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  The Katsina State Government has declared Monday, July 14, 2025, as a work-free day to honour the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in London on Sunday.   The declaration was made in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Garba Faskari, on Sunday ...

  Most Asian markets rose on Monday as investors digested Donald Trump’s latest trade war salvos that saw him threaten to hit the European Union and Mexico with 30 per cent tariffs.   Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Manila and Jakarta all rose, with Tokyo, Wellington and Taipei edging ...

  The Pro Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and an All Progressives Congress leader in Ekiti State, Kayode Ojo, has called on South-West governors to endorse President Bola Tinubu as the sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general election.   Ojo who belittled the ...

  Barring any last-minute changes, the All Progressives Congress is expected to set up a convention planning committee during its National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for July 24.   The PUNCH gathered that the committee will oversee preparations for the party’s National Elective Convention scheduled for December, where new members ...

  The All Progressives Congress has clinched all 57 chairmanship seats and 375 out of 376 councillorship positions in the local government election held in Lagos State on Saturday.   The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, which announced the results on Sunday, said the APC swept the polls in all ...

  Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has launched ‘Operation Flush Out Kidnappers and Cultists’ to combat insecurity in the state.   While launching the initiative on Sunday, the governor also approved the establishment of a special security squad to flush out kidnappers and cultists terrorising the state.   The ...

  Former President Muhammadu Buhari is dead.   His former spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed the development on Sunday afternoon. According to him, Buhari died on Sunday at a hospital in the United Kingdom.   Further details surrounding his death are yet to be disclosed.

  The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress candidates winner of the just-concluded chairmanship elections in Badagry Local Government, Olorunda and Badagry-West LCDA.   LASIEC officials declared the results late Saturday at the Local Government secretariats in Ajara, Iworo and Kankon, respectively.   In Badagry ...

  Gombe State Government has commenced the distribution of subsidised fertiliser across all 114 wards in the state, as part of efforts to support farmers during the 2025 wet season farming.   This development is in line with the directive of Governor Muhammadu Yahaya to ensure that agricultural inputs reach ...

  The African Democratic Congress has welcomed President Bola Tinubu back to Nigeria, while calling for clarity on his unexplained five-day absence following the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Bola Abdullahi, the party stated that a president ...