December 2025 – Page 164

Asagba Of Asaba To Forest Guards: Comb Headbridge, Ugbolu, Varsity Town Flashpoints

11.12.2025

The Asagba of Asaba, HRM Obi Epiphany Azinge, has urged the Delta State Command of the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) to extend its service to three major flashpoints within the Asaba Capital Territory Development Agency. The monarch listed them to include, Anwai, the popular Dennis Osadebey University town, Ugbolu, a budding neighbouring town to...

Lawyers Petition Tinubu, NSA Over Ganduje’s Parallel Shariah Police

11.12.2025

The National Forum of Kano Indigene Lawyers have raised alarm over the recruitment of parallel Hisbah police in Kano, a move they described as a deliberate ‘attempts to destabilize Kano state for political gains. In a petition signed by Malam Usman Imam Tudun Wazirichi, National President and Rita Benedict, National Secretary, the forum called the...

ADC Inagurates Delta Committee, Promised To Defeat Tinubu,

11.12.2025

As the battle of the 2027 general election intensifies, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) unveiled its Delta State Committee on Thursday to unseat President Bola Tinubu and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in the forthcoming general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, who spoke in Asaba, noted that the unveiling of the state...

Omisore Absent As Osun APC Guber Aspirants Opt For Consensus Candidate After Meeting Tinubu

11.12.2025

Senator Iyiola Omisore, a prominent Osun State governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was recently disqualified by the party’s Screening Committee, was conspicuously absent on Monday night at a meeting President Bola Tinubu had with the party’s leadership and other aspirants at the Presidential Villa. The aspirants, including others...

Soludo Seeks Adjustment From House of Assembly

11.12.2025

Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State on Thursday wrote to the State House of Assembly seeking permission for a transfer of 2025 budgetary funds. The letter, sighted by New Telegraph, indicated that the request became expedient as a result of emerging priorities, limited resources, and the prevailing economic challenges. Read during plenary by the Speaker...

FEPPPAN Condemns Exposure Of Frail Pensioners, Urges FG To Act Immediately

11.12.2025

The Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners Association of Nigeria (FEPPPAN) has condemned what it described as the exposure of vulnerable and elderly pensioners to “avoidable danger” during a recent protest at the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) office in Lagos. In a statement jointly signed by its President-General, Elder Benjamin Maisaniari Amako, and General...

Orumba South Council Boss Commissions Security Vehicles, Motorcycles To Fight Insecurity

11.12.2025

Forty-eight hours after suspected gunmen launched an assault on villages in Ogbunka, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the Council on Wednesday commissioned three security Sienna vehicles and motorcycles to enhance local security operations. In a related development, the 15 communities in Orumba South have adopted an official zoning framework and political rotational...

Omisore Accepts Oyebamiji As APC Consensus Candidate

11.12.2025

The former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has officially accepted the choice of former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, as the party’s consensus candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election. Omisore, speaking on a television programme on Wednesday night, said he...

Victor Osimhen Crowned Sportsman Of The Year After Stellar 2025

11.12.2025

Nigerian international and Galatasaray forward Victor Osimhen has been crowned as “Sportsman of the Year” at the 2025 GQ Türkiye Men of the Year awards, highlighting his remarkable impact since arriving in Turkish football. Received the prestigious award on Wednesday evening, December 10, Osimhen’s win underscored his remarkable influence at the Istanbul-based club. The Super...

FG, NAWOJ Take Steps To Increase Women’s Leadership In Newsrooms

11.12.2025

The Federal Government (FG) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) have taken proactive steps to boost women’s leadership roles in newsrooms across the country. At the One-Day Capacity Building Training for 100 female journalists themed, “Workplace Diversification: Advancing Female Journalists’ Role in the Newsroom” in Abuja, organizers highlighted that the training aims to...