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Group Felicitates Senator Kalu Over Senate C’Ttee Appointment

07.02.2025

A political group, Coalition Of All Nigeria Support Group (COANSG) has congratulated Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over his appointment as the Senate Committee Chairman, South East Development Commission (SEDC). According to the group, the appointment is a welldeserved recognition of the former Governor of Abia State tireless efforts and dedication to the people of Abia...

Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu Congratulate AfDB President On 65th Birthday

07.02.2025

President Bola Tinubu has told the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) that all awards bestowed on him were well deserved as he clocked 65. Similarly, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, congratulated Adesina on his 65th birthday. According to a statement by his spokesman, Bauo Onanuga, the President congratulated the former Minister of...

Reps demand halt in IOCs divestments

07.02.2025

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to halt applications for divestment by International Oil Companies including Shell and Total Energies until they meet their environmental and social obligations to the Niger Delta region. The decision of the House was a sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance...

…Reiterates Need For Nigeria To Build Medical Workforce

07.02.2025

The Vice President also reiterated the need for Nigeria to build its medical workforce, noting that when he was in Borno State as Governor, he took 60 female students to study medicine in Sudan. “About 58 of them completed their education and passed the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) licensing exams. Most of...

CAN Mulls Interfaith Dialogue, Religious Literacy Among Citizens

07.02.2025

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), ArchBishop Daniel Okoh, has stressed the need to promote interfaith dialogue as well as religious literacy among the citizenry. He made the call yesterday at the 2025 United Nations World Interfaith harmony week Al conference and awards in Abuja. He said: “We must continue to engage in...

Arewa Youths Allege Plot to Destabilise Tinubu’s Govt

07.02.2025

The Reformed Arewa Youth Council of Nigeria (RAYCN) has raised concerns over an alleged plot by Rotimi Amaechi, Attahiru Bafarawa, and Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi to destabilise President Bola Tinubu’s administration. At a press conference yesterday, National President, Bilal Abdulahi, claimed that the trio were working together with foreign elements and other national and international disgruntled...

NLC kicks as Ibadan, Kaduna Discos sack workers

07.02.2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress has commended the protesting workers of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company for embarking on strike following the alleged dismissal of hundreds of workers of the Disco. This came as the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the sacking of some of its workers, blaming poor performance. Some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State...

Fayemi Defends Tinubu’s Economic Policies

07.02.2025

Former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi on Thursday said President Bola Tinubu means well with his policies but well-meaning is not enough in leadership. Fayemi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made this remark on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Describing the president as his elder brother, Fayemi said the President Tinubu’s administration...

Maritime: FG Raises Tariffs by 15% To Fix Port Infrastructure

07.02.2025

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has effected an upward review in its tariffs, which were last reviewed in the year 1993. The 15 per cent increase, which is to cut across all NPA rates and dues, was premised on the urgent need to address the undesirable reality of aged and weak...

King Charles III, Camilla To Visit Pope Francis In April

07.02.2025

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will in April travel to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, marking a significant moment in royal diplomacy. New Telegraph gathered that the state visit will be Charles’s first to the Vatican for talks with the head of the Catholic church since becoming king in 2022. According to a...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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