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Jojo Cries Out, Says My Success Not Tied To Nedu

13.02.2025

Nigerian content creator, JoJo has broken down in tears as she addressed social media claims that her success is tied to popular broadcaster and radio personality, Nedu. This comes amid accusations that Nedu allegedly demanded sexual favours from female content creators in exchange for featuring them in his videos and helping them gain recognition. Taking...

Tinubu Hails Shettima’s Contributions To Nation-Building

12.02.2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday congratulated renowned political scientist and development expert, Dr Kole Shettima, on his 65th birthday. In a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu praised Dr Shettima who serves as the Director of the MacArthur Foundation for Africa, for his unwavering dedication...

Ortom’s Lawyer Writes Party’s Disciplinary C’ttee, Demands Retraction

12.02.2025

Legal counsel to the immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom, Barrister Clement Mue has written to the National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to demand urgent retraction, following a controversial press release issued by the committee dated February 5, 2025. The release announced an inquiry into alleged petitions...

Senate To Pass 2025 Budget By February 13

12.02.2025

The President of the 10th Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has assured that the Senate will pass the ₦54.2 trillion 2025 Appropriations Bill on or before Thursday, February 13, 2025. Senator Akpabio made this known on Tuesday, February 11, during the plenary session. According to him, the Senate’s Appropriations Committee will present its final report on...

Kidnappers Arrested For Abducting Police Inspector In Ondo

12.02.2025

Two suspected kidnappers, Lekan Osansan and Olubodun Oladimeji, have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for abducting a police inspector. A Police Inspector, Michael Aromeh, was abducted by Osansan, Oladimeji in uniform, and others who took him to an unknown destination, and it took a team of...

Traditional Rulers Demand Gov’ship Slot For Osun West

12.02.2025

A group of traditional rulers from Osun West Senatorial District has called for fairness and equity in the state’s political structure, urging all political parties to field their governorship candidates from Osun West in the 2026 election. In a joint statement signed by 12 monarchs, the royal fathers expressed concerns over what they described as...

FCTA To Rejig Waste Mgt System In Satellite Towns

12.02.2025

…Set to change waste management contractors The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said it had worked out measures to rejig its waste management system. The Minister, Nyesom Wike who disclosed this on Wednesday when he inspected some ongoing roads and housing projects, said he was not impressed with what the current waste management contractors...

Tinubu Meets Google Chief Says Nigeria Ready To Lead AI Innovation

12.02.2025

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday met with the Chief Executive Officer of Google and Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, in France, saying Nigeria is ready to lead Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations in Africa and will partner with Google to achieve this mission. President Tinubu made this known on his verified X handle when he revealed details of his...

Macron Slams Trump’s Gaza Relocation Plan

12.02.2025

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron has tackled President Donald Trump of the United States (US) over plans to evacuate the Gaza Strip. President Macron who made this condemnation in an interview with CNN said President Trump can’t tell two million people in the Gaza Strip to evacuate the area. According to Macron: “You cannot...

Portable Seeks Falana’s Help Amid Tussle With Ogun Govt

12.02.2025

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable has appealed to God amid the ongoing battle with the Ogun State government, urging renowned Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana to come to his aid. New Telegraph recalls that Portable has been making headlines alongside his crew after beating up government officials in Ogun State. However, Portable...

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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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