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Insecurity: Reps’ Invitation to Govs, State Assemblies Unlawful – Lawyers

12.05.2025

A constitutional debate has erupted following the House of Representatives’ invitation to Governors Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State and Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, as well as members of the respective State Houses of Assembly, over rising insecurity in their states. The federal lawmakers, in a bid to investigate the escalating violence and criminal activities...

Regional Devt Commissions’ll Trigger Restructuring, True Federalism –Gbenga Daniel

12.05.2025

Erstwhile Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel has said the regional development commissions established by President Bola Tinubu are geared towards restructuring and entrenching true federalism in the country. The representative of Ogun East in the Senate made the comment at the 99th birthday lecture in honour of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, at the Federal...

Antibiotic Use In Infancy Linked To Earlier Puberty Onset–SStudy

12.05.2025

A new study led by researchers in South Korea has found that girls given antibiotics during their first year of life, especially in the first three months, are more likely to enter puberty at an earlier age. The findings were presented at the first Joint Congress between the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and...

Face of Africa Leadership Award 2025 Celebrates African Excellence in London

12.05.2025

The 3rd Face of Africa Leadership Award, organised by Triangle News International, unfolded in grandeur and inspiration on Saturday at the prestigious RHB 300 Hall of Goldsmiths, University of London. The ceremony marked another monumental moment in celebrating African excellence, innovation, and transformational leadership on a global stage. Hosted under the theme “Digital Governance: Opportunities...

Enugu North Stakeholders Hail Mbah’s Inclusive Leadership

12.05.2025

Enugu North (Nsukka Zone) leaders have praised Governor Peter Mbah for inclusive governance and endorsed him for a second term. Speaking during the maiden Dialogue Series 1 hosted by the Enugu State Coalition for Progress, Enugu North Senatorial Zone Branch, at Adada House, Nsukka, at the weekend, the leaders commended the governor for substituting partisan...

Cocoa Allotees To CDS: Soldiers Intimidating Us In C’River

12.05.2025

Contractors, who are Cocoa allottees in Cross River State’s Abonita Government Estate have appealed to the Chief of Defense Staff, Gen, Christopher Musa, to withdraw soldiers from the cocoa estate in Ikom, Central Cross River over intimidation and threat to lives and property in the area. Speaking to journalists in Calabar at the weekend, the...

Killings: DHQ’s Revelation on Foreign Herders Calls for Self-Defence, Says Vatsa

12.05.2025

Jonathan Vatsa yesterday joined the calls for Nigerians to defend themselves following the Defence Headquarters (DHQ)’s revelation last week that the killings in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country are mostly perpetrated by foreign herders. In a statement, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chief criticised the government’s failure to save Nigerians from being...

Emergency Rule: I’m Not Desperate To Return To Office –Fubara

12.05.2025

The suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, yesterday said he is not desperate to return to office. Fubara disclosed this at the service of songs held in honour of the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, in Port Harcourt. He said: “Can’t you see how better I look? Do you think I am interested in...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News May 12

12.05.2025

Here is Monday Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Monday, May 12, 2025 Hajj 2025: Imo PDP Slams Uzodinma’s N2.1bn Spending Amid Insecurity The Imo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned Governor Hope Uzodimma’s decision to spend a reported N2.1 billion on a...

Defections: Wike Attends As PDP Govs, Leaders Meet In Abuja

12.05.2025

Leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday met in Abuja in what many people believed will determine the future of the party. PDP had lost many of its members, including a serving governor, Sheriff Oborewori of Delta State, and its former vice presidential candidate Ifeanyi Okowa, as well as members of the...

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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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