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6 days ago | 
punchng.com | Hussaini Ibrahim |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |Tukur Muntari |Bankole Taiwo |Chima Azubuike | +2 more
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has declared today a public holiday in honour of the 22 members of the state contingent who died in an auto crash on Saturday. The victims, mostly in their youth, were returning from the National Sports Festival when the crash occurred on the Kano-Zaria expressway. In a statement on Sunday by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, the state urged residents to use the public holiday to pray and sympathise with the families of the victims.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Okechukwu Nnodim |Justice Okamgba |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |James Abraham |Haruna Aliyu Usman |Uche Okere | +7 more
Organised Labour on Thursday delivered an unflattering assessment of President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office, saying his reforms and policies brought nothing but pain and suffering to Nigerians. The labour movement countered Tinubu’s claims that the worst days are over, pointing out that his economic reforms have plunged over 150 million Nigerians into multidimensional poverty.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Arinze Nwafor |Josephine Ogundeji
As President Bola Tinubu marks two years in office today, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party, Coalition of United Political Parties and the African Democratic Congress have all condemned the All Progressives Congress-led administration, citing the biting economic hardships. The criticisms come as Nigerians reflect on Tinubu’s performance in office, while grappling with surging inflation, high costs of living, unemployment, insecurity and mounting national debt.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Gift Habib |Patrick Odey
Opposition heavyweights are ramping up their strategy to present a competitive candidate as the governing party, the All Progressives Congress, on Thursday endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s candidacy for a second term in office come 2027. According to findings by The PUNCH,the camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Peter Obi’s Labour Party may meet again soon to iron out the grey areas.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |Stephen Angbulu |Solomon Odeniyi |Isah Ojo |John Charles | +6 more
The Senate and Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday urged President Bola Tinubu to take urgent measures against the renewed terrorist attacks in the North-East. Zulum advised the President to rely more on the professional judgment of the military rather than political voices in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Emmanuel Ande |Dirisu Yakubu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Patrick Odey
Ahead of the 2027 presidential elections, cross-party negotiations have intensified with the ruling All Progressives Congress courting opposition governors with high-states offers, The PUNCH can report. This came as the development sparks anxiety in the camps of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the People’s Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, and others.
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4 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
The recent wave of defections by federal opposition lawmakers to the All Progressives Congress has increased the ruling party’s majority in the National Assembly to 265, findings by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. This comes as the country’s major opposition parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, and New Nigeria Peoples Party continue to grapple with internal crises.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu
Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate leadership on Thursday cautioned the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, against making public statements that could create friction between the National Assembly and the executive led by President Bola Tinubu. The warning came after Badaru publicly dismissed a planned two-day national security summit by the Senate, stating that such gatherings were unnecessary in addressing Nigeria’s security challenges.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |John Charles |Maiharaji Altine
As the National Assembly resumes from its long recess today, the House of Representatives and the Benue State Government have disagreed on the reasons for the spates of killings in the state in the past few months.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Godfrey George |Nathaniel Shaibu
The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday, countered a United States-based activist, Dr Sandra Duru, who alleged a plot to frame Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The lawmaker, in a statement issued by her media aide, Israel Arogbonlo, said all the recorded conversations played in Duru’s live stream were manipulated. The allegationsDuru, popularly known as Prof.
