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2 days ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Stephen Angbulu |Dare Olawin |Bankole Taiwo |Maiharaji Altine |Isah Ojo | +6 more
President Bola Tinubu is planning to meet with the service chiefs to discuss the rising killings in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country on his return to Abuja from his two-week working visit to Paris, the French capital. Tinubu returned to Abuja on Monday night after spending 18 days on a working visit and retreat in Paris and London.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | damilola aina |John Charles |Collins Agwam |Tunde Oyekola |Ahmed Kagana Amshi |Maiharaji Altine | +3 more
The challenges facing the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy have assumed a new dimension, with some state governors explicitly warning their council chairmen against opening an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the direct payment of their allocations from the Federation Account.
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3 weeks 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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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Ismaeel Uthman |Godwin Isenyo |James Abraham |Chima Azubuike |Collins Agwam | +3 more
Tears flowed on Saturday in Uromi, Edo State, as the remains of the hunters who were lynched by a mob were interred. Members of the Hausa community converged on the community cemetery to pay their last respects to the victims, who were burnt to death on Friday after being accused of being kidnappers. Our correspondents had earlier reported that the men were travelling in a Dangote Cement truck when they were intercepted around 1.30pm by local security guards.
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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 | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Animasahun Salman |Isah Ojo |Collins Agwam |James Abraham |Salisu Ismail Kabuga | +5 more
As the annual Ramadan fast commenced on Saturday, state governments across the country have rolled out relief packages to Islamic clerics, organisations, and Muslims during the holy month. Sunday PUNCH gathered that governors of Sokoto, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano approved over N16bn for Ramadan feeding and palliatives. The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, officially declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of Ramadan.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Odogun |Tunde Oyekola |Collins Agwam |Tukur Muntari |Animasahun Salman |Chima Azubuike | +5 more
In a move to address the farmer-herder conflict and also boost food production, several northern states have adopted the National Livestock Transformation Plan popularly known as the Rural Grazing Area initiative. So far, Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Bauchi, Nasarawa and others have mapped out large swathes of land for the RUGA take-off.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Collins Agwam
The Special Assistant to the Akwa Ibom State Governor on the Arewa Community, Ibrahim Illiya has commenced the construction of a new bridge that would link the Uwuakwa community with other communities and towns in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Collins Agwam
FILE: Healthcare facilities The Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Service has commenced the revitalisation of 58 Primary Healthcare Centres in Nasarawa State to strengthen access to healthcare services across its 13 local government areas.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Deborah Musa |Gbenga Odogun |Bankole Taiwo |Collins Agwam |Tukur Muntari | +2 more
After a relative lull in terror attacks in the country, there was a resurgence this week amid fears that the fresh raids may signal a renewed offensive by terror groups, Saturday PUNCH reports. Findings by our correspondents showed that no fewer than 77 people were reported killed and 43 kidnapped in different terror attacks on 10 states in the last one week. It was also discovered that many houses were burnt as more than 1,000 residents were displaced.
