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FG Uncovers Fraud In Student Loan Fund Disbursement

15.04.2025

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has uncovered unethical practices in the disbursement of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This followed an investigation conducted by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) into the administration of the loan scheme. The report of the NOA Community Orientation and Mobilisation Officers (COMO) found some tertiary institutions colluding with banks...

Community Faults Police Claim On Communal Clash

15.04.2025

The People of Edjekota Community in Ogor Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday debunked the news making the round that the community is having communal clash with the people of Ewu-Urhobo community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, calling on the Nigerian Police to put the record straight instead of misinforming the...

Ibas Pouring Petrol On Tinubu’s Fire — Ann-Kio Briggs

15.04.2025

Niger Delta human rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, on Monday accused the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), of worsening the political crisis he was deployed to resolve. New Telegraph recalls that President Bola Tinubu appointed Ibas, a former Chief of Naval Staff, as the sole administrator in March after he declared a state...

2027: PDP’ll Meet Its End If Atiku Wins Party Ticket

15.04.2025

As the 2027 Presidential election gathered momentum across the country, Chief Bode George, a former Deputy Chairman and member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said the party will meet its end if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar secures the party’s 2027 presidential ticket. George, who applauded the PDP governors for...

Fubara Slams Police Over Teargas Attack On Protesters

15.04.2025

…Accuses FG Of Double Standards Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended Governor of Rivers State, has faulted the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over the handling of the anti-emergency rule protesters in Ahoada East, describing the action as a clear case of double standards and an assault on the democratic rights of citizens. New Telegraph had earlier reported...

Labour Leaders Report FG To ILO, UN Over Alleged Workers’ Exploitation

15.04.2025

The Federal Workers Forum (FWF) yesterday asked the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and United Nations (UN) to sanction the Federal Government and organised labour for allegedly exploiting and ill-treating workers. In a petition to the both bodies, FWF National Coordinator Andrew Emelieze and Vice Chairman Itoro Obong also notified them of the union’s planned protests...

Alleged N1.3bn Fraud: Peter Okoye Testifies Against Brother

15.04.2025

The simmering rift between the famous Okoye brothers — Peter and Jude — of the defunct P-Square musical duo took a dramatic turn yesterday as Peter Okoye took the witness stand against his elder brother in a N1.3 billion fraud trial at the Federal High Court in Lagos. Jude Okoye, the former manager of the...

Sanwo-Olu Opens 50-Bed Avon Medical Facility

15.04.2025

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has launched a 50-bed Avon Medical Facility in Surulere. At the launch which attracted personalities in the health sector, Sanwo-Olu commended the management team of the facility based on their work output, also advocated funding for the facility to enable it to provide affordable and accessible services. He said: “I...

PDP Govs Reject Coalition, Condemn Emergency Rule In Rivers

15.04.2025

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have ruled out the possibility of a merger or coalition with any other political party ahead of the 2027 General Election. The governors made their position known in a communiqué issued yesterday after their meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Discussions about forming...

Cashless: PoS Sustains Growth As Transactions Up 300.8% To N10.49trn

15.04.2025

The rush for Point of Sale (PoS) use for transactions has remained dominant as data for the first quarter of 2025 revealed a 300.84 per cent surge from N7.87 trillion to N10.49 trillion in the first quarter of this year, compared with the corresponding period of 2024, findings by New Telegraph has shown. According to...

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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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