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Katsina Police Foil Kidnap Attempt

20.03.2025

Katsina State Police Command on Thursday disclosed that its operatives foiled a kidnap attempt on Gidan Zuma village in the Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Abubakar Sadiq said the armed men stormed the area on Wednesday with motorcycles welding weapons...

Stakeholders Lament Increasing Use Of Synthetic Drugs Among Youths

20.03.2025

Drug experts have raised the alarm over the increasing use of synthetic drugs among youths in Nigeria, lamenting that it has become agrowing public health and security concerns in recent years. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Budo Egba, Kwara State, Dr Issa Baba Awoye, in his presentation, titled, the Neuropsychiatric Consequences...

SON Warns Dealers Against Sale Of Substandard Tyres

20.03.2025

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has stepped up the campaign against the sale and circulation of substandard tyres in the country. Speaking at a Tyre Stakeholders’ Forum held at Apo Mechanic Village on Thursday, SON’s Director-General, Dr Ifeanyi Okeke, emphasized the critical need for dealers to ensure that only high-quality tyres reach consumers. At...

Customs Commits 4% Of Annual Wage Bill To Fund CSR

20.03.2025

…Edun lauds service for intervention in health, education, social interventions The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has lauded men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for electing, to commit approximately 4 per cebt of their annual wage bill (equivalent to 50 per cent of each officer’s one...

Ensure Vehicle Roadworthiness Before Putting Them Out- Remi Tinubu

20.03.2025

The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has enjoined vehicle owners to be sure of the roadworthiness of their vehicle before putting them on the highways. Mrs Tinubu gave this counsel in reaction to the tanker explosion which occured on Karu Bridge in Abuja on Wednesday. She wrote: “I am deeply saddened by the unfortunate incident of...

Abia Govt Signs MoU With Investors For Waste To Wealth Project

20.03.2025

Abia State Government on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kaltani Company in a bid to turn waste into wealth in the State. The state government equally received a delegation from the Netherlands for some proposed investments. New Telegraph gathered that the delegation from the Netherlands led by the Deputy Consul-General, Mr Peter...

Senate Approves Rivers Emergency Rule

20.03.2025

The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday approved President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, invoking its constitutional powers under the amended 1999 Constitution. New Telegraph reports that the approval of the Senate grants President Tinubu the authority to enforce emergency measures while mandating a review of the...

Bagudu: Strategic In Planning Economy For Greater Productivity

20.03.2025

The Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders, (CONYL), on Thursday, extolled the exceptional leadership of the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu. In a statement issued in Abuja by Comrade Goodluck Ibem, President General of the group, CONYL, which is the umbrella body of all the youth groups drawn across the six...

eHealth Africa Marks 15yrs Of Data-Driven Impact

20.03.2025

eHealth Africa (eHA) has reaffirmed its commitment to adolescent health and gender equity at the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York. Representing the team at the event were Dr Andrew Karlyn, Ba oard Member, and Ms Ota Akhigbe, Director of Partnerships and Programs. As the Commission on...

Rivers Crisis: Tinubu Desperate To Deal With Oppositions – N’Delta Activist

20.03.2025

A Niger Delta activist, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, haa reacted to the declaration of State of Emergency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s regarding the crisis in Rivers State, saying it is a strategy to subdue political adversaries. Speaking during an appearance on Arise TV on Thursday, March 20, 2025, Sara-Igbe criticized the suspension of Siminalayi Fubara from...

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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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