Stephen Angbulu

Abuja

State House Correspondent at The Punch

State House Correspondent & Columnist @mobilepunch • 3x TEDx Speaker • LinkedIn Influencer • Sharing growth strategies & effective reading tips

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Articles

Tinubu, govs mourn as 13 slain Kaduna travellers buried

5 days ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Chima Azubuike |James Abraham |Imoleayo Oyedeyi

President Bola Tinubu and members of the Northern Governors’ Forum on Sunday joined grieving families and communities in mourning the 13 travellers from Zaria, Kaduna State, killed in a mob attack in Plateau State. The victims were buried in Mangu and Qua’an Pan local government areas of Plateau State. Nine of the deceased were buried on Saturday at the Hayi Muslim Cemetery in Mangu, while the remaining four, whose bodies were later recovered, were laid to rest in Qua’an Pan LG on Sunday.
Tinubu assembles top brass, ex-govs to end Benue killings

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.
I learn governance lessons from those who insult me - Tinubu

1 week ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu

18th June 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, said he learned governance lessons from his critics who speak in the media. “No matter what I do, they will insult me. I read the papers and I learn from their criticism because I can’t see it all,” Tinubu said during a town hall meeting with political leaders in Benue State. Tinubu is visiting Benue, a hotbed of recent killings by armed herdsmen that claimed at least 100 lives.
Benue killings: Guests seated as Tinubu holds town hall meeting, visits victims’ families

1 week ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu

Key political figures and traditional rulers gathered at the Benue State Government House banquet hall in Makurdi, the state capital and Yelewata, site of last Friday’s killings, as President Bola Tinubu is expected today. Wednesday’s visit is aimed at meeting with community leaders to address the prolonged communal violence that has claimed over 500 lives in 2025 alone.
PHOTOS: Tinubu visits survivors of Benue attacks in hospital

1 week ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu

18th June 2025 President Bola Tinubu has visited persons recovering from last Friday’s attack by armed herders on Yelewata, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The attack claimed over 100 lives. The patients are recuperating at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital. Tinubu arrived at the Nigeria Air Force Base Airport in Makurdi at about 12:58 pm on a condolence visit to Benue State.
CrediCorp: Loan defaulters risk losing passport, rent access — FG

1 week ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu

MD/CEO, CREDITCORP, Engr.Uzoma Nwagba The Federal Government has said it will soon attach citizens’ credit scores to their National Identification Number, creating a single, compulsory record of borrowing and repayment behaviour that follows them across banks, fintech apps and micro-lenders. It added that defaulters risked passport or licence renewal and denied rent access.
CreditCorp disburses loans to 100,000 Nigerians in six months

1 week ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu

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Benue bloodbath: CDS, IG launch cross-border manhunt for killers

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.
Killings: Tinubu postpones scheduled Kaduna trip, to visit Benue Wednesday

1 week ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu

President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled his official visit to Kaduna State. Instead, he will travel to Benue State on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, as part of renewed efforts to foster peace and address the persistent conflict affecting communities in the state. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed Monday.
Tinubu Orders Decisive Action

1 week ago | punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday directed security chiefs to implement his earlier directive to bring peace and security to Benue State. He also charged the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, to convene reconciliation meetings and dialogue among the warring parties to end the incessant bloodshed.