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Shehu Sani React To Dangote Refinery Petrol Price Increment

18.01.2025

Following the increment of petroleum products announced by the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, the former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Saturday decried the hike in the price of fuel. Saturday Telegraph had earlier reported that Dangote Refinery had confirmed an increase in the price of Premier Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol or...

Oyewumi Condoles With KWAM 1 Over Mother’s Demise

18.01.2025

Nigerian businessman, Prince Kunle Oyewumi has commiserated with foremost Fuji musician, Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as KWAM 1 over the passing of his mother, Alhaja Halima Shadiya Anifowoshe. Oyewumi while describing the deceased as a community leader who dedicated her life to the service of God and humanity, urged Kwam 1 to sustain the...

Diri Reveals How A Senior Citizen Wants Him To Perform Rituals

18.01.2025

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has revealed that a senior citizen of the country had wanted him to perform some rituals to enable him to become the governor of the state but he rejected the offer. Speaking on Friday during the KOLGA (Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area) Annual Day of Thanksgiving, the Bayelsa Governor maintained...

700 Youths Register For First Osun Creative Conference

18.01.2025

No fewer than 700 youths across Osun State have registered to participate in the first-ever creative seminar targeted at driving the state’s economic development. The event scheduled to take place between January 28 to 30 at the SDG skill acquisition centre in Iragbiji, Osun State would focus on Goals 8, 9 and 11 of the...

US-Based Philanthropist Seeks Govt, Private Sector Efforts To End Poverty In Nigeria

18.01.2025

A United States of America (USA) based philanthropist, Mrs Temitope Sonuga has canvased for a deliberate partnership between the government and the private sector to end the scourge of hunger and poverty in the country. This is coming just as she lamented the prevalence of the scourge which she said has eroded the dignity of...

PRSK Recognizes Njideka Akabogu As One Of Kenya’s Top PR Practitioners

18.01.2025

The Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK) on Friday published its annual list of Top Public Relations Practitioners in Kenya. The list published in the organisation’s PR Digest publication highlighted the Regional Manager for East Africa at ID Africa, Njideka Akabogu, as one of the leading names in Public Relations in the country. This recognition...

Peter Obi Applauds Nigerians Recognized For Scientific Excellence

18.01.2025

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has commended six Nigerians recently listed among the 400 recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by outgoing United States (US) President, Joe Biden. Saturday Telegraph reports that the PECASE is the highest U.S. government recognition for outstanding...

Kwara First Lady Seeks Access To Quality Education For Girl Child

18.01.2025

…As NGO distributes materials worth N50m to 700 students The First Lady of Kwara State, Ambassador Olufolake AbdulRazaq, has called for equal access to quality education for every child, regardless of their socio-economic background. Ambassador AbdulRazaq made this appeal during a lecture titled “The Need for Girl-Child Education” at an event organised by the Havilah...

Trump’s Presidential Inauguration Ceremony Moved Indoors

18.01.2025

The White House on Saturday announced that the incoming United States (US) President, Donald Trump’s inaugural address on Sunday, January 20, will take place indoors due to dangerously cold weather being forecast next week in Washington DC. According to the White House, the address, as well as other speeches, will now take place inside the...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News January 18

18.01.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Saturday, January 18, 2025 Shettima: We’re Fully Committed To Reviving Nigeria’s Economy Vice President Kashim Shettima has reaffirmed the commitment of the President Tinubu administration to driving economic growth and transforming the nation’s healthcare system. This came just as...

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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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