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FUHSA VC Vows To Nurture Students Into Valuable Assets

16.12.2024

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare (FUHSA), Professor Bala M Audu, has pledged to nurture students into valuable assets for society and humanity. Speaking at the 3rd matriculation ceremony of 1,178 newly admitted students for the 2024/2025 academic session, Professor Audu emphasized the importance of upholding the institution’s values and...

Ohanaeze Backs Igba Boi System For Economic Growth

16.12.2024

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide yesterday emphasized the importance of supporting the Igba Boi System to drive industry and trade. The system is an apprenticeship program that allows individuals to learn trades and commerce under experienced masters. To formalise and legitimize the Igba Boi system, the Ohanaeze Anambra chapter held a public lecture with the gathering of...

Okpebholo Signs Revised N486bn Appropriation Bill Into Law

16.12.2024

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has signed a revised Appropriation Bill of N485.63 billion into law. The move by the new administration is to ensure a the implementation of its developmental projects. The budget approved by the House of Assembly is divided into N202.65 billion for recurrent expenditures and N282.99 billion for capital projects. Okpebholo...

Jagaba Extends Philanthropic Support To Health Facilities In Niger

16.12.2024

Mr Umar Isah Baba Jagaba has shown his generosity by offering financial support to health facilities in Tafa Local Government Area, Niger State. During his visit to the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Memorial Hospital in Sabon Wuse, Baba Jagaba extended his assistance to other areas, including Guaraka, Babban Tunga, and Anguwan Hausawa wards within the local...

OML 11: MOSOP Rejects NNPC Deal With Sahara Energy

16.12.2024

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has rejected an agreement between Sahara Energy and West African Gas Limited (WAGL), an affiliate of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), claiming that it violates Ogoni’s resolve to participate in oil resumption efforts in their land. President Fegalo Nsuke said in statement claimed...

FRSC Records 12.8% Reduction In Road Crashes In 10 Months

16.12.2024

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded a 12.8 per cent reduction in road crashes between January and October 2024, compared to the same period in 2023. Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed said this yesterday in Abuja. Mohammed said the decrease was a testament to the FRSC’s commitment to improving road safety in Nigeria. He highlighted...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News December 16

16.12.2024

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Monday, December 16, 2024. ECOWAS Grants Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Six-Month For Reconsideration The Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) has extended a six-month grace period to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic to reconsider their decision to withdraw...

How Azman ‘Smuggled’ Aircraft To Mahan Air, Undermining US Sanctions On Iran

16.12.2024

A Nigerian carrier, Azman, has been fingered in helping to bypass sanctions against the Iranian Aviation Industries by the United States Treasury Department by clandestinely supplying its aircraft. The Iranian government is believed to be seeking to exploit the decline of US and French influence in sub-Saharan Africa to increase its political, economic, and military...

Budget 2025: Declare Emergency On Niger Delta Roads, Clark Tells Tinubu

16.12.2024

Ahead of tomorrow’s presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the National Assembly, the Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark has sent a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu to declare an emergency on the deplorable state of roads in the South South region of the...

Badenoch: Draw Lessons To Shape Nigeria’s Future, CUPP Tells Politicians

16.12.2024

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) yesterday bemoaned negative reactions trailing the recent views expressed by the Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, about Nigeria. National Secretary of the CUPP, Chief Peter Ameh, said, Badenoch’s remarks though not palatable to the ears, should be used by Nigeria politicians as an opportunity for...

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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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