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Agbakoba Kicks Against Compulsory Voting Law

20.05.2025

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Olisa Agbakoba on Monday condemned the proposed bill seeking to make voting mandatory in Nigeria, declaring that he would rather be jailed than comply with such a law. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Agbakoba criticized the National Assembly’s attempt to enforce compulsory...

Tinubu’s Participation At Pope’s Inauguration Shows Religious Tolerance –Clerics

20.05.2025

Two clerics, Prof. Amidu Sanni, Chief Imam, Lagos State University, and Pastor Charles Ighele of the Holy Spirit Mission Church, Ikeja, have described President Bola Tinubu’s presence at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass as a demonstration of religious tolerance. The clerics spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports...

NELFUND Begins Disbursement of April Upkeep Allowances

20.05.2025

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has commenced the disbursement of April 2025 upkeep payments to eligible student beneficiaries across the country. A statement signed by the Director, Strategic Communications NELFUND, Mrs. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, yesterday, however, explained that while most payments have been successfully processed, a small number of beneficiaries may experience a delay due...

Judicial Independence: CJN Tasks Judges Of Lower Courts on Ethical Conduct

20.05.2025

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Kudirat KekereEkun, yesterday charged judges of lower courts to guard their integrity jealously to avoid compromising the standards of ethics and professionalism of the judiciary. The CJN made the call in Abuja while inducting the newly appointed magistrates, judges of sharia, area and customary courts. The induction was...

Atiku Preaches Patience, Courage As Class Of 2025 Students Exit AUN

20.05.2025

A former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged patience and courage from young people as virtues that pay off in life. Atiku who is the founder of American University of Nigeria, (AUN), told the Class of 2025 who formally exited the institution on Saturday that he had personally found out how well patience pays. He...

Faulty, Disused Aircraft Litter Airports As Operators Shun Repairs

20.05.2025

…expert seeks special FX window The high number of unserviceable aircraft lying waste on the apron of many airports across the country has highlighted the precarious state of airlines in the country as many of the carriers are reeling from the pain of getting their aircraft back in the sky. The implication of this is...

Insecurity: FG Repatriated Over 100,000 Irregular Migrants in One Year – Investigation

20.05.2025

Renewed intelligence and surveillance operations by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) resulted in the repatriation of over 100, 000 irregular migrants in the last one year, investigation by New Telegraph has revealed. Apart from deploying eborder solutions, the Service is said to have also intensified surveillance patrols across the country’s major land borders, in its...

Zulum Visits Marte, Appeals To FG On New Strategy To End Insurgency

20.05.2025

Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, has spent the night in Marte, after the Boko Haram attack on the military base in the town to build confidence, cooperation and resilience of the people. Zulum appealed to the Federal Government to deploy decisive strategies that would ensure that Marte town does not fall to Boko Haram/ISWAP...

UMTE Crisis: S’East Most Affected –Region’s Reps Caucus

20.05.2025

The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives yesterday asked the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matricul a t i o n B o a r d (JAMB), Oloyede, to resign to en I s h a qable a through probe into the technical glitches that triggered mass failure in the 2025 Unified...

Urhonigbe Community Leaders Back Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda

20.05.2025

Leaders from Urhonigbe Town in Orhionmwon Local Government Area, Edo State, have expressed support for the proposed establishment of a Federal College of Agriculture in their community, citing its potential to boost the government’s agricultural initiatives. The community said the college aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly programs like the Agricultural...

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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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