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Zamfara Airport To Be Completed In Four Month

14.04.2025

On Monday, Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal announced that the state’s airport is nearing completion and is expected to be operational within the next four months. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, Lawal emphasised the importance of the airport in addressing one of the state’s accessibility. The governor pointed out the difficulties investors face when...

Portable Arrested For Alleged Defamation

14.04.2025

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested controversial Nigerian Singer, Habeeb Okikiola Saheed, popularly known as Portable, for alleged defamation. According to a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the arrest followed a petition filed by one Okunola Saheed, popularly known as “Osupa.” The statement noted that the Command had taken lawful steps in...

Plateau Killings: Christain Leaders Plan Protest

14.04.2025

Christian leaders in Plateau State are planning a protest over the recent killings in the Bokkos Local Government Area of the State. New Telegraph had earlier reported that, in the early hours of Monday, April 14, gunmen reportedly killed over 30 villagers in Bassa communities. Also, last week, over 50 people were killed in several...

Bizman Remanded In Prison for $236,400 Fraud, Issuance of N150m Dud Cheques

14.04.2025

Justice Ibrahim Kala of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of a businessman, Jerald Uche Lebechi, in prison over alleged $236,400 passport fraud and issuance of N150 million dud cheque. The court’s order was sequel to the arraignment of the businessman and his company, Monarch and Co. Limited, by the police...

US Tariff: Nigeria To Miss $7bn Non-Oil Export Revenue Earnings Projection

14.04.2025

Nigeria’s projection to achieve $7 billion non-oil exports for 2025 is on the verge of failure given President Donald Trump’s 14 per cent retaliatory tariff slammed on Nigeria. As a result, local manufacturers and exporters eyeing US markets are now reviewing their export plans over high costs of freight, documentations and others from their brokerage...

Army Decries Poor Enlistment From SE, Urges Igbo Youths To Join Military

14.04.2025

The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over poor enlistment of South East youths into the military service, and called for a change of attitude to reverse the trend. According to the Army, while Kaduna State had recorded over 3,000 applications in the ongoing 2025 recruitment exercise, Enugu State was still struggling with just a...

Over 70% Of Primary Healthcare Centres In Nigeria Lack Adequate Facilities, Manpower –Obi

14.04.2025

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, said that the healthcare system in Nigeria is in a very poor state. In a post on his official X account, @PeterObi said over 70 per cent of primary healthcare centres are nonfunctional, lacking both adequate facilities and manpower. Speaking as the keynote speaker at the ANAP...

US Court Orders FBI, DEA To Release Records On Tinubu’s Investigation

14.04.2025

A United States court for the District of Columbia has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records of their investigations on the alleged involvement of President Bola Tinubu in drug trafficking. Beryl Howell, the district judge, on April 8, ruled that FBI and DEA “must search for...

Aso Rock Disowns Tinubu’s 2027 Campaign Billboards

14.04.2025

The Presidency has disowned billboards advertising President Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition and that of his Vice, Kshim Shettima in 2027. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a release on campaign billboards sprouting in Abuja, Kano and other locations wrote: “The Presidency has observed, with dismay, the increasing number of...

FY’24: 7 Banks’ Customer Deposits Rose 43.5% To N69.63trn

14.04.2025

Despite the harsh business environment and fierce competition from fintechs, audited financial statements for the full year ended December 31, 2024, so far released by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country, indicate that lenders still significantly grew their customer deposits last year compared with 2023, findings by New Telegraph has shown. Specifically, an analysis...

1 … 1,508 1,509 1,510 1,511 1,512 … 2,344

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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