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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...

Orji Kalu Begins Additional 2KM Umuzomgbo-Okpo Ihhiowa Road After 2.4KM Project

29.04.2025

Residents of Umuzomgbo Ihechiowa in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State are set to experience much-needed relief, as Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North Senatorial District, has commenced the construction of a new 2-kilometre road in the community. During a visit to the area by our correspondent, it was observed that construction works...

2027: Tinubu Must Be Re-Elected To Finish Policies

29.04.2025

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development on Monday urged all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to prioritize the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027 over their political ambitions. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today program, Keyamo emphasized that Tinubu’s second term is essential to complete the...

Alia Pledges To Improve Welfare, Security Of Corps Members

29.04.2025

Amid concerns of security, Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the welfare and security of corps members deployed to the state for their national service. The governor stated this while speaking at the opening and swearing-in ceremony of the 2025 Batch ‘A’ Stream I Corps members, held at the...

Alleged $1bn Fraud: Cbex Promoter Turns Self In At EFCC

29.04.2025

A suspected promoter of the cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), Adefowora Abiodun, has voluntarily submitted himself for questioning. Abiodun was one of four individuals the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had declared wanted for their alleged connection to a fraudulent investment scheme exceeding $1 billion. He presented himself to the EFCC on...

NiMR Tackles EKDC Over N89m Bill

29.04.2025

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Lagos is on collision course with Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) Plc following threat to disconnect the institute from the national grid if it fails to pay N89 million accumulated electricity bills. EKEDC last week stated that the failure of the NIMR to make payment on or before...

Trade War: Russia Facilitates Export Expansion Into Nigeria

29.04.2025

As global super powers move to increase their trade dominance in Africa, especially following recent tariff imbroglio initiated by United States President Donald Trump, Russia has taken a new step to expand its product export into Nigeria, beginning from June. Findings by New Telegraph revealed that besides existing exports into the country, two shipping lines...

Boko Haram Kills 17 In Adamawa Community

29.04.2025

The Chairman of the Hong Local Government Area in Adamawa State Usman Wa’anganda yesterday confirmed the killing of 17 people in the area by Boko Haram over the past two weeks. Speaking journalists in Yola, he said 10 hunters and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force were killed in Kopre village on Saturday. Wa’anganda...

Court Orders Aisha Achimugu To Appear Before EFCC

29.04.2025

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered Aisha Achimugu to appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, to answer questions regarding an ongoing investigation. New Telegraph gathered that the judge also directed that she must appear before the court on Wednesday, April 30, 2025....

Seplat Energy Save 22,084 Persons From Blindness

29.04.2025

Seplat Energy with its Joint Venture partners, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has flagged off the 2025 edition of its flagship healthcare initiative, ‘Eye Can See’, in Owerri, the Imo State capital. This is also as the health intervention programme hit a milestone of treating 22,084 patients with various eye problems since its...

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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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