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Olowu Bags UNESCO-TOFAC Cultural Award, Reiterates Call For Promotion Of Tradition

02.07.2025

Olowu of Kuta, HRM Oba Dr Hammed Oyelude Makama, CON, Tegbosun iii, has received the UNESCO-TOFAC Cultural award 2025. Welcoming Olowu to UNIOSUN, venue of the award ceremony in Osogbo, Osun State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Abiodun Bankole, congratulated the monarch for a well-deserved award and for being Cultural Icon. Responding, Olowu, who admonished...

Bawa: Law Enforcement Agencies Benefitted From Fuel Subsidy Scam

02.07.2025

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that law enforcement agencies benefitted from the fuel subsidy sleaze. In his new book: ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud’, Bawa said Nigeria lost $450 million to subsidy fraud under the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) scheme,...

We Wont Tolerate More Killings, Ogoni Youths Warn Fulani

02.07.2025

Ogoni youths under the auspices of Coalition of Rivers State Youth Bodies (CORYB), have warned Fulani herdsmen in their communities that they will no longer tolerate more killings, urging them to go about their business or leave. The youths, who protested yesterday at the headquarters of the Rivers State Police command in Port Harcourt, accused...

Ex-IPC Chief Flays Presidency’s Funding Of INEC’s HQ Building

02.07.2025

Former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Engineer Yabagi Sani, has accused the presidency of undermining the independence of Nigeria’s electoral commission by funding and constructing the new headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking during an interview on Channels Television to mark his 68th birthday, Sani described the development as a...

PDP Crisis: Group Wants Ndigbo To Dump Party Over Alleged Mistreatment

02.07.2025

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged injustice against the region. The call followed the recent PDP national executive committee in Abuja during which the party announcement the retention of Samuel Anyanwu as its national secretary against the endorsement of Sunday Ude-Okoye for the position...

Buhari’s Integrity Still Intact, Says Garba Shehu

02.07.2025

Garba Shehu, spokesman for ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, is set to the launch a book on his former boss’ administration. Speaking to reporters in Abuja yesterday, he said the book titled: “According to the President: Lessons from a presidential spokesman’s experience” seeks to provide a reading material for communication students, journalists and researchers on the lessons...

Constitution Review: Mobilise Support For Gender Bills, Abbas Charges FOMWAN

02.07.2025

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has tasked the Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) with mobilising support for the gender-based bills in the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution at the National Assembly. While charging FOMWAN to attend the zonal public hearing on the constitution review, the Speaker expressed...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News July 2

02.07.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Atiku, Mark, Secondus, Others: Why We’re Joining Coalition A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has expressed deep disappointment in the party’s current direction and declared its...

KSA, Shuga Band For Akinyele’s Royal Installation As District Gov

02.07.2025

The King of Juju music, Otunba Sunday Ishola Adeniyi Adegeye, better known as King Sunny Ade (KSA) and Nigeria’s most prestigious rave of the moment in entertainment circles, Shuga Band are billed to thrill Rotarians and non-Rotarians at the Royal Installation of Rotarian (Prince) Henry Olubowale Akinyele as the District Governor of Rotary International District...

Kwara Sensitises Stakeholders On Small Claims Court

01.07.2025

The Kwara State Ease of Doing Business Council (EODBC), in collaboration with the Kwara State High Court of Justice, has held a two-day sensitisation workshop on the newly established Small Claims Court (SCC) aimed at promoting access to speedy justice and improving the business environment. The workshop, which ran from Monday to Tuesday, brought together...

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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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