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Orumba Women Go Spiritual As Onunkwo Carpets Name Droppers

20.07.2025

Ahead of the final primary election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the Anambra South Senatorial District, women leaders in Orumba South Local Government Area have embarked on what they described as a spiritual prayer session for the victory of Ebuka Onunkwo. It will be recalled that the number of aspirants was pruned...

Gov Abiodun Rescues Injured Tunisian Athletes In Road Accident

20.07.2025

A potential tragedy was averted on Saturday when Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, intervened to rescue members of the Tunisian delegation involved in a road traffic accident during the ongoing CAA U18/U20 African Athletics Championship in Abeokuta. According to a statement issued by the National Sports Commission (NSC), the accident occurred as the Tunisian...

Defections: PDP Banks On Wednesday’s NEC To Rebound

20.07.2025

Defections: PDP Banks On Wednesday’s NEC To Rebound

Ogun 2027: Abiodun, Daniel Renew Rivalry Over Ogun East Senate Seat

20.07.2025

Ahead of the 2027 elections, the cold war between Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and former Governor Gbenga Daniel may soon rear its head as both of them have their eyes on the Ogun East Senatorial District seat, Sunday Telegraph can report. This is even as the battle for who becomes Abiodun’s successor...

Give Lagos Special Status, Enlist 37 LCDAs In Constitution, Sanwo-olu, Others Tell NASS

20.07.2025

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has called on the National Assembly to be fair to the state by enlisting the 37 Local Council Development Areas(LCDAs) and granting the state a special status in the constitution. Sanwo-Olu made the statement at the South-West Zonal Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on the Review...

President Only Showing Leadership –Lagos APC

20.07.2025

The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos State said yesterday that President Bola Tinubu’s attendance at memorial events and his public tribute to the late President Muhammadu Buhari reflected not opportunism, but loyalty and national leadership. The Lagos State APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in a statement in Lagos. Oladejo was reacting...

Why Insecurity Persists In Nigeria –Sheik Gumi

20.07.2025

Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi has given reasons why the prevailing insecurity in the country has persisted despite efforts by successive administration to end the malaise. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Sunday Telegraph, Gumi said successive administration have failed to adequately make use of non-kinetic approach, insisting that only kinetic approach cannot end...

Constitution Review: Imo, Abia Govs Disagree On New State

20.07.2025

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, and the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, presented opposing views on the creation of additional states during yesterday’s public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution. The hearing in Owerri served the South East Centre B, comprising Imo and Abia states. Governor Otti, represented by his...

Man Utd Clash With Leeds In Heated Pre-Season Friendly

19.07.2025

On Saturday, Manchester United and Leeds United reignited their historic rivalry in a fiery pre-season friendly that ended with tension both on and off the pitch. Saturday Telegraph reports that the match drew heavy attention online as both Premier League sides showcased their new signings and pre-season form. Despite being a friendly match, the energy was...

Journalists Receive Free Medical Care In Abuja

19.07.2025

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, in partnership with Nizamiye Hospital provided free medical care to over 300 journalists in Abuja. The medical outreach held on Saturday in Abuja is part of the activities to mark the 2025 NUJ FCT press week. The chairman NUJ FCT, Grace Ike stressed that...

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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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