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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 | Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Ikenna Obianeri |Grace Edema |Uche Okere
No fewer than 5,000 candidates who scored 300 and above in the Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in five academic sessions failed to secure admission into tertiary institutions, findings by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. According to data obtained from JAMB by our correspondent in Abuja on Friday, a total of 8.5 million candidates sat the UTME during the period under review.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Ikenna Obianeri |Raphael Ede |Uche Okere
Amid growing concerns over low enlistment numbers from the South-East, state governments in the region have intensified efforts to mobilise young people to join the Nigerian Army. In Enugu, Anambra, and Imo states, authorities are launching grassroots sensitisation campaigns, working through local government chairmen, traditional rulers, and town unions to counter misinformation and logistical barriers.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Sami Tunji |Ademola Adegbite |Uche Okere |Bankole Taiwo |Abiodun Nejo |Tukur Muntari | +5 more
The Account-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, have commenced talks on the implementation of the July 11, 2024 Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy as direct allocation disbursement to the 7774 LGAs continues to suffer delay.
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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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Jan 14, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Uche Okere
The President-General of Amakohia autonomous community, Ikeduru, in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, Goddie Ukwu, has lamented the poor condition of the only government secondary school in the community, appealing to the government for intervention for a face-lift. Ukwu said it was painful that the only public secondary school for the community, Okpuala Community School, was in ruins and negated the intent of mind building.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Uche Okere
An Enugu State High Court, on Thursday, ordered that the scheduled election into the national offices of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, be conducted without any interference. The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group had set January 10, 2025, as the date for a fresh election for all its national positions.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Uche Okere
As the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, gears up for the election of new officers to run its affairs on January 10, 2025, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has assured all that the process will be peaceful. MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the group was committed to ensuring that the election was peaceful, free and fair.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Uche Okere
Late President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu The planned 10 January 2025 election for a new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been thrown into uncertainty following an order by an Enugu High Court directing all parties involved to maintain the status quo until a ruling is made. The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation had scheduled fresh elections for its executive positions, with Rivers State proposed to produce the next President-General.
