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  • 2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |James Abraham |Maiharaji Altine |Justin Tyopuusu |Umar Sani | +1 more

    •APC courts four PDP govs, 10 A’Ibom NASS members to join Eno, two Edo, Nasarawa senators to quit SDP, LPTen National Assembly members from Akwa Ibom State elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Young Peoples Party have resolved to join Governor Umo Eno in the All Progressives Congress. They join two senators from Edo and Nasarawa, Neda Imasuen and Ahmed Wadada respectively, in planned defections to the ruling APC.

  • 3 weeks ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Olufemi Adediran |Chima Azubuike |Ahmed Kagana Amshi |Godwin Isenyo | +6 more

    As Nigerians joined other Muslims worldwide to celebrate the 2025 Eid-El-Kabir, President Bola Tinubu and many state governors have called for sacrifices and brotherly love to keep the country united amid the rising security challenges. Speaking at the Eid prayers held at Dodan Barracks, Lagos, on Friday, Tinubu urged Muslims to remember the security agencies, especially the military forces in their prayers. “We must also pray hard for our troops to keep us safe.

  • 1 month ago | punchng.com | Justin Tyopuusu |Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Olufemi Adediran

    Tears flowed freely on Saturday as grieving residents of Munga Lalau and Munga Doso communities in Karim-Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State buried scores of villagers killed by suspected herdsmen. The communities were thrown into mourning after the assailants stormed the villages around 2am on Friday. Eyewitnesses said the attackers, numbering over 50, invaded the villages on motorcycles and opened fire indiscriminately on sleeping residents.

  • 2 months 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.

  • Jan 21, 2025 | punchng.com | damilola aina |Gift Habib |Maiharaji Altine |Justin Tyopuusu |Matthew Ochei |Samuel Ese | +4 more

    Despite spending more than N14.36 billion on alternative sources of electricity for rural areas across the federation in 2024, the Federal Government proposed to spend N1.3 trillion to deepen its efforts in 2025. The Rural Electrification Agency will handle the projects under the Ministry of Power. This is as the REA, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is probing for N12.7 billion fraud, has failed to connect hundreds of communities to the national grid.

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