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Nat’l Land Transport Policy’ll Improve Safety In Transport Sector – Alkali

22.08.2025

The Minister of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, has expressed confidence that the newly approved National Land Transport Policy by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would improve regulations of the road sector and ensure the safety of citizens. Senator Alkali also revealed plans by the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to build...

Tourism Minister To Hold Sectoral Meeting With FTAN, Others

22.08.2025

…NIHOTOUR, NTDA Acts on agenda The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has concluded plans to host a sectoral meeting and has extended an invitation to the Federation of Tourism Associations for the development and promotion of domestic tourism. Scheduled to hold on Friday, August 29, in Abuja, the meeting...

US Singer Lil Nas X Arrested After Roaming Street In Underwear

22.08.2025

Controversial US singer, Lil Nas X, has been arrested and admitted to the hospital after a concerning public incident in Los Angeles in the early hours of Thursday. The ‘Old Town Road’ hitmaker was discovered wandering Ventura Boulevard around 5:30am dressed only in his underwear and cowboy boots. According to eyewitness accounts, the 26-year-old singer...

Kwara South Youths Seek Military Operations To Flush Out Bandits

22.08.2025

..Decry spate of banditry in the Senatorial District A coalition of Kwara South Youth Groups, under the aegis of Igbomina Youth Assembly (IYAss), Kwara South Youth Development Organisation (KWAYORG), Kwara South Consultative Youth Forum (KSCYE), as well as all Kwara South community-based youth associations, have decried the surge in banditry and kidnappings in the Senatorial...

Non-State Actors Shaping Africa’s Security Landscape

22.08.2025

…seeks monitoring, scrutiny of activities The Commandant, National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Mr. Joseph Odama, has highlighted the role of Non-State Actors in Africa’s security landscape, and the accompanying complexity it brings to bear on management. To navigate the security dynamics, the Commandant emphasised the urgent need for intelligence and security managers to scrutinise...

2027 Coalition Will Collapse In September

22.08.2025

Leke Abejide, the only member of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Friday, posited that the opposition coalition formed ahead of the 2027 presidential election will collapse in September. Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television, the lawmaker who represents the Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro of Kogi...

Benue Assembly Suspends Four Members Over Plan To Impeach Speaker

22.08.2025

The Benue State House of Assembly on Friday suspended four members of the House for six months over an alleged plot to impeach the Speaker, Hyacinth Dajoh. Those suspended were Alfred Aondoaver (Makurdi North), Shimawua Emmanuel (Vandeikya II), Cyril Ikong (Oju II) and Abu Umoru James (Apa). New Telegraph gathered that the lawmakers were accused...

No Basis For APC To Lose Its Stronghold In Shanono/Bagwai

22.08.2025

The House of Representatives member, representing Tsanyawa, Ghari Federal Constituency, Sani Bala Tsanyawa, has said that they will do all they can to reclaim the Shanono, Bagwai House of Assembly seat lost to the NNPP in the just concluded Rerun Election in the area. Sani Bala Tsanyawa, said in Kano, Friday that, ” there is...

N142bn Bus Terminals Approval Shows Misplaced Priorities

22.08.2025

2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has criticised the Federal Government’s approval of ₦142 billion for the construction of bus terminals across the six geopolitical zones, describing it as another evidence of misplaced priorities and poor governance. Obi, who shared his reaction on social media, lamented that the government could allocate such...

Nasarawa Utd Unveil New Players Ahead Of 2025/26 NFPL Season

22.08.2025

Nasarawa United Football Club of Lafia has unveiled new players to bolster the team ahead of the 2025/2026 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) season. The newly unveiled players include left back, Ikemdinachi Imo Prince, from Enyimba FC of Aba; Winger, Lawal Akanni from Kwara United FC of Ilorin; Defensive Midfielder, Gozie Umeh from Enyimba FC;...

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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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