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Alleged Internet Fraud: Court Fixes July 2 for Trial of 109 Foreigners

13.05.2025

The Federal High Court Abuja yesterday fixed July 2 for the trial of 109 foreigners over their alleged involvement in high-level cybercrime and hacking activities said to be threatening the nation’s security. The foreigners said to be citizens of China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia and Myanmar were arrested in 2024 by police in...

PDP Inaugurates 39 New BoT Members

13.05.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday inaugurated 39 new members of it’s Board of Trusteees (BoT). The BoT Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, while inaugurating the new members at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, said they were nominees of states and zones. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other members inaugurated included: Labaran...

World Bank: Nigeria’s Economy Needs to Grow 5 Times Faster to Hit $1TRN

13.05.2025

…hails 2024 achievement We’ll remain proactive –Cardoso Nigeria’s economy needs to grow about five times faster than its recent pace to achieve a $1 trillion economy by 2030 and alleviate poverty, the World Bank said yesterday at the unveiling of the Nigeria Development Update (NDU), a biannual economic pulse of the bank on Nigeria’s economy....

ECOWAS Court Slams Senegal Over Travel Ban On Ex-Minister, Diop

13.05.2025

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has found the Republic of Senegal guilty of violating the right to freedom of movement of its former minister, Mr Lat Diop. The landmark judgment, delivered in Lagos in the case marked ECW/ CCJ/APP/22/24, held that Senegal arbitrarily and unlawfully restricted Mr Diop from travelling abroad, breaching both ECOWAS...

Activist Urges Tinubu To Replace Shettima With Christian VP Ahead

13.05.2025

As Nigeria heads toward the 2027 general elections, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is facing renewed pressure to recalibrate his political strategy. A prominent youth activist, Sunday Asuku, who serves as President of the North Central Youth Council, has called on the President to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima in favor of a Christian candidate with...

UniAbuja Appoints Acting Registrar – New Telegraph

13.05.2025

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Abuja, Dr Olanrewaju Tejuoso, has approved the appointment of Mrs Roseline Adakayi as acting registrar of the institution pending the appointment of a substantive registrar. The letter of appointment signed by the acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Patrica Manko Lar, said Adakayi would serve for...

Russia Trafficking Young Nigerian Girls to Prosecute War Against Ukraine –Source Alleges

13.05.2025

There are indications that the Alabuga Start World, an emigration programme designed to assist young, talented people from all over the world to relocate to Russia for further studies and job opportunities, may have been turned into a human trafficking scheme targeting young women from Nigeria and other African countries. The programme, which recruits young...

UTME Mass Failure: JAMB Probes Alleged Technical Glitches; Engages VCs, IT Experts

13.05.2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has launched an investigation into the technical glitches which allegedly caused mass failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB last week said over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat this year’s UTME scored below 200 out of the total 400 marks....

Nkire Commends Relationship Between Abbas, Kalu

13.05.2025

Former leader of the Abia State All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus, Chief Sam Nkire, has commended the working relationship between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and his deputy, Benjamin Kalu. According to Nkire, for the Speaker to describe his Deputy as, “ a dependable partner, reliable co-pilot in the affairs of...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News May 13

13.05.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Zelensky Invites Pope Leo XIV To Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday invited Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine during their first phone call, in which he also thanked the newly installed pontiff for urging...

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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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