Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Wednesday, 9 August, 2017.


Anambra church massacre needs strong response
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Nigerians are living at the mercy of dangerous elements. On Sunday, this bitter reality sank home again after rampaging gunmen stormed St. Philip's Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State, and massacred 12 persons with a family losing three members. Essentially, the atrocity is linked to a (drug) 'gang war that has spilled over to Anambra []
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Restructuring debate important, proponents not political jobbers, says Osinbajo
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday denied describing those agitating for the restructuring of the nation as political jobbers seeking appointments. Osinbajo stated this in a statement in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande. The Acting President said the audio and video tapes of []
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I joined APC to put Wike on his toes 'Princewill
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt A former governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has said he does not join the All Progressives Congress to become the next governor of the state. Princewill said he moved from the Labour Congress to the APC to rebuild the party in the state and []
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Kashamu, others attack Fayose, say gov destroying S'West PDP
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Factional leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, insisted on Tuesday that Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe remained the party's authentic chairman in the geopolitical zone. They also accused the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, of fanning the embers of disunity within the party in the zone. The leaders also []
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Report reveals why medical practitioners are leaving Nigeria
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Ife Ogunfuwa Nigerian doctors have cited salary deductions and low work satisfaction as some of the reasons for seeking better jobs overseas. House officers, corps members, medical and senior medical officer, residents, registrars, consultants and medical directors, among others said poor salaries and emoluments as well as the huge knowledge gap were other reasons for []
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Abuja Chamber of Commerce warns against abuse of tax holiday
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday said the lifting of administrative suspension on Pioneer Status Incentives by the Federal Government would boost local production capacity of manufacturers. The President, ACCI, Mr. Tony Ejinkeonye, said this in an interview with our correspondent. Pioneer status is a tax holiday granted qualified []
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Nigeria no longer dumping ground for foreign products ' Osinbajo
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Nigeria will no longer be a dumping ground for all manner of foreign products, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said. He made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja at the 26th Engineering Assembly organised by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. He said the present administration was determined to []
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NBET, TCN demand N35.4bn electricity payments from Benin, Niger
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc and the Transmission Company of Nigeria have jointly written to power firms of the Republics of Benin and Niger, demanding the payment of an outstanding $115.91m (about N35.4bn at the official exchange rate of N305 to a dollar) for electricity supplied to both countries from Nigeria. []
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