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How A Nigerian Upbringing Shapes Commu

07.03.2026

A marketing communications specialist in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ayotomiwa Akintode, applies her Nigerian upbringing to ensure public information reaches every member of her diverse community. Working in public service, Akintode focuses on making government communications accessible to all residents, particularly those who might otherwise feel excluded from such messaging. “When I have a project, I...

CBN: PMI Rises To 56.4 In February

07.03.2026

Aggregate economic activity expanded for the fifteenth consecutive month in February 2026, as the composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 56.4 points from 55.7 points in the previous month, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) PMI report for February 2026. The report stated that out of the 36 subsectors covered in the...

Security Experts, Others Link Insecurity To Injustice, Oppression

07.03.2026

Security experts, academics, and legal practitioners have identified injustice, oppression, and abuse of power as primary drivers of Nigeria’s security challenges, urging governments at all levels to embrace accountability and equitable resource distribution as lasting solutions. The experts made the declaration at the annual Ramadan lecture organised by the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN),...

Again, Court Grants Ex-AGF, Malami, Son, Wife N200m Bail Each In Alleged N8.7bn Money Laundering Charge

07.03.2026

The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday admitted former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN to bail in the sum of N200m pending his trial in the N8.7bn money laundering offences brought against him by the federal government. Malami and his co-defendants are to produce two sureties each...

…Ex AGF Not Linked To Rayhan Hotel, Metropolitan Autotech Bank Transactions – EFCC Witness

07.03.2026

Meanwhile, a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) David Ajoma yesterday told the Federal High Court that Abubakar Malami never participated in any of the transactions carried out by Rayhan Hotels and Metropolitan Autotech Limited with the bank. He said that no payments came into the bank accounts of the two Companies...

Agitation For More Ijaw States Must Be Sustained – Diri

07.03.2026

…says ‘I’ve no preferred candidate for INC Presidency’. Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw ethnic nationality and the Ijaw National Congress (INC) to sustain the agitation for creation of more states, apart from Bayelsa. Governor Diri stated this on Friday during the 2026 INC national convention at the Ijaw House...

Top 15 Weekly Business News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News

07.03.2026

Here is the New Telegraph’s weekly business news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news stories making headlines from Monday, March 2, 2026 to Saturday, March 7, 2026 M’East Crisis: Dangote Refinery Hikes Fuel Gantry Price To N995 The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on Friday again increased its fuel gantry price to N995...

Gunmen Attack Amaechi’s Convoy As Ex-minister Officially Joins ADC

07.03.2026

Gunmen attacked the convoy of Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, on Friday along the Ubima-Omuanwa road in Ikwerre LGA, Rivers state. The persons, suspected to be political thugs, also burnt the Ward office of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ubima Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Ubima is the community...

PSC Promotes 7 AIGs To DIGs

07.03.2026

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the promotion of seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to the rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs). The development followed the recent appointment of Tunji Disu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by President Bola Tinubu. As a result, the DIGs, who constituted the Police Force...

Alleged $4.5bn Fraud: Emefiele’s Co-accused Omoile, Admits Lying In EFCC Statement

07.03.2026

Henry Omoile, who is standing trial alongside a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over an alleged $4.5 billion fraud, yesterday told Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja that he lied in the statement he made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Omoile...

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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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