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Analyst Blames Legal Team For Blunders

07.08.2025

Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention has been linked to critical legal missteps made by his former legal team, according to UK-based legal analyst, Njoku Jude Njoku. In a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja, Njoku argued that the legal team committed fundamental errors, including allowing the Federal Government to appeal the Court of Appeal’s...

After New Telegraph’s Report, FCTA Begins Refuse Evacuation

07.08.2025

Following a report by New Telegraph on Tuesday highlighting residents’ concerns over growing refuse dumps along the Nyanya-Karshi Road, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday began an emergency evacuation of the stinking dumpsites. Speaking to journalists, the Coordinator of the Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD), Abdulkadir Zulkiflu, disclosed that while the Minister has...

Rivers Corps Members Gift Widow Shop, Goods Worth N600,000

07.08.2025

Some corps members undergoing the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have donated a shop and goods worth ₦600,000 to a widow, Mrs. Lucy Alibara, in Nonwa community, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. The corps members, under the umbrella of the Charity Community Development Service (CDS) Group, said the gesture was aimed at encouraging...

Anambra Workers Shut Down EEDC Offices Over Colleague’s Arrest

07.08.2025

The Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Thursday protested the alleged arrest and continued detention of five staff members by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company(EEDC).‎New Telegraph gathered that ‎the protest, which took place simultaneously at EEDC district offices in Awka, Onitsha, and other locations across the state, saw workers blocking entrances and halting all...

S’Falcons Goalkeeper, Coach Bag 2025 Ballon D’or Awards

07.08.2025

Nigerian women’s football continues to gain global acclaim, with Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and head coach Justin Madugu receiving nominations at the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards. Nnadozie, who delivered a stellar performance at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), is shortlisted for Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year. Meanwhile, Madugu is in the...

UNICEF, Gov’s Wife Urge Women To Embrace Exclusive Breastfeeding

07.08.2025

Women in Niger State have been urged to embrace exclusive breastfeeding, as only 15.7% of mothers in the state currently adhere to the practice. Speaking during the flag-off of the 2025 World Breastfeeding Week in Minna, the Chief of the Kaduna Field Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Gerida Birukila represented by...

Oluga Decries Rising Teenage Pregnancies In Rural Communities

07.08.2025

A former member of the House of Representatives and current member of the National Assembly Service Commission, Hon. Taiwo Oluga, has raised concern over the alarming increase in teenage and underage pregnancies in rural communities across Nigeria, describing the trend as a major social and public health crisis. Speaking shortly after a community engagement programme,...

Again, Protest Rocks Zamfara Over Insecurity

07.08.2025

Hundreds of protesters, mostly elderly women and nursing mothers from Jimrawa village in Dan Isa ward of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, Zamfara State, stormed the Government House in Gusau on Wednesday, demanding urgent deployment of security personnel to protect them from persistent bandit attacks. Dan Isa is one of six wards slated for a...

Kwara FRSC Zonal Commander Urges Promoted Officers To Lead By Example

07.08.2025

The Zonal Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) for Kwara, Kogi, and Ekiti States, ACM Chichebem Onukwubiri, has called on newly promoted officers in the zone to redouble their efforts, uphold professionalism, and lead by example. Speaking during their decoration ceremony in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Onukwubiri said the promotions reflect not...

Benue Partners IOM To Upgrade Naka Dam Water Plant For IDPs

07.08.2025

The Benue State Government, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has initiated plans to upgrade the water treatment plant at Naka Dam and construct a transit camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Gwer West Local Government Area. The project, launched aims to restore access to clean water for both IDPs and...

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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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