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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Muhammed Lawal |Gift Habib |Adeyinka Adedipe |Samuel Ese
An illustrative image of a press man. Photo generated using AI The Federal Government, governors, and other stakeholders have called for a free and independent media to strengthen democracy and promote accountability. The call was made in commemoration of the 2025 World Press Freedom Day.
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3 weeks 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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1 month 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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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Muhammed Lawal |Samuel Ese
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has alerted security agencies in the state ahead of a planned rally organised in support of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. A group known as The New Associates, Bayelsa State chapter has planned an ‘Inauguration & Mega Rally’ in solidarity with Wike, scheduled for April 12, 2025, at the Tombia Roundabout in the state.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Animasahun Salman |Isah Ojo |Collins Agwam |James Abraham |Salisu Ismail Kabuga | +5 more
As the annual Ramadan fast commenced on Saturday, state governments across the country have rolled out relief packages to Islamic clerics, organisations, and Muslims during the holy month. Sunday PUNCH gathered that governors of Sokoto, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano approved over N16bn for Ramadan feeding and palliatives. The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, officially declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of Ramadan.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dennis Naku |Matthew Ochei |Samuel Ese |Ogbonnaya Ikokwu
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party has taken a new turn with the governors from the South-South moving against the newly elected Zonal Chairman, Dan Orbih, and other executives loyal to the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Samuel Ese |Bankole Taiwo
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, says he believes Nigeria will overcome the new policy changes by the United States President Donald Trump, halting healthcare assistance to developing countries. He expressed optimism on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Bayelsa State Haemodialysis Centre and the General Outpatient Centre at the 350-bed hospital at the Bayelsa Medical University in Yenagoa.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Peter Ajayi Dada |Dennis Naku |Chima Azubuike |Raphael Ede |James Abraham |Bola Bamigbola | +2 more
The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee’s proposed creation of 31 additional states besides the country’s 36 existing states has sparked widespread reactions from prominent Nigerians and groups across the country. The proposal was contained in a letter to the House of Representatives read during Thursday’s plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the session in the absence of the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Samuel Ese
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has congratulated Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on his election as chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum. A statement by Diri’s spokesman, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on Sunday confirmed that the governor was elected last Tuesday during a meeting of South-South governors held at Government House, Yenagoa. His Cross River State counterpart, Senator Bassey Otu, was also elected vice chairman.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Samuel Ese
The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State could spend time in prison as a Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced him to prison for failing to comply with a court order. The court order resulted from an earlier ruling delivered on November 26, 2016, in Suit No: YHC/210/2014, which upheld a ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt, in Suit No: CA/PH/170/2018.
