NMDPRA, NUPRC The Federal Government, yesterday, declared it has no control over rising prices of cooking gas in the country. This came as President Muhammadu Buhari expressed concern over sundry developments, especially as the global market determines gas prices. Buhari has also directed Minister of State for Petroleum …

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, snubbed the call by the United States and the United Nations for the implementation of the leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses, rubbishing the report in its entirety. The panel had stated in its report that at least nine persons were killed on …

A breakaway group of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists are establishing camps in Niger State, the state government has said. The Secretary to the state government, Ahmed Matane, raised the alarn at a press conference in Minna on Tuesday. Mr Matane said armed bandits were aligning with insurgents to indoctrinate residents in some communities in …

The United States (U.S.) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Community Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission (cPMTCT) programme in Lagos to support a healthier population in Nigeria. Speaking at the launch of the programme in Lagos, U.S.-CDC Country Director, Dr. Mary Adetinuke Boyd, highlighted the U.S. mission’s goal of strengthening local health systems in Nigeria …

The Country Director, Amnesty International, Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, has expressed misgivings over the Federal Government’s reaction to the Lagos EndSARS probe panel report, saying they were not surprised by government’s denial of ‘Lekki Tollgate incident’. The body urged the Federal Government to verify the evidence provided by the report, faulting the manner government was dismissing it. Amnesty International also called …