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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Tunde Oyekola |Adeyinka Adedipe |Godwin Isenyo |Bankole Taiwo |Peter Ajayi Dada |Gbenga Odogun | +3 more
Nigerian governors, on Thursday, charged Nigerians to make democracy thrive in the country. They also sought due honour for those they described as heroes of the democracy the country has been enjoying for 26 years. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, in a statement signed by its chairman, Mallam AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq, made available to the press in Ilorin, on Thursday, described June 12 as a watershed in national history.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Gbenga Oloniniran |Peter Ajayi Dada |Bola Bamigbola |Adeyinka Adedipe |Dele Ogunyemi | +13 more
A clash between protesters and security operatives looms on Thursday (today) as the Take It Back Movement, the rally organisers, has resolved to carry out a demonstration at the National Assembly, Abuja and 19 other locations across the country during the June 12 celebrations. President Bola Tinubu addresses a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives today as part of Democracy Day activities, setting the stage for a combustible situation.
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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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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Abiodun Nejo |Peter Ajayi Dada |Adeyinka Adedipe |Tunde Oyekola |Dennis Naku |Ademola Adegbite | +2 more
President Bola Tinubu, his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, governors, and other prominent personalities in the country have reaffirmed their commitment to nurturing and protecting children from abuse, especially bullying. In their speeches to mark the Children’s Day on Tuesday, they described the children as Nigeria’s future leaders, innovators and changemakers.
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1 month ago | 
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An illustrative image of a press man. Photo generated using AI The Federal Government, governors, and other stakeholders have called for a free and independent media to strengthen democracy and promote accountability. The call was made in commemoration of the 2025 World Press Freedom Day.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dirisu Yakubu |Adeyinka Adedipe |Matthew Ochei
Opposition political parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, and the Labour Party, are bleeding as some of their prominent members have dumped their platforms for the ruling All Progressives Congress.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Raphael Ede |Adeyinka Adedipe |Gabriel Oshokha |Samuel Ese |Gbenga Odogun | +4 more
As Christians across the globe marked Easter on Sunday, Nigerian leaders, including state governors, religious figures and political stakeholders, used the occasion to deliver messages of hope, love, unity and spiritual renewal to citizens, especially in the face of current national challenges.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Daniel Ayantoye |Solomon Odeniyi |Gift Habib |Adeyinka Adedipe |Dennis Naku
President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his administration’s resolve to restore peace and security, emphasising that clear directives had been issued to the armed forces and relevant security agencies to end insecurity decisively and without delay. Tinubu, who stated this on Friday in his Easter message to the nation, expressed empathy with citizens affected by violence and unrest, stating that he understood the pain and fear such events had caused.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Adeyinka Adedipe
The Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Thursday, again, reignited a war of words over the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivered on Wednesday, affirming the victory of APC’s Governor Monday Okpebholo. While the PDP rejected the judgment as a violation of judicial impartiality, the APC hailed it as a reaffirmation of the people’s will.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Deborah Musa |Adeyinka Adedipe |Solomon Odeniyi
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at last year’s election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, says he will appeal the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, which affirmed Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress the winner of the September 21, 2024 poll.
