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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 month ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Daniel Ayantoye |Raphael Ede |Maiharaji Altine |James Abraham
Some governors elected on the platforms of opposition parties and reported to be bound for the All Progressives Congress may have ditched the plan. Sunday PUNCH gathered that this might not be unconnected to moves by parties to stop the defections of their chieftains to the ruling APC, including changing political dynamics.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Daniel Ayantoye |Dennis Naku |Bankole Taiwo
The political feud between the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have worsened following a dramatic walkout by women believed to be Fubara’s supporters at an event attended by the wife of the Sole Administrator, Theresa Ibas. This came amid ongoing reconciliation efforts initiated by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Segun Osoba, to restore peace between the two former political allies.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Daniel Ayantoye |Abdulrahman Zakariyau
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the allegations of assault and abduction against his son, Seyi. Seyi has come under fire over allegations of assault and abduction, allegations his camp has firmly denied and described as politically motivated.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Daniel Ayantoye |Muhammed Lawal
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Sami Tunji |Daniel Ayantoye
Despite a Supreme Court judgement mandating the direct payment of allocation to local governments, the Federal Government disbursed N1.232tn to councils in the first quarter of 2025 through state governments, continuing the long-standing practice the court ruled against. An analysis of data released by the Federation Account Allocation Committee shows that local governments received N434.57bn in January, N410.56bn in February, and N387bn in March, totalling N1.232tn.
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1 month 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 | 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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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Dennis Naku |Daniel Ayantoye |Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Umar Sani | +1 more
The political crisis in Rivers State took a new twist late Friday following allegations by a former Head of Service, Dr George Nweke, that Governor Siminalayi Fubara ordered the bombing of the state House of Assembly complex in 2023. The complex was suspected to have been bombed by militants operating on the orders of some politicians in the state.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Daniel Ayantoye |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka have spoken against the suspension of elected officers in Rivers State. While Jonathan described the development as capable of bringing Nigeria into disrepute, Soyinka said it was against the spirit of federalism.
