Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Sunday, 25 June, 2017.

FIFA bans Ghanaian defender Inkoom for one year
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Ghanaian international defender Samuel Inkoom has been banned from all football-related activity for a year, world governing body FIFA said on Saturday. The 28-year-old, who plays for Bulgarian club FC Vereya, was punished for refusing to pay compensation due to his former agent, FIFA said in a statement. Inkoom was ordered to pay agent Andy []
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Eid-le-fitri tragedy: 120 die in oil tanker fire
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Over 100 people have died and another 100 injured after an overturned oil tanker caught fire. The tragedy at the Ahmad Sharqia area of Bahawalpur in Pakistan on Sunday morning occurred as a crowd attempted to scoop fuel from the tanker. The tanker exploded. Dozens of motorbikes and cars passing by were caught in the []
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World's worst' cholera outbreak in Yemen
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Yemen is currently plagued with a severe cholera outbreak which UNICEF and the World Health Organisation has described as the worst ever outbreak in the World. With the death toll currently put at over 1,300 and over 200,000 suspected cases, the war-torn country grapples with the outbreak as many more are expected to die in []
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My age makes clients doubt me ' Uzuh
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
In this interview with ANNA OKON, Chinyere Uzuh, 24, a lawyer-turned event planner and the Managing Director of Qwint Perfect Events, talks about her business Briefly tell us about your background I was born and raised in Lagos and I am the only child of my parents. I am a law graduate of the University []


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Terrorists steal our uniforms, weapons to commit atrocities ' Buratai
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Olaleye Aluko The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen Tukur Buratai, has said terrorists stole weapons, uniforms and boots from the troops in the North-East and used them to perpetrate crimes. Buratai said this in an interview with Voxafrica TV, a United Kingdom-based station, on Saturday. He was reacting to allegations of abuses by the army []
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Ex-police officers accuse Lagos command of withholding salary arrears
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Olusola Fabiyi About 500 police officers who retired earlier in the year have accused the Lagos State Police Command of refusing to pay the backlog of their one-year salary arrears. The officers said their former colleagues had decided to fix their arrears in a deposit account with a view of collecting the interest before paying []
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FRSC, police, Army officers flout traffic laws 'Odiboh
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
A transportation communication specialist and senior lecturer at Covenant University, Ota, Dr. Oscar Odiboh, speaks to TOBI AWORINDE on the flaws in traffic law enforcement What do you make of the decision by the Federal Road Safety Corps to take traffic violators for psychiatric evaluation' It is a good idea, but it is not novel. []
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My wife and I have perfect sight, we don't know why four of our six children are blind ' Couple
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Peter Odion, his wife, Josephine and two of their four blind children, share their travails with ALEXANDER OKERE The aura in Forest Guard Street, Uromi, a sub-urban community in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, was serene. Motorcycles, a means of transportation rarely seen in the Benin metropolis, sped down the two-lane Catholic []
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Eid-el-Fitr: Police ban rallies, guns in Niger
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Success Nwogu and Enyioha Opara The Niger State Police Command has banned all forms of rallies, processions and demonstrations in all parts of Niger State before, during and after the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Fitri. The command, on Saturday, reiterated that the law prohibiting the use of firearms is still in force. The Police Public Relations []
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Day 50 of medical trip: Nigerians want presidency to disclose Buhari's illness, bills
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Our correspondents Today makes it 50 days since President Muhammadu Buhari left the country for the United Kingdom on a medical vacation, yet Nigerians still do not know the President's ailment, the treatment he travelled for and when he will be back. Some Nigerians, who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday, expressed dissatisfaction with the []
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I still iron my wife's clothes ' Adeboye
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Toluwani Eniola The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said he still irons his wife's clothes. Adeboye said this on his official Twitter handle on Saturday. READ ALSO: Worst leadership is in the church, says Adeboye The renowned pastor, in a series of tweets on humility, said, 'I []
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Igbo quit notice: I have the support of my elders, Yerima replies Falana
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
BAYO AKINLOYE The Co-Convener of the Coalition of Northern Groups and leader of Arewa Consultative Youth Forum, Shettima Yerima, has accused human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, of living in the past, following the latter's statement implying that the former should not be taken seriously. Falana had on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja []
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Fashola blackmailing us over Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, say lawmakers
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
NIYI ODEBODE, JOHN AMEH and LEKE BAIYEWU The crisis between the National Assembly and the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, over the reduction in budgetary allocations to some key projects deepened on Saturday with lawmakers lashing out at the minister. Fashola had accused the National Assembly of slashing budgetary allocations to []
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I defeated Isiaka Adeleke, I will defeat his brother ' Hussain
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Osun West Senatorial District by-election, Senator Mudasiru Hussain, tells FEMI MAKINDE that no amount of gang-up against him will stop him from defeating Ademola Adeleke You were a senator between 2011 and 2015. Why didn't you contest the 2015 National Assembly election' The reason is obvious. []
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Aregbesola is wicked, my victory will shame him ' Adeleke
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
The younger brother of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who has now emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the July 8 Osun West Senatorial District by-election, Ademola Adeleke, tells FEMI MAKINDE he will defeat Governor Rauf Aregbesola's 'anointed' candidate in the forthcoming poll You are now the Peoples Democratic Party's candidate for the []
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Church leaders fault Osinbajo on corruption claim
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
FRIDAY OLOKOR Some church leaders in Nigeria have disagreed with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, over his recent statement that for corruption to be completely eradicated in the country, the fight against the menace must start from churches. Those who spoke with SUNDAY PUNCH said rather than blame the church for the government's failure to []
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N-Power workers bemoan non-payment of arrears
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Success Nwogu Scores of beneficiaries of the N-Power anchored programme of the Federal Government Social Intervention Programme in Kwara State, on Saturday, lamented the government's failure to pay their stipends of about five months. The Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Youth Empowerment, Mr. Saka Babatunde, said over 30,000 unemployed youths in []
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Wike dissolves cabinet
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Chukwudi Akasike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday, dissolved the state executive council. The dissolution of the council came barely two days after the Commissioner for Works, Bathuel Harrison, was relieved of his job. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George, had resigned on Friday. A statement by the governor's Special Assistant []
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I have four dogs, not four children ' Lota Chukwu
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Background I am the last of my parents' four children. I was born into a Christian home and my parents ensured that we had a decent upbringing. Even though they were disciplinarians, they were not always strict. They made sure that we had a comfortable upbringing. Being a girl and the baby of the house, []
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Zik made me treasurer of his campaign team because he trusted me ' Okwor, 81
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Leader of the Igbo Women Assembly and an associate of the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Mrs. Maria Okwor, talks about her foray into politics with IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE Where and when were you born' I was born on October 31, 1935. I was christened Maria Theresa. I will be 82 years old on October this year. []
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Did the North develop Nigeria
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
It never hurts to hear out the other side. Most of the time, you get enlightened if you have an open mind. Even if you are not enlightened, at least you get to know what the other side thinks. I got reinforcement on this piece of wisdom last Thursday while reading excerpts of an interview []
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Olubadan against Ajimobi's chieftaincy law ' Ladoja
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
OLUFEMI ATOYEBI The Osi Olubadan and former Oyo State Governor, Rashidi Ladoja, on Saturday said the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, was not in support of the proposed Olubadan chieftaincy declaration review by Governor Abiola Ajimobi. But after a meeting with the governor, the Olubadan and Ibadan high chiefs at the state's secretariat, Senator []
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Ajimobi, Aregbesola toying with future of 30,000 students 'ASUU
Sun, 25 Jun 2017


