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Ghana Accepts Nigerians, W’Africans Deported From US

12.09.2025

Ghana’s President John Mahama has said the country has begun accepting West African nationals, including Nigerians deported from the United States. The BBC reports that Mahama, who announced the decision on Wednesday, said it followed a bilateral agreement with Washington and was guided by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol on free...

S’Sudan Vice-President Charged With Murder And Treason

12.09.2025

South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity in a move that some fear could reignite the country’s civil war. Justice Minister Joseph Geng Akech said the charges against Machar relate to an attack in March by a militia allegedly linked to the vice-president. The roads leading...

FG Revokes 5% Telecom Tax On Voice, Data Services

12.09.2025

In an effort to ease the financial burden on Nigerian the Federal Government has decided to scrap the 5% excise duty tax previously imposed on telecommunications services, including voice calls and data usage. The National Orientation Agency made this known in a post via its official X (formerly Twitter) page yesterday. The post said the...

Airlines Fear New Tax Law May Paralyse Businesses, Raise Ticket Fares

12.09.2025

There is a consensus among airline operators and aviation allied companies that the new tax reforms of the Federal Government is capable of doing incalculable damage to the aviation ecosystem. Nigeria’s new tax law, enacted through the Finance Act 2023 and signed into law in June 2025, is expected to negatively impact its fragile aviation...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News September 12

12.09.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Friday, September 12th, 2025. Suspension: Natasha Writes NASS, Threatens Legal Action The standoff between the National Assembly and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan took a new turn on Thursday as the embattled lawmaker faulted the Senate for rejecting her notice of resumption...

FG Calls For Int’l Support To Reform Power Sector

12.09.2025

The Federal Government has called for international support to reform and strengthen the Nigeria’s power sector. Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, spoke during the commissioning of new facilities at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) in Abuja, according to a statement yesterday by his media aide: Mr. Bolaji Tunji. The minister emphasized...

UNIBEN Arts Faculty Celebrates 50 Years Of Academic Excellence

11.09.2025

The Faculty of Arts, University of Benin, has announced the celebration of its 50th anniversary. This celebration marks five decades of distinction in teaching, research, culture, and service to society. According to a statement by the Faculty, the Golden Jubilee Celebration will be held on Tuesday, 16th September and Wednesday, 17th September 2025 at the...

FG Intervenes In Dispute Between NUATE, Ethiopian Airlines

11.09.2025

The Ethiopian Airlines branch of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has cancelled its planned industrial action, following mediation by the federal government. The union had threatened to embark on a strike over the refusal of the management of the Airline to implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement on the 13th-month salary, the non-promotion...

Collaborative, Innovative Solutions By African Govts Critical To Ending Malaria

11.09.2025

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has said that to successfully eliminate malaria, Africa must join forces both financially, innovatively and mentally to develop new tools and strategies needed to effectively combat and prevent the spread of malaria and malaria resistance. Speaking at a meeting on ‘Harnessing Africa’s Central Role Against Malaria...

Adeleke Empowers 2,000 Women, Youths

11.09.2025

As part of efforts to reduce poverty among the residents of the state, Osun State Government, on Thursday, launched the Imole Business Empowerment Scheme, a flagship initiative designed to empower 2,000 women and youths across the state’s 30 local government areas and the area office. The programme, officially unveiled at the Staff Development Centre, Abere,...

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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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