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New Telegraph Award: A Product Of FERMA Staff’s Collective Dedication –Agbasi

18.02.2025

The Managing Director of Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Engr Chukwuemeka Agbasi, has described the Public Servant of the Year Award, conferred on him by Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Ltd as recognition of the collective dedication and hard work of the entire FERMA team. In his letter of acceptance dated Saturday, February 15, and addressed...

Oborevwori Orders Facelift Master-Plan For Asaba Capital, Warri Territory

18.02.2025

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has approved the acceleration of the transformational agenda for the Asaba capital territory to receive a facelift and the development under his MORE agenda. The Director-General of the Asaba Capital Territory Development Agency, Chief Patrick Ukah, supported by his Warri, Uvwie and Environs counterpart, Prince Godwin Ejinyere in Asaba said...

We Didn’t Invite DSS To Seal, Invade Chamber, Says Ogundipe

18.02.2025

Lagos State House of Assembly has denied the reports by the Department of State Security (DSS) that it invited the security outfit to seal the legislative chamber. In a statement by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Olukayode Stephen Ogundipe, the House accused the DSS of undue interference in legislative...

AU Endorses Nigeria AfCFTA Digital Trade Champion

18.02.2025

The African Union (AU) has endorsed Nigeria as the Digital Trade Champion for the continent under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) Digital Trade protocol, following the impressive record of the Federal Government in promoting digital enterprise and innovation. According to a statement by the Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the 38th Ordinary Session of...

Adebanjo: Nigeria Lost Grapevine Of Conscience — Aka Ikenga

18.02.2025

The president of Aka Ikenga, Agbalanze Chike Madueke, has lamented the peaceful transition of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, on February 14, a day remarked for global celebration of love and sacrifice for humanity. He said: “In every death, humanity is diminished, but in Pa Adebanjo’ s permanent sleep, Nigeria has lost a grapevine of conscience, planted...

DBI, SBTS Partnership’ll Build Sustainable Careers, Job Creators –Daser

18.02.2025

The President/CEO Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) David Daser, has said the organisation’s partnership with Small Business Training Solutions (SBTS) on digital skills development training, would empower Nigerian youths to build sustainable careers, become job creators rather than job seekers, and to compete favourable with their counterparts across the world. Daser who spoke at the media...

Shocking Incident: Kano Gov Bans ‘Hard Labour’ In Schools

18.02.2025

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf yesterday war ned teachers against subjecting students to “hard labour”. According to him, schools are for education and moral guidance, not for manual labour. During an unscheduled visit to the School for Arabic Studies in Kano, the governor found students digging the ground for a toilet pipeline. Visibly displeased, he...

UCH Resident Doctors Threaten Indefinite Strike Over Power Outage

18.02.2025

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan chapter, yesterday threatened an indefinite strike if power is not restored to the residential areas of the hospital. This is contained in a communiqué from its emergency meeting held on February 14. The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) reconnected the UCH on February 12...

Kwara Govt, World Bank To Train 28,000 Schoolgirls In Digital Skills

18.02.2025

The Kwara State government, in collaboration with the World Bank, has set a target to train 28,000 schoolgirls in digital skills under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project. Speaking at the opening of a five-day workshop, tagged Kwara AGILE Digital Skills Workshop for Master Trainers, on Monday in Ilorin, the state...

Missing Osun King Found In FBI Custody Over $4.2m Fraud

18.02.2025

The missing Osun monarch, Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede has been reportedly found in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). New Telegraph gathered that Oba Oloyede has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering by FBI operatives. Recall that Oloyede was installed as the monarch of Ipetumodu in 2019...

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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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