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…As Obi Describes Handling Of Ibom Air Passenger’s Arrest As ‘Double Standard’

12.08.2025

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has faulted the arraignment of Comfort Emmanson, the female passenger accused of being unruly during a flight operated by Ibom Air. In a post on X yesterday, Obi said the recent incident has exposed the double standards in Nigeria’s justice system and...

SPE Inaugurates Uyo Section 255, Seeks Collaboration

12.08.2025

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has inaugurated its Uyo Section 255, established on March 1 as the sixth section under the SPE Nigeria Council. The ceremony, held on Monday at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Ikot Ekpene, was performed by the SPE Council Chairperson, Hajia Amina Danmadami. The new executive is led by Mr...

NIMC Upgrades Diaspora NIN Enrolment Platform

12.08.2025

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) yesterday announced the upgrade of its diaspora enrolment platform to enhance the management and delivery of National Identification Number (NIN) services to Nigerians living abroad. According to a statement s by the Director Corporate Communications Kayode Adegoke, the upgrade will deliver a more seamless, robust, secure, and efficient service...

Nwifuru Sympathizes With Flood Victims In Ebonyi

12.08.2025

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has sympathised with victims of flood disasters in Enohia Itim, Kpoghirikpo communities in Afikpo Local Government Area. In a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Dr Monday Uzor, in Abakaliki on Tuesday, Nwifuru expressed sadness over reports of a similar disaster in Azuoto, Okpuitumo, Abakaliki Local Government...

Poly Lecturer Hails NBTE, NUC For Review Of Mass Comm Curriculum

12.08.2025

A lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Mr Oyewale Oyelola has commended the National Universities Commission (NUC) and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for reviewing Mass Communication curriculum in Nigeria. Oyelola, in a statement issued on Tuesday said the introduction of new curriculum is coming two years after advocating for...

Kwara Govt To Renovate 898 Public Secondary Schools

12.08.2025

…as it trains over 5,000 SBMC members The Kwara State government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving the quality of education as it embarks on a state-wide 5-Day training of over 5,000 Management Committees (SBMCs) to oversee the renovations of 898 public junior and senior secondary schools in the State. This was affirmed by the...

Sokoto Govt Pledges To Complete Mineral Market Project By December

12.08.2025

The Sokoto State government, under the leadership of Governor Ahmed Aliyu, has pledged to complete the construction of a solid minerals buying and selling centre in Rikina, Dange Shuni Local Government Area, by December 2025. This was confirmed by the Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Alhaji Yusuf Muhammad Maccido, during a working visit to the project...

Simi Demands Justice For Comfort Emmanson’s Leaked Video

12.08.2025

Nigerian music star, Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, better known as Simi, has publicly demanded that the airport staff responsible for leaking a viral video of Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, in an indecent state face legal consequences. In a post shared via her Instagram story on Monday, Simi questioned why Emmanson was punished for her in-flight...

LASU Calls Off Strike After Meeting With Lagos Govt

12.08.2025

The Lagos State University (LASU) on Tuesday called off its industrial action after meeting with the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat. New Telegraph recalls that the institution’s Senate, at its virtual meeting held on Saturday, August 2, 2025, suspended all academic and social activities following the declaration of industrial action by the JAC...

Babachir Lawal: I Warned Nigerians That Tinubu Would Sideline Non-Yoruba Supporters

12.08.2025

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has accused President Bola Tinubu of snubbing the wider good of the nation by concentrating political power within a small circle of loyalists, many from his Yoruba ethnic base, and of failing to recognise the role played by others in his political success. “When...

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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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