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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Solomon Odeniyi |John Charles |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Nathaniel Shaibu
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday set up a committee to help restore sustainable peace to Benue State following last Friday’s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, which saw around 200 people killed. Members of the peace committee selected by the President include former Military Governor of Benue State, Gen Atom Kpera (retd.), Senator George Akume, Senator Gabriel Suswam and Samuel Ortom — all former Benue governors.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |John Charles |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Gift Habib |Nathaniel Shaibu
In a move to end the violence that has cost many lives and destroyed homes across several communities, President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday (today) hold a meeting with the stakeholders in Benue State and listen to their concerns firsthand. Over 200 people were reportedly killed within a few hours, including children and women, at Yelewata, Guma LGA on Friday night. The killers reportedly used sophisticated weapons and fuel to set houses ablaze.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | John Charles |Stephen Angbulu |Adetutu Sobowale |Solomon Odeniyi |Nathaniel Shaibu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis | +4 more
The military and the police have launched a joint, cross-border manhunt for the gunmen who killed around 200 villagers in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on the night of Friday, June 13, 2025. Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa and Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun arrived in Makurdi and Yelewata on Monday to coordinate the operation that would target the suspected killers.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Solomon Odeniyi |Nathaniel Shaibu |John Charles |Umar Sani | +5 more
Anti-government protests and counter-rallies to drum up support for President Bola Tinubu in Abuja and six states held on Thursday as the country celebrated Democracy Day, The PUNCH reports. In Abuja, the Take It Back movement protesters’ plan to storm the National Assembly failed as heavy security deployment prevented access to the complex where President Tinubu addressed a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives as part of activities marking Democracy Day.
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4 weeks 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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1 month 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 | 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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1 month 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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1 month 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.
