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Gunmen Kill 2 Brothers In Fresh Benue Attack

05.03.2025

Gunmen on Monday attacked Jato-Aka Turan in the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State killing two brothers. The hoodlums also razed over 20 homes, forcing residents, including women and children, to flee the community. Zungwenen Aondowase, popularly called Pilot, and Tersoo Chia were sent to their untimely death. At least six farmers were killed...

Tinubu’s Son Urges Wealthy Nigerians To Prioritize Community Service

05.03.2025

Seyi Tinubu, the eldest son of President Bola Tinubu, has appealed to the well- meaning Nigerians to prioritize community service for a better Nigeria. The president’s son spoke yesterday in Kano when he joined residents and political leaders in breaking his third-day Ramadan fast. He marked the occasion with a special Iftar and the launch...

Tinubu To Grace Groundbreaking Ceremony For Firstbank’s New HQ

05.03.2025

President Bola Tinubu, federal lawmakers, ministers, state governors and captains of industry are among dignitaries expected to grace the groundbreaking ceremony for FirstBank’s new green-certified Iconic head office building in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos. According to a statement signed by the Acting Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications at First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Olayinka...

Tinubu Appoints Ogunjimi As Accountant-General Of The Federation

05.03.2025

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Ogunjimi as the new Accountant-General of the Federation. A statement yesterday by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s special adviser on information and strategy, said Ogunjimi’s appointment will take effect on March 7 — the same day the incumbent, Oluwatoyin Madein, will retire. Onanuga said Ogunjimi was named as the replacement...

Rivers Crisis: INC Spits Fire, Says Peace Not Guarantee In N’Delta If…

05.03.2025

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has condemned the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Rivers State political crisis, warning that it could lead to widespread instability in the Niger Delta. The INC, through its President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, declared that the judgment failed to acknowledge the historical and political sacrifices made by the Ijaw people...

Mbah Tasks SEDC On Common Market, Socioeconomic Infrastructure

05.03.2025

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has charged the South East Development Commission (SEDC), to build the region into a common market and also work towards common regional infrastructural development to make it a choice destination for investors. This was even as he thanked President Bola Tinubu for setting up the Commission after many...

Lagos Assembly: Tinubu Overseeing Collapse Of Democracy In Nigeria –Bode George

05.03.2025

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has warned President Bola Tinubu not to allow despotic and unpatriotic elements to destroy the present democratic process. In an open letter to the President entitled: ‘From Osun to Lagos and Rivers: Darkness Looms’, George declared that Nigeria is becoming an embarrassment...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News March 5

05.03.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Wednesday, March 5, 2025. FG Inaugurates Committee On National Power Council The Federal Government has inaugurated the planning committee on the proposed conference of the National Council on Power (NACOP), the highest decision-making body for the power sector. This...

KGIRS Chairman Seeks Collaboration On Land Charge Law

05.03.2025

The Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS), Alhaji Sule Salihu Enehe, has called on the State’s Local Government Chairmen and key stakeholders to collaborate on implementing the Land Charge Law, 2024, aimed at enhancing the state’s revenue generation. Enehe made this call on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ engagement on the implementation of...

Gov Inuwa Attends Opening Of Tafsir Session At Govt House Mosque

05.03.2025

Earlier today, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya participated in the opening of the Tafsir session at the Government House Mosque. The session, which marked the commencement of the Quranic exegesis that will run throughout the holy month of Ramadan, was presided over by the Chief Imam of the Government House Mosque, Sheikh Zakariyya Ajiya. Governor Inuwa...

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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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