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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Okechukwu Nnodim |Justice Okamgba |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |James Abraham |Haruna Aliyu Usman |Uche Okere | +7 more
Organised Labour on Thursday delivered an unflattering assessment of President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office, saying his reforms and policies brought nothing but pain and suffering to Nigerians. The labour movement countered Tinubu’s claims that the worst days are over, pointing out that his economic reforms have plunged over 150 million Nigerians into multidimensional poverty.
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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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2 weeks 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 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Lara Adejoro |John Charles |Chima Azubuike |Abiodun Nejo |Umar Sani
Twelve states of the Federation currently have less than 200 qualified trained doctors. This is according to the data obtained from the state of health of the nation report found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare by our correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja. Since 2021, Nigeria has continued to witness a huge trend in the migration of doctors and other categories of health workers to other countries, leaving behind a huge shortage back home.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Umar Sani |Salisu Ismail Kabuga |Haruna Aliyu Usman |Tukur Muntari |John Charles | +2 more
Family members of soldiers killed during recent battles against insurgents in the North-East have mourned the death of their loved ones, urging the government to put an end to the bloodbath in the region.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |John Charles |Isah Ojo |Maiharaji Altine
The Federal Government has called for an overhaul of military tactics to address Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. This, it said the country needed rather than a security summit. The Senate on Tuesday resolved to hold a two-day national security summit to brainstorm a solution to the rising wave of killings and other forms of insecurity in the country. The decision followed a motion sponsored by Jimoh Ibrahim, senator representing Ondo south, at the resumption of plenary.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |John Charles |Maiharaji Altine
As the National Assembly resumes from its long recess today, the House of Representatives and the Benue State Government have disagreed on the reasons for the spates of killings in the state in the past few months.
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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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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |John Charles
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a security outreach to the hotbeds of recent killings—Plateau, Benue and Borno—to restore peace to areas wracked by mass killings and bomb attacks. National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, revealed this to State House correspondents after a four-hour security briefing with the President at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. “We listened and we took instructions from him.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Moses Adewole |Peter Ajayi Dada |John Charles |Faith Awa Maji | +3 more
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, deployed a special squad to arrest the rising violence across the country. He ordered all Police Mobile Force squadrons to maintain at least one fully equipped, combat-ready unit on constant standby, effective immediately. He gave the directive during a meeting with Squadron Commanders in Abuja on Tuesday, as bandits struck in Kwara, Benue and Sokoto States, killing 21 persons.
