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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Tunde Oyekola |Chima Azubuike |Collins Agwam |Bankole Taiwo |Isah Ojo | +1 more
Succession storms are brewing in no fewer than 10 states where governors are nearing the end of their second and final terms in office. In May 2023, 28 governors were sworn into office, while eight other states held off-cycle inaugurations. Of the 28, 18 began their first terms, while the remaining 10 commenced their final terms in office. The 10 governors are those of Oyo, Gombe, Bauchi, Lagos, Ogun, Borno, Nasarawa, Kwara, Yobe, and Adamawa states.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Solomon Odeniyi |Nathaniel Shaibu |John Charles |Umar Sani | +5 more
Anti-government protests and counter-rallies to drum up support for President Bola Tinubu in Abuja and six states held on Thursday as the country celebrated Democracy Day, The PUNCH reports. In Abuja, the Take It Back movement protesters’ plan to storm the National Assembly failed as heavy security deployment prevented access to the complex where President Tinubu addressed a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives as part of activities marking Democracy Day.
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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 | Bankole Taiwo
Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to partner with the 36 states of the federation as well as the private sector to achieve its target of hitting a $100bn economy Musawa disclosed this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a dinner organised by the Lai Labode Heritage Foundation in her honour on Sunday She disclosed...
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Bankole Taiwo
The Coordinator for the 2025 Ojude Oba festival, Dr Fassy Yusuff, on Monday said that the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, could not attend the annual festival held on Sunday at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, because he was recuperating at home after being discharged from a Lagos hospital last Thursday. Yusuff disclosed this while speaking on why the paramount ruler was conspicuously absent from this year’s festival.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Bankole Taiwo
The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, was conspicuously absent at the Ojude Oba festival on Sunday in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. The annual cultural celebration which is held three days after the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir provides the opportunity for the people of Ijebu land, who are usually dressed in various beautiful attires to pay homage to the Awujale and display the rich cultural heritage of the Ijebu people including horse riding among others.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Johnson Idowu |Bankole Taiwo
A member of the Governance Advisory Council in Lagos State, Chief Muraina Taiwo, on Sunday, said the speculated rift between President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is now over. In a telephone interview with The PUNCH, Taiwo said God had resolved the crisis, adding that the father (Tinubu) had drawn his son (Sanwo-Olu) closer. Speaking after a meeting of the GAC members with the President, Taiwo said, “Everything they are saying, God has resolved it.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Bankole Taiwo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed sadness over the deaths of two patriots Justice Muhammed Wais and Prof Jubril Aminu. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi on Sunday, the former President described the late duo as two patriots who distinguished themselves in their respective fields and served the country creditably.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Bankole Taiwo
The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, on Sunday said that President Bola Tinubu is committed to making Nigeria the greatest black nation on earth with the export of the country’s rich cultural heritage to the outside world. Musawa equally said that the Federal Government is ready to collaborate with the state government to develop its tourism sector to boost job creation, economic expansion, and accelerate national prosperity.
