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Adodo Emerges President Unified NYCN As Council Expels Corrupt Members

13.06.2025

Leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has announced the immediate expulsion of Sukubo Sukubo and elected Solomon Adodo to take his place as the “rightful president” of the council. Sukubo who was described as an erstwhile factional leader of NYCN, has also been barred from parading himself as President or former NYCN...

Osun Rep Hails Tinubu For Honouring Bola Ige

13.06.2025

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Woke Oke has applauded President Bola Tinubu for honouring former Justice minister, Late Bola Ige with posthumous national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR). Oke, who represents Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun state, in a statement on Friday, described the recognition as a...

DHQ Commits To Transparency, Communication In Ongoing Operations

13.06.2025

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has identified “transparency and communication” as fundamental elements driving ongoing kinetic and non-kinetic operations across the country. Consequently, the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has committed to operational excellence, while upholding the highest standards of service and professionalism. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Markus Kangye, who made the pledge...

David Mark Celebrates Amuka At 90

13.06.2025

Former President of the Senate, David Mark, has extended heartfelt congratulations to the publisher of Vanguard Newspapers and Doyen of Nigerian Journalism, Sam Amuka, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. In a goodwill message on Friday, signed by Paul Mumeh, his Special Adviser, Mark lauded Amuka’s monumental contributions to the journalism profession and to...

Osoba, Dangote, Others To Launch Abiola’s Biography In July

13.06.2025

The family of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has announced the launch of a new book chronicling his life and legacy. The event is scheduled to hold on Saturday, July 5, 2025. The announcement was made during a press conference at the late...

Devt Expert Tasks Nigerians On Prioritizing Tax payment

13.06.2025

A development expert, Engr. Michael Ale, has urged Nigerians to prioritize the prompt and adequate payment of taxes, describing it as a critical solution to the country’s lingering challenges of poor infrastructure, lack of growth, and underdevelopment. Ale made this call in a statement made available to New Telegraph in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, as part...

Abia To Buy Back Star Paper Mill From AMCON

13.06.2025

Abia State Governor Alex Otti has revealed plans are afoot to buy back the Aba based moribund Star Paper Mill from Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, in order to revive it. Governor Otti dropped the hint at a grand civic reception organised in his honour by the Abiriba Communal Improvement Union (ACIU) held at...

Canada Returnee In Custody After Alleged Assault On Lagos KAI Official

13.06.2025

A 52-year-old Canada returnee, Morufudeen Idowu, has been arrested in Lagos following an alleged assault on an official of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), commonly known as KAI, who attempted to prevent him from crossing a busy expressway. The incident, which occurred around the Ojota corridor, highlights the state government’s ongoing efforts to...

FG, NASS Should Ban Single-Use Plastic Across Nigeria- ActionAid

13.06.2025

A Humanitarian Organisation, ActionAid Nigeria has called on the federal government and the National Assembly to come up with a legal framework to discontinue single-use plastics across Nigeria. The organization said that the decision of Lagos state government to ban single-use plastics from the 1st of July is a commendable step in the right direction,...

Environmentalists Call On Abia Govt For Urgent Climate Action

13.06.2025

The Coalition For Climate Engagement and Good-Governance in Abia (COCEGIA), an environmentalist group, has called for urgent climate action and a decisive response from the Abia State government to the increasing climate vulnerabilities confronting the state. COCEGIA further said that its call is particularly in the areas of gully erosion, recurrent flooding, and widespread environmental...

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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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