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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Grace Edema |Olufemi Adediran |Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Daniel Ayantoye |Bola Bamigbola
The West African Examinations Council has started investigating the leakage of examination questions in the ongoing 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, Sunday PUNCH reports. Our correspondents gathered that some officials of the exam body might be connected to the leakage, particularly the circulation of the English Language paper to the public four days before the examination. It was learnt that the police had also opened a probe into the matter.
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1 week ago | 
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ICPC Chairman, Musa Aliyu The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Musa Adamu (SAN) has decried alarming levels of corruption at the local government level. Adamu, who spoke at the commission’s engagement with the National Anti-Corruption Coalition held in Abuja on Wednesday, lamented that the local government was a fertile ground for corruption.
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2 weeks ago | 
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Following the recapture of one of the seven inmates who escaped from the Ilesa Custodial Centre, Osun State, the Nigerian Correctional Service has intensified the search for others still at large. The spokesperson for the NCoS, Abubakar Umar, told Sunday PUNCH that the Federal Government had alerted international organisations, financial institutions, border control agencies, and security operatives to be on the lookout for the remaining six suspects.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Bankole Taiwo |Uche Okere |Dennis Naku |Bola Bamigbola |Ademola Adegbite | +9 more
Division has crept into the African Democratic Congress following reports of its adoption by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a platform to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Solomon Odeniyi |Tunde Oyekola |Peter Ajayi Dada |Animasahun Salman | +10 more
Organised Labour on Thursday presented a 20-point demand to the Federal Government as Nigerian workers commemorated the 2025 May Day at Eagles Square, Abuja and across the country.
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2 months 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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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Adeyinka Adedipe |Godwin Isenyo |Bankole Taiwo |Solomon Odeniyi |Tukur Muntari |Collins Agwam | +3 more
•14 arrested as gov suspends security corps boss, illegal vigilante groupsThe Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Sunday, strongly condemned the killing of 16 hunters in Edo State, vowing that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. The CDS pledged, as the Edo State government said, that Governor Monday Okpehbolo had reached out to the victims’ families, the Hausa community leaders in the state, and the northern governors about the incident.
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2 months ago | 
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Flags of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party The lingering crisis in Osun State’s local government administration has reignited tensions between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party following a meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN).
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2 months ago | 
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the establishment of holding camps for residents displaced by the recent communal clashes in Ifon, Ilobu, and Erin Osun. The governor also confirmed that the “24-hour curfew remains in effect, with enhanced security surveillance in the affected towns.”What began as boundary disputes between the Ifon and Ilobu communities last Friday morning escalated into violence that spread to Erin Osun on Saturday.
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2 months ago | 
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An Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court, on Wednesday, remanded one Ibrahim Muntari, in Ilesa Correctional Centre for allegedly causing the death of commuters in a road accident that occurred along the Ife/Ibadan expressway. The PUNCH had earlier reported that five students of Osun State University, Osogbo, alongside other passengers, lost their lives in the accident that occurred last Sunday in Ikire.
