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CBN: Improved Diversification Boosts Non-oil Export Earnings

09.06.2025

…rises by 37% to $8.58bn Earnings from the export of non-oil products, between January 2024 and February this year, amounted to $8.58 billion, latest data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. The amount is 37.06 per cent ($2.32 billion) higher than the $6.26 billion that the country generated from nonoil exports...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News June 9

09.06.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Monday, June 9, 2025 No Rift With Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu Clarifies Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has debunked speculations of a rift between him and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing such claims as baseless. Sanwo-Olu made the clarification on Sunday...

FedPoly Oko Alumni Leadership Distances Self From Suit Against Rector

09.06.2025

The leadership of the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Alumni Association, has distanced itself from a suit filed against the institution’s rector, Dr Chioma Awuzie. President of the association, Chief Henry Nnebe, said yesterday in Abuja that it was necessary to clear the air following the deliberate peddling of falsehood and misinformation against the association. Nnebe who...

Sallah: Borno Donates N100m To Wounded Troops, Bereaved Families

09.06.2025

The Borno State Government yesterday donated N100 million to wounded soldiers and the families of their colleagues killed when conducting counter-terrorism operations against Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters in the state. Governor Babagana Zulum made the donation during Eid-el-Kabir luncheon jointly hosted by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, and the Chief of Air...

Embrace Peace, Promote Good Governance, Yusuf Urges Kano Residents

09.06.2025

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf yesterday called on the residents to embrace peace and promote good governance for the development of the state. Yusuf made the call yesterday, while receiving the 16th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, who paid him a traditional Sallah homage at the Government House, Kano. The governor, represented...

Ex-NBA Chair Faults Uzodinma For Delay In Appointing New CJ

09.06.2025

Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Chairman in Imo State Lawrence Nwakaeti yesterday faulted the state government treatment of issues concerning the judiciary and the rule of law. He criticized Governor Hope Uzodimma’s delay in making a new appointment seven months after Justice Chukwuemeka Chikeka was fired as the Chief Judge of the state over age...

2027: Reconsider Your Appointment Of Alleged APC Members As INEC RECs, SERAP Tells Tinubu

09.06.2025

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices and leadership position to reconsider his appointment of at least three alleged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).” SERAP urged President Tinubu “to urgently nominate...

Self Defence: Group Petitions AGF, Seeks Reversal Of Death Sentence On Farmer

09.06.2025

A global coalition led by Hope Behind Bars Africa has petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to intervene in the controversial case of one, Sunday Jackson, a farmer currently on death row for killing an herdsman in what the coalition argued was an act of self-defence. The...

Court Strikes Out Rape Case Over Prosecution’s Failure To Produce Witnesses

09.06.2025

A High Court of Jigawa State has struck out a rape case involving a 50-year-old man, Aliyu Jahun and two others due to the prosecution’s repeated failure to present witnesses in court. Trial Judge, Justice Mohammed Abubakar, handed the ruling, citing violations of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, which demands diligent and timely prosecution...

NBA-Spidel Withdraws Lawsuits Against Ex-NBA President, Maikyau

09.06.2025

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has withdrawn two lawsuits against the immediate past NBA President, Yakubu C. Maikyau (SAN), following amicable out-ofcourt settlements. The lawsuits, filed at the Orerokpe and Effurun Judicial Divisions, were discontinued in late May and early June 2025 respectively, as both parties reached mutual...

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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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