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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Adeyinka Adedipe |Godwin Isenyo |Bankole Taiwo |Solomon Odeniyi |Tukur Muntari |Collins Agwam | +3 more
•14 arrested as gov suspends security corps boss, illegal vigilante groupsThe Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Sunday, strongly condemned the killing of 16 hunters in Edo State, vowing that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. The CDS pledged, as the Edo State government said, that Governor Monday Okpehbolo had reached out to the victims’ families, the Hausa community leaders in the state, and the northern governors about the incident.
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4 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Nathaniel Shaibu
The House of Representatives came under fire on Thursday for reversing its earlier decision on the removal of immunity for the vice president, governors and deputy governors. Civil Society Organisations, including the Centre for Accountability and Open Leadership and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, faulted the House’s decision.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Nathaniel Shaibu
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, ordered priority treatment of persons injured in Wednesday’s tanker explosion at various medical facilities in Abuja. He also directed a thorough investigation into the incident that resulted in multiple accidents and loss of lives that occurred near Karu bridge, along the Abuja-Keffi Expressway, on Wednesday.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Solomon Odeniyi |Nathaniel Shaibu |Gbenga Odogun
The push to recall the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District of Kogi State at the Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, intensified on Thursday, with more groups in Kogi Central throwing their weight behind the process. A group of Ebira indigenes refuted the claim that the recall process was being sponsored and influenced with money by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s political opponents.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Dennis Naku |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dirisu Yakubu |Stephen Angbulu |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole | +2 more
The Federal Government has deployed 10,000 Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel to curb further attacks on oil pipelines against the backdrop of the blasts at oil installations in Rivers State between Sunday and Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Stephen Angbulu |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dennis Naku |Nathaniel Shaibu
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening declared a state of emergency in Rivers State in a nationwide broadcast. Citing the need to restore law and order, Tinubu announced the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State for an initial six months. Tinubu announced the nomination of retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as the Rivers State administrator to steer the affairs of the state.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Dennis Naku |Nathaniel Shaibu |Faith Kordoo
Amid escalating political tensions in Rivers State, Niger Delta leaders have launched peace talks to mediate the standoff between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The intervention, led by the Victor Attah-led Peace and Reconciliation Committee under the Pan Niger Delta Forum, aims to bring both parties to the negotiation table.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Wale Akinselure |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Nathaniel Shaibu |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole
Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, escalated her dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday by presenting her case at a United Nations forum. Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended on March 6 after a heated confrontation with Akpabio over a new Senate seating arrangement, which she claimed was designed to undermine her.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Nathaniel Shaibu |Wale Akinselure
The Christian Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, who was kidnapped seven years ago, on February 19, 2018. Leah was among 110 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi, Yobe State. While others were later released, she was held back for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Sami Tunji |Nathaniel Shaibu
Oil-producing states in Nigeria have received a total of N2.85tn in 13 per cent derivation revenue between 2022 and 2024, according to findings by The PUNCH. The findings are based on analysis of data from each state’s budget implementation reports for the period under review. The eight states that benefitted from the 13 per cent derivation revenue are Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Ondo, Rivers, Imo, and Abia.
