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3 days ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |Oluwakemi Abimbola |Sami Tunji |Aina Damilola |Josephine Ogundeji
The Senate and the House of Representatives have, for the second time, extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2024 budget to December 31, 2025, sparking renewed criticism against President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly. Economists, financial experts, and the Organised Private Sector have described the repeated extensions as evidence of poor execution capacity by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | John Charles |Stephen Angbulu |Adetutu Sobowale |Solomon Odeniyi |Nathaniel Shaibu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis | +4 more
The military and the police have launched a joint, cross-border manhunt for the gunmen who killed around 200 villagers in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on the night of Friday, June 13, 2025. Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa and Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun arrived in Makurdi and Yelewata on Monday to coordinate the operation that would target the suspected killers.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, along with the Peoples Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, criticised President Bola Tinubu over his remarks expressing satisfaction at the prospect of a divided opposition. The June 12, 2025 celebration marks 26 uninterrupted years of democratic governance in Nigeria.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |James Abraham |Maiharaji Altine |Justin Tyopuusu |Umar Sani | +1 more
•APC courts four PDP govs, 10 A’Ibom NASS members to join Eno, two Edo, Nasarawa senators to quit SDP, LPTen National Assembly members from Akwa Ibom State elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Young Peoples Party have resolved to join Governor Umo Eno in the All Progressives Congress. They join two senators from Edo and Nasarawa, Neda Imasuen and Ahmed Wadada respectively, in planned defections to the ruling APC.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Solomon Odeniyi
Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume The lawmaker representing Borno South, Senator Ali Ndume, on Monday, clarified that an earlier report attributed to him regarding an attack on former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (retd) in Borno State was misrepresented. Ndume, who was featured as a guest during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday, had raised concerns about the escalating insecurity in the region.
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3 weeks 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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4 weeks 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 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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.
