{"id":256,"date":"2025-06-17T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=256"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:04:58","slug":"killings-tinubu-postpones-scheduled-kaduna-trip-to-visit-benue-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Killings: Tinubu postpones scheduled Kaduna trip, to visit Benue Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Davido - With You ft. 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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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[265,343,262,345,344,346],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-bayo-onanuga","tag-benue-state","tag-bola-tinubu","tag-conflict","tag-kaduna-state","tag-official-visit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Killings: Tinubu postpones scheduled Kaduna trip, to visit Benue Wednesday - Tona Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled his official visit to Kaduna State. 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