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Things To Know About New Pope Leo XIV

08.05.2025

Robert Francis Prevost, on Thursday, May 8, became the first pope from the United States (US). He picked the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. New Telegraph had earlier reported that tens of thousands of people packed in St Peter’s Square cheered...

Lalong Applauds Tinubu For Appointment Of NCDC Mgt, Board

08.05.2025

Senator Simon Bako Lalong, representing Plateau South Senatorial District, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing the Board and Management of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC), a key initiative aimed at addressing the pressing development challenges facing the sub-region. In a statement issued on Thursday evening in Jos by his Media Aide, Dr....

Reps Summon Ministers, CBN Governor Over Unpaid Contractor Debts

08.05.2025

The House of Representatives on Thursday summoned the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, over the federal government’s failure to pay contractors engaged by ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs)...

Reps Give Benue, Zamfara Governors One-Week Ultimatum

08.05.2025

The House of Representatives has issued a fresh one-week ultimatum to the Governors of Benue and Zamfara States—Hyacinth Alia and Dauda Lawal respectively—as well as the leadership of their State assemblies, to appear before its Committee on Public Petitions by Tuesday, May 14, 2025. This follows their failure to honour an earlier invitation to a...

Cardinal Robert Prevost Becomes 1st American Pope

08.05.2025

Following the white smoke billowed above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that cardinals had selected a new pontiff. The Vatican on Thursday revealed the new Pope as Robert Prevost of the United States (US), the first American pontiff in history. New Telegraph reports that he will be known as Pope Leo XIV. In his first words...

Vatican Conclave Elects New Pope

08.05.2025

The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected a new Pope on Thursday, May 8. New Telegraph reports that white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday evening, signalling that Roman Catholic cardinals gathered inside the Vatican had completed the complex and secretive process of selecting a new pope....

Kwara Gov Flags Off New Farm Input Distribution

08.05.2025

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has launched another round of distribution of agricultural machineries and inputs to farmers across the State’s 16 Local Government Areas, as the 2025 farming season begins in earnest. Represented by his Senior Adviser and Counsellor, Sa’adu Salau, the Governor described the exercise as a renewed demonstration of his administration’s commitment...

Stakeholders, Host Communities Move To Improve Pipeline Safety In N’Delta

08.05.2025

To curb oil theft and protect the economy, stakeholders involved in securing the Trans Niger Delta Pipeline have pledged renewed efforts to safeguard oil infrastructure and drive out pipeline vandals. The commitment was made during a stakeholder engagement session organized by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) in Port Harcourt. The event brought together traditional rulers...

Bill Gates Announces Intention To Give Away 99% Of His Fortune

08.05.2025

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday disclosed his intentions to give away nearly all of his $200 billion wealth, leaving only one per cent for himself. According to a post on his personal blog, Microsoft co-founder stated that the foundation, which is considered to be among the most significant charitable organisations globally, will close its...

Anambra Traditional Rulers Confer Chieftaincy Title On Tinubu

08.05.2025

Anambra State Traditional rulers on Thursday conferred a chieftaincy title of ‘Dike Si Mba’ of Anambra on President Bola Tinubu New Telegraph reports that the Traditional rulers led by the Chairman of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Chidubem Iweka of Obosi, gave the President the title in Awka during his official visit to...

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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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