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UNICEF Abducted Nurse Regains Freedom, After 6-Year In Boko Haram Captivity

15.11.2024

A Nurse working with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICE), Ms Alice Ngada who was abducted by the members of Boko Haram insurgents in Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge Local Government Area of Bormo State alongside other health workers in March 2018 has regained her freedom. New Telegraph gathered that following her freedom from...

Lagos Commissioner, Elliot Urges Students To Abstain From Social Vices

15.11.2024

The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development in Lagos State, Mobolaji Abubakre Ogunlende and a member of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Desmond Elliot, on Friday advised students to abstain from social vices. Speaking at a symposium organised by the Femi Gbajabiamila Football Competition for Secondary Schools in Surulere Federal Constituency, Ogunlende said the...

Bayelsa Legislature Concludes Retreat In Asaba

15.11.2024

The members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Friday concluded the One Week Retreat for members in Asaba, Delta State. This was for effective legislation and members to be equipped with vital skills in public financial management, speedy passage and proper implementation of the 2025 budget. Speaking at the weekend at Asaba Abraham...

FG To Build Mini-Grids In Health, Educational Institutions

15.11.2024

The Federal Government is committed to building mini-grids in some higher institutions in the country, the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has said. He said the initiative was to reduce the cost of electricity consumption by the institutions. He added that it is also part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration‘s commitment towards providing...

Eno’s Aide Commends ARISE Enterprising Innovation Of College Students

15.11.2024

The students of Government Technical College, Ewet Offot, Uyo, have been commended for their efforts in imbibing the entrepreneurial and enterprising culture that Governor Umo Eno is instituting in Akwa Ibom State through the ARISE Agenda. Due to the shortfall in white-collar jobs and the need to diversify into massive entrepreneurial ventures, Governor Eno has...

INEC Reinstates Festus Ondo LP Candidate

15.11.2024

Following the Court of Appeal ruling, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) disclosed on Friday that it had reinstated Olorunfemi Festus as the Labour Party’s candidate for the 2024 Ondo State governorship election. This was contained in a press statement issued on its official X account notifying the public of the actual candidate of the...

23-Year-Old Robbery Suspect Steals Police Phone Inside Patrol Van

15.11.2024

…As Osun Police Parade Murder, Robbery, Cultism Suspects The 23-year-old Godwin Emmanuel, a suspected armed robber, has confessed to stealing a police officer’s phone while being transported in a patrol van to the Osun State Police Command in Osogbo. Emmanuel, who was paraded alongside two accomplices, Olajide Kareem (28) and Mike Emmanuel (33), is accused...

Appointments: Akoko-Edo People Can’t Continue to Be Marginalized In Edo North -APC Chieftain

15.11.2024

The Chieftains of the All Progressive Congress (APC) from Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State have raised a fresh alarm over marginalization by their Etsako kindred despite delivering the highest votes that gave Senator Monday Okpebholo victory in the last Governorship Elections. At the end of a crucial meeting at Igarra, the stakeholders who...

Akeredolu Family Denies Alleged Support For SDP

15.11.2024

The family of late Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has officially reacted to the recent media reports about their purported endorsement of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ahead of the forthcoming Ondo State elections. In a statement issued by Professor Oluwole Akeredolu, the Head of the family, the Akeredolu family emphatically denied any involvement...

Remi Tinubu Commission Chuba Okadigbo Airport Runway In Ebonyi

15.11.2024

The wife of the President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has commissioned the 3.1 km runway of the Chuba Okadigbo International Cargo Airport Onueke, Ebonyi State. Speaking at the event, Mrs Tinubu commended Governor Francis Nwifuru for the initiative saying, “Your testimonials have really gone ahead of you, and I’m really glad to be in Ebonyi State”...

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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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