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Tinubu, Tijjaniyya Leaders Pray for Peace, Stability

01.02.2025

President Bola Tinubu on Friday, observed the Juma’at alongside leaders of the Tijjaniyya Muslim Religious Movement, led by Khalifa Sheikh Muhammad Mahi Inyass, at the Aso Villa Mosque in Abuja. During the prayers, the President Tinubu joined the clerics in seeking divine blessings, peace, progress, and stability for Nigeria. Khalifa Inyass, son of the revered...

Nigeria Earned $5.5b from Non-oil Exports in 2024 –NEPC

01.02.2025

Despite economic headwinds which has continued to characterised the economy in 2024, Nigeria reportedly earned $5.456 billion from the non- oil sector, says the Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Mrs. Nonye Ayeni disclosed on Friday. The council attribut- ed the feat, to collective collaboration with other relevant agencies,...

NiMet DG, Anosike Bags Independent Newspaper Aviation Sector CEO Of 2024

01.02.2025

Professor Charles Anosike, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has been nominated by the Board of Editors of Independent Newspapers Limited as Aviation Sector CEO of the Year 2024. This was revealed in a statement forwarded to journalists on Friday, from the NiMet’s Corporate Media Office, in the country’s...

Tinubu no longer a progressive, he’s becoming a monarch –Bugaje

01.02.2025

…says Tax Reform Bills smuggled into NASS should be thrown into dustbin Professor Usman Bugaje, a former National Secretary of the defunct Action Congress (AC) – which later evolved into the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and subsequently became part of the All Progressives Congress (APC)- shared his insights on key national issues. In this...

NCDMD partners science academy on research, development

01.02.2025

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has pledged to partner with the Nigerian Academy of Science on research and development. A statement issued on Thursday disclosed that the board pledged at the official inauguration of the NAS-TY Danjuma Science Museum and Library Building at the NAS headquarters in Abuja on Monday. The Executive Secretary...

Group Threatens Nationwide Protest Over Telecom Tariff Hike

01.02.2025

An Osun-based Civil Society Organization, The Osun Masterminds (TOM), has expressed its readiness to join forces with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to resist the proposed hike in telecom tariffs. New Telegraph recalls that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved tariff increases for operators with a cap of 50%. Speaking at a press conference held...

Creation of Ijebu State Will Address Imbalance Between North, South, Says Ogunjebe

01.02.2025

There has been growing agitation for the creation of Ijebu State out of the current Ogun State. In this interview with OLAOLU OLADIPO, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Otunba Dayo Ogunjebe talked about the whole issue and process of actualising the agitation. He expressed confidence that the state would be created...

Sokoto Police To Enforce Third-Party Vehicle Insurance Policy Compliance

01.02.2025

In line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Sokoto State Police Command on Friday informed the general public that full enforcement of the Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance policy requirement will commence on February 1, 2025. The enforcement is in accordance with Section 68 of the Insurance Act and...

Osun Muslim Women Decry Discrimination, Harassment

01.02.2025

As Muslims all over the world commemorate World Hijab Day, Muslim women in Osun State have lamented that they are still experiencing discrimination and harassment for adorning themselves with hijab. The Organisation of Muslim Women, an umbrella body for all Muslim Women in Osun called on the state government to protect the rights of Muslim...

Don’t Plunge Osun Town To Crisis, Aragbiji Tells Adeleke

01.02.2025

Following the approval of Governor Ademola Adeleke of purported Judicial Panel Reports on the Aragbiji Chieftaincy, the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi has said the decision may set his domain on fire. Oba Olabomi while addressing newsmen at his palace on Friday expressed disappointment over the development, noting that Adeleke’s decision is politically motivated...

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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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