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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...

EU, Enugu To Partner On Power, Infrastructure

12.02.2025

The European Union (EU) and the Enugu State Government have committed to exploring potential partnership areas across the power and infrastructure sectors to drive economic growth and development in the state. This was disclosed by the Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Massimo De Luca, yesterday, when he paid...

Senate Asks IGP To Account For 3,907 Missing Firearms

12.02.2025

The Senate Public Accounts Committee has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to account for 3,907 assault rifles said to be missing from the armoury of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The directive came yesterday during the committee’s interface with the police authorities at the National Assembly. The interaction centred on the...

Toyin Lawani Opens Up On Health Issues Linked To Epidural Anesthesia

12.02.2025

Renowned fashion and beauty entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani, has shared her distressing experience with epidural anesthesia, a common pain relief method administered during childbirth. In a video posted online on Tuesday, the mother of three revealed that since receiving the injection, she has been battling severe back pain, spinal degeneration, and mobility issues. Lawani expressed concern...

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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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