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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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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Hussaini Ibrahim |Chima Azubuike |Faith Awa Maji |Haruna Aliyu Usman |Animasahun Salman |Umar Sani | +5 more
Governments of Kano, Gombe, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Yobe, and Nasarawa States have announced the closure of schools for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, with the duration of holidays varying across states. In Kano, the state government directed all public and private primary and secondary schools to go on break from Wednesday, June 4, with boarding students resuming on Sunday, June 16, and day students on Monday, June 17.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Hussaini Ibrahim |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |Tukur Muntari |Bankole Taiwo |Chima Azubuike | +2 more
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has declared today a public holiday in honour of the 22 members of the state contingent who died in an auto crash on Saturday. The victims, mostly in their youth, were returning from the National Sports Festival when the crash occurred on the Kano-Zaria expressway. In a statement on Sunday by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, the state urged residents to use the public holiday to pray and sympathise with the families of the victims.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |Stephen Angbulu |Solomon Odeniyi |Isah Ojo |John Charles | +6 more
The Senate and Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday urged President Bola Tinubu to take urgent measures against the renewed terrorist attacks in the North-East. Zulum advised the President to rely more on the professional judgment of the military rather than political voices in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Raphael Ede |Adeyinka Adedipe |Gabriel Oshokha |Samuel Ese |Gbenga Odogun | +4 more
As Christians across the globe marked Easter on Sunday, Nigerian leaders, including state governors, religious figures and political stakeholders, used the occasion to deliver messages of hope, love, unity and spiritual renewal to citizens, especially in the face of current national challenges.
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2 months 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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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Gift Habib |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Princess Etuk |Gbenga Odogun
The Peoples Democratic Party and a former education minister, Oby Ezekwesili, have endorsed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s rejection of the recall petition against the embattled Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for not fulfilling the requirements of the constitution. Undeterred, however, the petitioners have vowed to mobilise more constituents against the lawmaker and ensure her recall.
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2 months 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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Mar 30, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Ahmed Kagana Amshi |Animashaun Salman |Chima Azubuike |Godwin Isenyo |Gbenga Odogun |James Abraham | +4 more
As Muslims celebrated the end of Ramadan on Sunday, some state governors and leaders across the country delivered messages urging citizens to embrace unity, peace, and progress. Their statements, delivered through various platforms, captured the spirit of the season, PUNCH ONLINE reports. Abiodun hails Ogun MuslimsOgun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, in his statement, commended Muslims for their prayers and charitable acts during Ramadan.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Gift Habib |Deborah Musa |Gbenga Odogun |Godwin Isenyo
Tensions ran high on Tuesday during the hearing of a sexual harassment petition filed by Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the members of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Petitions engaged in a heated exchange with former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili.
