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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Abiodun Nejo |Wale Akinselure
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has lauded Ekiti State’s love for education, asserting that indigenes of the state are not likely to take to crimes and end up in jail, given the state’s love for and investment in education.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Stephen Angbulu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Animasahun Salman |Chika Otuchikere |Adeyinka Adedipe | +15 more
Eminent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, the leadership of the National Assembly, governors, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, among others, have preached unity and called for prayers as Muslims mark the end of the Ramadan fasting. Muslims in Nigeria, on Sunday, joined their counterparts across the globe to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fasting.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Adeyinka Adedipe |Godwin Isenyo |Bankole Taiwo |Solomon Odeniyi |Tukur Muntari |Collins Agwam | +3 more
•14 arrested as gov suspends security corps boss, illegal vigilante groupsThe Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Sunday, strongly condemned the killing of 16 hunters in Edo State, vowing that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. The CDS pledged, as the Edo State government said, that Governor Monday Okpehbolo had reached out to the victims’ families, the Hausa community leaders in the state, and the northern governors about the incident.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Sami Tunji |Ademola Adegbite |Uche Okere |Bankole Taiwo |Abiodun Nejo |Tukur Muntari | +5 more
The Account-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, have commenced talks on the implementation of the July 11, 2024 Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy as direct allocation disbursement to the 7774 LGAs continues to suffer delay.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abiodun Nejo |Godwin Isenyo |Wale Akinselure
Former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi; Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Senator Femi Okunrounmu; family members and friends at a Sunday Service in honour of the late Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo at his Lekki residence in Lagos... on Sunday.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Bankole Taiwo |Gbenga Oloniniran |Bola Bamigbola |Abiodun Nejo |Peter Ajayi Dada
Christian and Muslim leaders on Monday clashed over the planned inauguration of shari’a arbitration panel across the South-Western states of Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Lagos by the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. This comes as the proponents of the Islamic code said there was no going back on their decision to set up the panel to adjudicate and resolve issues among the South-West Muslim Ummah.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abiodun Nejo |Bankole Taiwo
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere and ex-Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday, commended legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), for agreeing to withdraw the defamation cases instituted against human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Afenifere and Obi gave the commendation in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Monday.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Victor Ayeni |Abiodun Nejo
Leaders of pan-Yoruba groups representing artisans, workers, students, community-based groups, traders, professionals and self-determination groups have jointly expressed their opposition against the move to introduce Sharia Law in Yorubaland. The Yoruba groups raised the alarm over what they described as a conscious plot to destabilise Yorubaland through an organised sponsorship of divisive and retrogressive proposals that would ultimately cause unrest in the South-West.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Bola Bamigbola |Abiodun Nejo |Bankole Taiwo |Peter Ajayi Dada |Wale Akinselure
The Amotekun Corps has mobilised over 2,000 personnel to flush out bandits and other criminals operating in forests in the South-West region. Ogun and Osun states top the list with targeted 1,000 recruits each, while Oyo recruited 480 men last October as part of efforts to curtail the influx of bandits.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Abiodun Nejo
The Police in Ekiti State on Thursday arraigned a 24-year-old man, Victor Akande, before an Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, Ado Ekiti District for allegedly threatening the life of the Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye.
