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Food Prices Plummet In North, Persist In S’East, S’West

03.08.2025

The hike in food prices across Nigeria has been a prevalent topic of discussion for decades with numerous Nigerians complaining about the recent hike in food prices, which has proved itself more critical as a high number of Nigerians live in starvation and hunger. Despite the revealed statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)...

Peter Obi Reaffirms Vow To Serve Only One Term

03.08.2025

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate and former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, has reiterated his vow to serve only one term of four years if elected President in 2027. Speaking in a statement issued on Sunday on his official X handle, Obi insisted that effective leadership is defined by impact, not time spent in office....

Niger Proposes One-Month Paternity Leave

03.08.2025

The Niger State Government has disclosed ongoing efforts to formalize a one-month paternity leave policy to enable fathers to support their breastfeeding wives. Commissioner for Primary Health Care, Dr. Ibrahim Dangana, made this known during a press briefing in Minna as part of activities to mark 2025 World Breastfeeding Day. He also revealed that plans...

Afenifere Applauds UN’s Declaration Of July 7 As ‘World Amotekun Day’

03.08.2025

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has commended the United Nations for declaring July 7 of every year as World Amotekun Day, describing the recognition as a “major morale booster” for the South-West regional security outfit. In a statement made available to New Telegraph by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere hailed the global...

Compensate Agbowo Shopping Complex Victims, Oyo APC Tells Makinde

03.08.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called on Governor Seyi Makinde to provide adequate monetary compensation to business owners who were forcefully ejected from the Agbowo Shopping Complex in Ibadan in 2019, following a failed renovation project. The party noted that thousands of legal occupants of the facility were evicted shortly after...

Jemima Osunde Declares Poverty Her Greatest Fear

03.08.2025

Popular Nollywood actress, Jemima Osunde, has revealed that poverty is her greatest fear, and she believes she’s not built to survive it. She made this known while revealing a deeply personal fear during a heartfelt conversation on The Culture League podcast hosted by Super Eagles star Victor Boniface. In the episode, the 29-year-old actress said,...

94 Set Of Nigerian Military School Charged To Go For Excellence

03.08.2025

The General Officer Commanding 3 Division and Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Major-General Folusho Oyinlola, has charged members of the 1994 set of the Nigerian Military School (NMS), Zaria, to uphold the values of discipline, excellence, and unity in all their endeavours. He gave the charge during the group’s 25th anniversary reunion held on...

NAFDAC Receives N20.5bn Fake Drugs, Tomato Paste From Custom

03.08.2025

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday disclosed it has taken delivery of 15 containers of substandard and falsified pharmaceutical products and tomato paste imported through Onne Port in Port-Harcourt. NAFDAC, in a press statement, signed by its Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, noted that the fake products are...

Oyo Govt Distributes Over 5m Mosquito Nets

03.08.2025

The Oyo State Government has commenced the mass distribution of over five million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) across the 33 local government areas of the state, as part of ongoing efforts to curb the spread of malaria. Speaking at the official flag-off ceremony held at Idi-Ogungun Primary Health Care Centre, Agodi Gate, Ibadan North Local Government...

NCTR Co-Chair Bill Smacks Of Ethnic Bigotry, Says FCT Igbo Community

03.08.2025

The Igbo Community Association (ICA) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has described the bill before the Senate proposing to designate only the Sultan of Sokoto and the Ooni of Ife as co-chairmen of the National Council of Traditional Rulers (NCTR) as a display of ethnic bigotry. In a statement jointly signed by its President,...

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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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