FEMI MAKINDE The Academic Staff Union of Universities at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has accused the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi and Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, of toying with the future of the institution's 30,000 students, following the inability of both governors to provide funds for running of the school. The ASUU []
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We are not aware of Melaye's lawsuit, recall process on, says INEC
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Olusola Fabiyi The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is not aware of the case instituted by Senator Dino Melaye to scuttle its plan to verify the signatures of members of his constituency asking him to leave the Senate. It said that it merely read the story in the media on Saturday, adding that []
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Evans was arrested for robbery in 2006, freed by Imo police ' Police source
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
A senior police officer, who arrested kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onuamadike, aka Evans, and members of his gang in 2006, shares the encounter with Gbenga Adeniji How did you meet Evans' There was a time in 2006 that a gang of robbers attacked a commercial bank in Lagos and went somewhere around the National Arts Theatre, []
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Eid-el-Fitr: Presidency warns against reckless statements
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
OLALEKAN ADETAYO President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged Nigerians to live in peace and avoid making reckless statements. A statement by the President's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained that Buhari's appeal was contained in his Eid-el-Fitr message to Nigerians which he sent from London, United Kingdom, where he is currently []
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Best and worst of 2017 (so far)
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
BEST Get Out: Kudos to Jordan Peele on a record-breaking directorial debut, as well as to leading man Daniel Kaluuya and the rest of the cast and crew for this thought-provoking, mostly entertaining commentary on race. Wonder Woman: All eyes were on this project, right from the green light. But who could have guessed the []
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Bank charges: Group mobilises Nigerians to close 1m accounts
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
A group, the Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria, has launched a campaign encouraging bank customers in Nigeria to close at least one million non-essential accounts they are operating with the various banks, before the end of the year. Tagged #Close One Million Bank Accounts In 2017, CAFON, in a statement by its Communication and Publicity []
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