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Alleged N32bn Fraud: Court Hears Jurisdiction Objection In Case Against Ukutt, Others June 5

22.05.2025

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Lagos will on June 5 hear all pending motions in the N32 billion alleged fraud case filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) against Victor Ukutt and Whoba Ugwunna Ogo (reportedly at large). The case involves allegations of unlawful conversion of funds belonging to...

OYTMA Shooting: Oyo APC Tells Makinde To Use Tech, Not Bullets

22.05.2025

Against the shooting of a road traffic offender at Alakia area of Ibadan on Tuesday, leading to killing of a teenager in the car, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, has urged Governor Seyi Makinde to consider usage of technology instead of bullets, as it is the normal practice across the world. The...

Poor Oral Health Linked To Migraine –Study

22.05.2025

Women who don’t brush and floss frequently are more likely to suffer from migraines and fibromyalgia, a new study led by researchers in Australia, has found. Results of the study are published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Pain Research’. Women with the worst oral health have a 60 per cent higher risk of moderate to...

AFRIMA To Train 1.2m Young Africans In 5 Years, Begins Global Touring In 2026

22.05.2025

As part of its commitment to one of its seven core pillars, the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), is set to launch the AFRIMA Kreative Academy, TAKA, a project designed to reshape Africa’s creative sector through education, skills development, and job creation to empower 1.2 million young Africans over the next five years with the...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News May 22

22.05.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Thursday, May 22, 2025 Every Region Has Role To Play In Nat’l Devt – Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has identified food security and regional economic inclusion as the foundational pillars of Nigeria’s path to long-term stability. He made...

WEF: Science, Technical Education Priority For Bayelsa, Says Diri

22.05.2025

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has said his administration focuses on science and technical education in order to produce young people with hands-on skills relevant for employment and job creation. Diri also stated that his government’s paradigm shift from paper qualification education was in tandem with global trends in education. The Bayelsa governor spoke yesterday...

Reps Probe FRSC Over Revenue Generated From Driver’s Licence, Operational Issues

22.05.2025

The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to determine the revenue it has generated over the past three yearsp from the issuance and renewal of driver’s licences. This decision followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Victor Ogene (LP, Anambra), titled “Need for Accountability for...

N7tn Budget Padding: Nigeria Cesspool Of Corruption

22.05.2025

The Labour Party Candidate in the 2023 presidential election Peter Obi, said the discovery of N7 trillion insertion into the 2025 national budget by BudgiT, confirmed his long-held position that Nigeria has been turned into a crime scene. Obi in a statement on his X platform said there is need to urgently and aggressively combat...

Sanwo-Olu Appointed Patron Of CASET

22.05.2025

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been appointed Patron of the Centre for African Social and Economic Transformation (CASET), at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). According to a statement by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, the appointment recognizes his (Sanwo-Olu’s) visionary leadership and substantial...

Wike Defends Over N1tn FCT Budget

21.05.2025

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday decried the growing security and health challenges facing Nigeria’s capital city, calling for coordinated national support to address them effectively. Wike made the remarks while defending the FCT’s over ₦1 trillion statutory budget before the Senate in Abuja. According to the Minister, the FCT’s unique status—hosting...

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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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