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Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News January 5

05.01.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Sunday, January 5, 2025 Idahosa, Other APC Chieftains Call For Unity To Develop Edo Edo State Deputy Governor, Dennis Idahosa and other chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on all members of the party in Edo...

Ekiti LG Boss Urges Landlords to Provide Toilets for Good Hygiene

05.01.2025

Chairperson of Oye Local Government Area in Ekiti, Mrs Clara Bamisile, has urged landlords to provide decent toilets for their tenants to eliminate open defecation. Bamisile gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Oye-Ekiti. She said it was disheartening that some owners of houses in the...

Under the Bridge Initiative: 45 pupils taken off street risk going back in Ogun community

05.01.2025

Unless help comes their way, the over 45 pupils of Under the Bridge Initiative, Arepo, Ogun State, may have to go back to the streets as the church space which they used as classroom has been slated for demolition. Lead Volunteer, Under the Bridge Initiative, Amaka Ndidi, who made this known over the weekend said...

Again, Police Smash Kidnapping Gang in Imo, Free 4 Hostages

05.01.2025

The Police Command in Imo on Saturday said it had smashed a kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate at Umuokanne in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the successful dismantling of the notorious crime syndicate marks the second major breakthrough for the command in less than two...

Tactical Air Command records zero air crash in 2024 – AOC

05.01.2025

Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Tactical Air Command (TAC), Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Makurdi, AVM Elijah Ebiowe, said that the command recorded zero crashes in 2024 despite flying more hours at intensive rates than the previous years. Ebiowe made the disclosure on Saturday during the Base Socio-Cultural Activities (BASA) 2024 at the NAF Base in Makurdi....

Fire Outbreak In Sokoto Market Destroys Grains, Properties Worth Millions

05.01.2025

A devastating fire incident has ravaged the popular Kara grains market in Sokoto metropolis, destroying grains and properties worth millions of naira. The inferno, which occurred at the market, destroyed over 50 grinding shops, and nearby houses were also affected. Although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, it’s clear that the...

You Shall Laugh This Year, Diri Assures Nigerians

04.01.2025

Bayelsa State Governor, Sen. Duoye Diri, has called on Nigerians to be optimistic about the New Year regardless of the challenges in the nation. Governor Diri made this appeal at the Annual International Crusade of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, tagged, ‘What God Has Determined Shall Be Done’, which started on Thursday, January 2...

Privatise Warri, Kaduna Refineries, PETROAN Tells FG

04.01.2025

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, (PETROAN) has urged the Federal Government to privatize government-owned refineries such as the Warri and Kaduna refineries, to reputable private companies to improve efficiency and reduce government spending. It also said it was important for the FG to enhance transparency and accountability and invest in infrastructure...

Prof. Yaqub’s Death Great Loss To Nigeria – DG NILDS

04.01.2025

The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, has expressed deep condolences on the passing of Prof. Nuhu Yaqub, Chairman of the Institute’s Academic Advisory Board, who passed away on Saturday. In a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja, Prof. Sulaiman described the demise of Prof....

Buhari, NPSA, NILDS Mourn Ex-UniAbuja VC, Prof. Yaqub

04.01.2025

Former President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) and the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) have mourned the passing of the former Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja (Gen. Yakubu Gowon University), Prof. Nuhu Yaqub. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Prof. Yaqub, who was also the Vice Chancellor of Sokoto...

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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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