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Mutfwang Pays Tribute To Afenifere Leader, Adebanjo

19.02.2025

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of elder statesman and nationalist, Ayo Adebanjo, who died at the age of 96. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Director of Press, Dr. Gyang Bere, Governor Mutfwang extended his condolences to Adebanjo’s immediate family, the Afenifere community, and all...

Benue Killings: Legislator Urges Tinubu To Intervene

19.02.2025

A member of the Benue State House of Assembly, Samuel Mato, yesterday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the gang violence in the state. Clashes between farmers and herdsmen have led to the loss of many lives, with property destroyed in the state. However, some residents have pointed the finger at herdsmen for...

New Telegraph Award, Reflection Of Clients’ Trust In Us – Optiva Capital

19.02.2025

Optiva Capital Partners has said that New Telegraph Newspapers’ nomination of the company as the Outstanding Investment Immigration Company of the Year 2024 reflects the trust and confidence placed in it by valued clients and partners. The Group Head of Corporate Communication and Media, Ndunechi Ezurike, of Optiva Capital Partners, says the company’s mission has...

Edo Assembly Approves Death Penalty For Kidnappers

19.02.2025

The Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill amending the Kidnapping Prohibition Amendment Law of 2013 and addressing related matters during its second reading. New Telegraph reports that the bill prescribes the death penalty for kidnappers and mandates the confiscation and demolition of properties used in the commission of kidnapping. It was approved...

Champions League: Guardiola’s Army Desperate For Real Miracle In Spain

19.02.2025

Manchester City travel to Spain on Wednesday, needing a win against Real Madrid at the Estadio Bernabeu to keep their Champions League hopes alive. Pep Guardiola’s team must overturn a 3-2 deficit from the first leg after a dramatic encounter in Manchester last week. The first leg was a back-and-forth battle, with Real Madrid initially...

Trump Blames Zelensky For Russia Invasion

19.02.2025

The 47th President of the United States (US), Donald Trump has blamed Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion. This is coming after Zelensky criticized the US-Russia talks for excluding Kyiv, saying efforts to end the war must be fair and involve European countries. The Ukrainian leader’s comments appeared to incense President Trump, who launched a...

Two Suspected Killers Of Anambra Lawmaker Escape From Police Custody

19.02.2025

Anambra State Police Command on Tuesday disclosed that two suspects linked to the murder of Justice Azuka, a member of the State House of Assembly, have escaped from police custody in the state. Confirming the development, the spokesman for the state command, Tochukwu Ikenga said the state Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, received a report...

All Passengers And Crew Survive Plane Crash At Toronto Airport

19.02.2025

All 80 people on board a plane which crashed and overturned while landing in Toronto have survived, officials said. The Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis skidded along the runway with one wing on fire and it came to a halt upside down as firefighters put out the flames. Survivors said they were suspended upside...

LG Crisis: Egbetokun Deploys Additional Tactical Squads To Osun

19.02.2025

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday deployed additional tactical squads to restore calm in troubled Osun State. Gunfire erupted in parts of the state on Monday as thugs linked to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) battled themselves over control of the local governments. At...

Stop Tarnishing Tinubu’s Image In Lagos -Group

19.02.2025

A political group, Arise Lagos Movement has called on the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) to resolve speakership crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly. It will be recalled that crisis ensued in the Lagos Assembly started on January 13 following the impeachment of Mudashiru Obasa by 32 out of the 40-member assembly...

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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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