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K1 De Ultimate Declines Apology To Alfas Over Derogatory Remark

26.01.2025

Popular Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known by his stage name K1 De Ultimate, has stirred controversy after refusing to apologise to Islamic clerics over a remark he made during the preparations for his late mother’s Fidau prayer. Sunday Telegraph had earlier reported that the K1 De Ultimate’s mother’s Fidau prayer, a key...

Inuwa Yahaya mourns death of Atiku Mu’azu Buyam

26.01.2025

Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has received with deep shock and profound sadness the tragic news of the death of Alhaji Atiku Mu’azu Buyam (Muradin Kaltungo), a retired Permanent Secretary and former Chairman of the Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue Service. The late Permanent Secretary was reportedly abducted and killed in Kano, where he had...

Mbah visits fuel tanker accident scene in Enugu, expresses sadness

26.01.2025

Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has expressed sadness over an accident involving a fuel tanker along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, claiming 11 lives. The governor, who was at the scene of the accident for on-the-spot assessment, Saturday, said the government had already swung into action to ensure that the victims received full medical attention, while...

Abuse: When schools become nightmares for pupils

26.01.2025

How to know when a child is being abused -Psychology Professor Only fake schools don’t beat, it’s compulsory, biblical – Cleric Our Faculties of Education not training teachers well, says Educationist Ideally, a school should be a place to learn but stories of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in schools across Nigeria have triggered worries...

One Million Children Out Of School In Kano – UNICEF

26.01.2025

The research carried out by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that nearly one million children in Kano State, Nigeria are currently out of school. The Chief of Field Office Kano, UNICEF, Mr Rahama Rihood Farah made this revelation on Friday while speaking at a press briefing on the occasion of the...

Fintiri Promises To Boost Corps Members’ Welfare, Renovate NYSC Camp

26.01.2025

Adamawa State government has announced plans to renovate facilities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Damare, Girei Local Government Area, to make the environment more conducive for activities. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri disclosed this during the 2025 orientation course for 1,700 Batch C Stream II corps members deployed to Adamawa State....

Steps Should Be Taken To Salvage Buguma Community

26.01.2025

Host Communities Youths in the Niger Delta Region under the auspices of the HOSTCOM Youth Council of Nigeria have said urgent steps must be taken to salvage the host communities of Buguma in Asare-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State and its environs over the recent fire outbreak that occurred at an oil well head...

Triangle Int’l Magazine Announces Date For Third Edition Lecture, Awards

26.01.2025

The publisher of Triangle International Magazine, Otunba Femi Salako, has announced the date and venue for the third edition of the Triangle International Lecture and Awards, New Telegraph reports that the magazine is a prestigious event celebrating African heritage. The event will take place on April 26, 2025, at RHB 300 Hall, Goldsmiths, University of...

FCT Resident Doctors Call Off Warning Strike

26.01.2025

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called off its two-week warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr George Ebong who announced the call-off on Saturday said the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under Wike has met their demands. According...

Ndidi Not For Sale, We Need Him – Van Nistelrooy

25.01.2025

Leicester City coach, Ruud van Nistelrooy, has said the club won’t entertain any bid for Super Eagle’s Middlefield, Wilfred Ndidi this month. Speaking to newsmen on Friday, Nistelrooy insisted that Ndidi remains a crucial player for the club because he is a subject of interest from Ligue 1 club, AS Monaco and Spanish outfit, Atletico Madrid....

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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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