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Olamide Fills London’s Wembley Arena With Hits

24.11.2025

Nigerian rap icon Olamide Adedeji, better known mononymously as Olamide, on Saturday, delivered a blockbuster performance at London’s OVO Arena Wembley, selling out the 12,500-capacity venue in a night packed with nostalgia, energy, and surprise cameos. The concert turned into a YBNL reunion with Olamide bringing out several of his proteges, Asake, Fireboy DML, Lil...

Adekunle God’s Daughter Introduces Him At London Jazz Festival

24.11.2025

In one of the most tender moments of the EFG London Jazz Festival, four-year-old Deja, daughter of Nigerian Afrobeats star Adekunle Gold, stole the spotlight by introducing her father on stage during his grand closing performance at the Royal Festival Hall. The emotional moment came just before Adekunle Gold began his orchestral finale alongside the 50-piece Guildhall Session...

Foundation Commends FG, Urges More Effort To End Hunger

24.11.2025

The Sadaqah Drive Foundation has commended the Federal Government’s efforts to address hunger and poverty in Nigeria while urging the government to do more to tackle the scourge. The founder of Sadaqah Drive Foundation, Abdulmuminu Ramat, made the statement in Abuja at the ‘Walk for Hunger’ event tagged, Miles 4 Meals. She noted that the...

NASME Holds 20th Int’l Summit, Exhibition With Exhibitors

24.11.2025

The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) is set to hold its 20th International Summit and Exhibition, with the international and local exhibitors expected to participate on Friday. National President of NASME, Engr. Abdulrashid Yarima, who announced this in a statement released to New Telegraph in Makurdi, Benue State, via the association’s Publicity...

PRIFGLA Appoints Ndutimi Donkumo New Director

24.11.2025

A Group, Pastor Reuben Initiative for Good Leadership and Accountability (PRIFGLA), has announced the appointment of Dr Ndutimi Donkumo as the Bayelsa State Director for the group. The appointment approved by Chief Reuben C. Wilson, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and founder of PRIFGLA, is expected to take immediate effect. A statement signed on...

Nnamdi Kanu’s Life Imprisonment, Politically Motivated

24.11.2025

The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has described the life jail sentence handed down to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as a politically-motivated judgment that failed to address the broader issues of justice and self-determination in Nigeria. Kanu was convicted of using broadcasts to incite violence in a bid to...

Messi Bags Goal, Three Assists As Inter Miami Beat Cincinnati 4-0

24.11.2025

Argentine footballer, Lionel Messi, produced a vintage performance as Inter Miami stayed on course for their first MLS Cup final appearance with a 4-0 rout of FC Cincinnati on Sunday. New Telegraph reports that Messi scored once and provided the assists for all of Inter’s other goals, with Tadeo Allende scoring twice and Mateo Silvetti...

Section 1 Of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Set For Public Use

24.11.2025

The Federal Government has set aside December 12 to 17 to publicly open Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway for public use. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, gave the assurance yesterday in Lagos, during a review of outstanding works on Section 1 of the highway project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

Catholic Bishop Warns FG Against Treating Bandits With Kid Gloves

24.11.2025

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has called for more urgent official measures to curb the alarming rate of insecurity across the country. He said the festering terrorists’ attacks in parts of the country and the mass killing of innocent Nigerians in recent times, have underlined the need for the Federal...

Telecoms: Hostile States To Lose Out In Potential $1bn Investment Windfall

24.11.2025

A silent, high-stakes selection is underway across Nigeria, and its outcome will determine which states thrive in the digital age and which are left with perpetually poor connectivity and stunted economic growth. While over $1 billion in new telecoms investment floods into the country, this windfall is not landing equally. According to industry insiders, mobile...

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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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