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6 days ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Tunde Oyekola |Faith Awa Maji |Animasahun Salman |Ademola Adegbite
As Christians across the country prepare to celebrate Easter, beginning with Good Friday, security agencies have pledged to ensure safety and peace throughout the festive period. The military high command, state police commands and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps commands assured Nigerians of heightened surveillance, increased personnel deployment, and inter-agency coordination to prevent any breach of law and order during the celebrations.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Olufemi Adediran |John Charles |James Abraham |Animasahun Salman |Faith Awa Maji | +1 more
The resurgence of terror attacks in some parts of the North has raised concerns among stakeholders as many displaced residents decry the attitude of both state and federal governments to their plight. Boko Haram, bandits and armed herders were said to have sacked no fewer than 250 communities in the region, with 6,000 displaced residents reported to be sleeping in religious houses in Plateau State.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Bankole Taiwo |Animasahun Salman |Tunde Oyekola
•LG workers, teachers in Zamfara, C’River, Abia, others yet to get minimum wageThe National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Alhaji Haruna Kankara, on Sunday, said about 20 states have yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for local government workers and primary school teachers. The states include Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Borno and 11 others.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Animasahun Salman
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has warned that the withdrawal of any member state from the Multinational Joint Task Force fighting Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region will have “substantial” implications for the ongoing counter-insurgency efforts. This warning comes amid reports that Niger Republic had pulled out of the MNJTF after previously withdrawing from the Economic Community of West African States. At a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Godwin Isenyo |Chima Azubuike |Maiharaji Altine |Animasahun Salman |Isah Ojo | +1 more
Many Muslims had a low-key Eid-el-Fitr celebration following the growing cost of living, which made it difficult for many to celebrate in their usual style. The surge in the prices of food, fuel, and transportation, along with ongoing security concerns, significantly affected the festive spirit across several parts of the country. In the northern part of the country, Muslims called for prayers to end the insecurity, hardship, and economic challenges facing the country.
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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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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji |Animasahun Salman
President Bola Tinubu, former President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and others have commiserated with Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Radda, over the loss of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Radda, on Saturday. The remains of Hajiya Radda, aged 93, arrived at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport, Katsina, on Sunday afternoon, for onward burial at his home in Radda village in Charanchi Local Government Area.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Animasahun Salman |Dele Ogunyemi |Tukur Muntari
The governors of Kebbi and Delta states, Nasir Idris and Sheriff Oborevwori, have extended their felicitations to the Nigerian Union of Journalists and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria on their respective anniversaries. While the NUJ marked its 70th anniversary on March 15, 2025, FRCN celebrated 63 years of broadcasting on March 17.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Wale Akinselure |Chima Azubuike |Bankole Taiwo |Godwin Isenyo |Animasahun Salman | +3 more
State governors have launched a fresh push against the planned disbursement of federal allocation to the local government councils in a renewed bid to delay the implementation of the Supreme Court verdict on LGA autonomy.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Animasahun Salman
The Presidency and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday clashed again over allegation that the Federal Government is behind the internal crises and litany of litigations rocking the opposition parties in the country. El-Rufai made the claim when he visited the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party in Abuja. A video of his meeting with the party leadership has since gone viral on social media platforms.
