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Quincy Jones Awarded Posthumous Oscar

18.11.2024

The late Quincy Jones has been posthumously awarded honourary Oscar at an emotional and star-packed Hollywood gala on Sunday night. New Telegraph recalls that the United States (US) music industry titan Jones died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 91 just two weeks before he was set to receive one of the Academy’s coveted...

Brazil President Welcomes Tinubu, Wife To 2024 G20 Summit Opening

18.11.2024

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife, Janja da Silva of Brazil, on Monday, welcomed President Bola Tinubu and First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, to the opening of the G20 2024 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio De Janeiro. New Telegraph had earlier reported that President Tinubu departed Abuja on Sunday, to...

S’Eagles Want Maximum Points Against Rwanda – Troost-Ekong

18.11.2024

Super Eagles of Nigeria captain, William Troost-Ekong has said they will not take the clash with Rwanda lightly despite already securing qualification to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The three-time African champions will host the Amavubi in their final qualifying game at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Monday, November 18, 2024....

Lagos Clears Drainage Setbacks Along Adeniji Adele To Mitigate Flooding

18.11.2024

The Lagos State Government has begun removing shanties along the drainage setbacks at Adeniji Adele in Lagos Island. This effort aims to restore the functionality of the drainage system and maintain environmental sanity. On Monday, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) mobilized its personnel to dismantle the obstructive structures. The operation was announced by...

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Faults Obasanjo’s Call For INEC Chairman’s Removal

18.11.2024

Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Monday opposed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s call to remove Professor Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation in a statement by its Secretary General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the call is not only ill-advised but also politically motivated, lacking any substantive merit...

Army Arrests 28 Suspected Oil Thieves, Seize Arms In Rivers

18.11.2024

To check the menace of oil thieves in Rivers, the troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army in conjunction with other security agencies have arrested some persons with stolen crude oil in barges and Gerry cans. According to the Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel, Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, the army arrested...

Minister Lauds MINILS On Workplace Industrial Harmony

18.11.2024

…Urges enhanced service delivery The Management and staff of the Nigerian Premier Labour Institute, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, have been lauded for promoting workplace industrial harmony through enhanced training and capacity building for workers, employers and government officials in Labour and Industrial Relations as contained in the Institution’s enabling Act....

Journalists Takes Stock Of Kano Of Emergency On Education

18.11.2024

Following the declaration of a State of Emergency on Education in Kano State by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, some journalists have embarked on a reportorial tour of projects executed so far by the state government to see the level of achievement or otherwise almost a year after the declaration. The State Correspondents Chapel of the...

Ali Baba To Headline Ojez Elders Forum In Lagos Sunday

18.11.2024

Nigerian entertainment enthusiasts are in for a thrilling evening as comedy legend and showbiz impresario Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba, takes centre stage at the highly-anticipated Ojez Elders Forum. “The event will hold on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at the Ojez Lounge, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. This marks the second edition of...

Falana Writes FG, AGF, Demands Baruwa’s Return As NURTW President

18.11.2024

Nigerian human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has called on President Bola Tinubu-led Government to promptly reinstate Tajudeen Baruwa as the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) President. In a press statement released on Monday, Falana specifically appealed to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Minister of Justice,...

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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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