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Abuja Plaza Shutdown After Police Fire Teargas At Protesters

20.10.2025

EDA Plaza, a popular shopping complex in the Jabi area of Abuja, has been shut down after police fired teargas in the compound while dispersing protesters on Monday, October 20. The protesters, who had earlier converged in the area to demand the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu,...

Woman Bags 7 Years Jail Term For Human Trafficking

20.10.2025

A Bayelsa State High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old woman, Mariam Omokiri, from Delta State to seven years in prison for human trafficking. She was also fined N1 million for trafficking, exporting, and promoting prostitution of young girls. The judgement was sequel to a charge filed against Omokiri by the National Agency for the Prohibition...

Edo APC Chairman Suspended

20.10.2025

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of the Chairman of Ward 9, Etsako-East Local Government Area, Mallam Adamu Ototobor. New Telegraph reports that Mallam Ototobor’s suspension was contained in a press statement by Edo APC Publicity Secretary, Prince Peter Uwadiae. The statement disclosed that Ototobor was suspended...

Anti-Corruption Network Appeals For Journalist’s Release

20.10.2025

The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) has appealed for the release of a journalist and activist, Fejiro Oliver, who was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, on Thursday, 16 October. Reports said the journalist, who is accused of alleged criminal defamation, is likely to appear before a Magistrate’s court...

Davido Honours Late Mother With Abia Varsity Hostel

20.10.2025

Multi-talented Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has commissioned a female hostel at Clifford University, Abia State, named after his late mother, Dr Veronica Adeleke. The facility, Veronica Imade Adeleke Female Hostel, was unveiled during the university’s 6th Convocation Ceremony, where Davido also delivered a commencement speech to graduating students. Davido urged...

Court Jails Malaysian-Chinese Man Over Unlawful Drug Dealings

20.10.2025

Justice Ibrahim Ahmad Kala of a Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a 45 year-old Malaysian-Chinese man, Liang Tak You, to two years imprisonment, over unlawful importation of a drug substance called Loud. The judge passed the verdict following You’s arraignment by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a count...

Sweden Appoints Graham Potter New Head Coach

20.10.2025

The Swedish Football Association has announced the appointment of former Chelsea manager Graham Potter as the national team coach after Jon Dahl Tomasson was sacked last week following three straight losses in World Cup qualifying matches. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Sweden terminated Tomasson’s contract on October 14 after his team only managed to...

Lookman Earns First Atalanta In Lazio Stalemate

20.10.2025

Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman on Sunday earned his first start of the season in the Serie A since the drama surrounding his future in the summer transfer window as Atalanta were held goalless at home by Lazio at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy. Atalanta are still unbeaten this season, albeit with a few too...

SERAP Asks Akpabio, Abbas To Account For N18.6bn NASS Funds

20.10.2025

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) yesterday issued Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and House of Representatives Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen a seven-day ultimatum to account for N18.6 billion allegedly missing from funds allocated for the construction of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) Office Complex. The ultimatum followed the latest 2022 annual report published by...

Kebbi Assembly Holds Public Hearing On Child Protection Amendment Bill 2025

20.10.2025

The House Committee on Justice and Judiciary of the Kebbi State House of Assembly has held a significant public hearing on the State Child Protection Amendment Bill 2025. The session was aimed at fine-tuning the existing child protection laws and addressing emerging concerns related to the welfare and rights of children in the state. The...

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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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