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Okowa Faults saraki’s Comment On Defection To APC

29.04.2025

Former Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday, faulted Senator Bukola Saraki’s comment about his defection to the ruling All Progressives Party (APC). New Telegraph recalls that following the storm of defection that emptied the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) structure into the APC, Saraki, in a strongly worded statement, said Okowa’s defection to...

Plateau Govt Applauds Journalists For Professionalism

29.04.2025

The Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Joyce Ramnap, has commended Journalists working in the State for upholding high professional standards in the discharge of their duties. She also lauded the media for their significant contributions to peacebuilding efforts across the state. Ramnap made the remarks during an interactive session with members of the...

Nursing: Annual Enrollment Surges From 28,000 To 115,000

29.04.2025

The Federal Ministry of Education has said the the number of persons enrolling to study nursing in Nigeria annually has increased from 28,000 to 115,000 since President Bola Tinubu’s administration was inaugurated in May 2023. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, described the development as a groundbreaking leap and transformative milestone in healthcare education....

Adeleke Not Planning To Dump PDP For APC – Executive Council

29.04.2025

The Osun State Executive Council yesterday debunked the rumours of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s plan to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the centre ahead of next year’s governorship poll in the state. The cabinet members – Commissioners and Special Advisers – also declared their readiness to stand...

Trump’s 100 Days In Office Akin To 100 Years – OPS

29.04.2025

Members of the organised private sector (OPS) have described US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office as a wakeup call for Nigeria, Africa and the rest of the world to embrace a new order in global trade. They said it was time for highly dependent countries to look inward and develop their import...

Naira Redesign Hardship: Court Strikes Out N1bn Suit Against Buhari, Emefiele, CBN

29.04.2025

A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday struck out a N1 billion suit instituted against former President Muhammadu Buhari and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over the hardships that trailed the 2023 naira redesign policy. The trial judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, threw out the suit instituted by an Abuja-based...

Enugu Reps Caucus Backs Concessioning Of Enugu Airport

29.04.2025

The Enugu State Caucus in the House of Representatives is backing the Federal Government’s plan to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. According to them, the move will help boost the South East economy. The group called for support for the airport concessioning. In a statement yesterday, the caucus led by Nnolim Nnaji said:...

Alleged Marginalisation: Niger Deputy Gov Mulls Resignation

29.04.2025

Niger State Deputy Governor, Yakubu Garba is reportedly set to resign his position over alleged disrespect and marginalisation by his principal, Governor Umaru Bago. Reports claimed that Garba started moving some of his belongings out of the official residence over the weekend. It was not clear if the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and traditional...

Benue Killings: Herdsmen Targeting Christians, Says Ex-CAN Chair

29.04.2025

The immediate past Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman in Benue State, Rev Augustine Leva, yesterday bemoaned continuous killings in the state by armed gangs. Leva, speaking with journalists in Makurdi, said over 300 Christians, including pastors, were gruesomely killed by herdsmen. According to him, mass burials are now held more frequently than weddings in...

Court Grants FG’s Request For Witnesses To Testify Behind Camera In Kanu’s Case

29.04.2025

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the federal government’s request to allow its witnesses to testify behind camera in the ongoing terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The ruling was delivered on Tuesday following an ex-parte application filed by the federal government’s...

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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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