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We Recognise Positive Contributions Of Youths To Devt.

19.09.2025

Kano State Government has praised the positive contributions of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to Nigeria’s development. The Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mustapha Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, who spoke on Thursday at a reception of the NYCN President, Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, pledged the commitment of the state government to forge strategic...

Marriage Is Most Important Contract With God – DJ Cuppy

19.09.2025

Nigerian Disc Jockey and philanthropist, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has shared her views on marriage, describing it as the most powerful and meaningful partnership in life. Taking to her X account on Thursday, the daughter of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola explained that she considered marriage not just a union between two people,...

Cannabis Use May Increase Risk Of Diabetes –Study

19.09.2025

Researchers in the United States have said that cannabis use might nearly quadruple a person’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. According to the study, people who use cannabis have a three to seven times greater risk of Type 2 diabetes compared to the general population. Results of the findings were presented at a meeting...

Glo-Sponsored CNN African Voices Celebrates Author, Chimamanda Adichie

19.09.2025

Acclaimed Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will be the focus of a new edition of African Voices Changemakers, CNN International’s magazine programme, sponsored by telecommunications giant, Globacom. The edition, entitled Generational Storyteller Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is hosted by usual ace anchor, Larry Madowo, and airs on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Adichie is...

Atiku Urges Nigerians To Shun Tribalism, Live In Indivisible Unity, Oneness

19.09.2025

Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku has described tribalism as the bane of national progress and a malignant disease that must be shunned at all cost by all particularly the common masses. This is as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, stated that the elites stand out as the most...

Abductors Free Ex-Imo Lawmaker – New Telegraph

19.09.2025

Hon. Ngozi Ogbu who once represented Okigwe South Constituency and was also a former council, chairman for Okigwe, has been released by his abductors. Ogbu was reportedly abducted when he visited home to make arrangements for his mother’s burial. A masked gunman be- lieved to be a henchman of wanted terror kingpin, Gentle De Yahoo,...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News September 19

19.09.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Friday, September 19th, 2025. Kalu Champions African Digital Trade Multilateralism At WTO-IPU Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has underscored the pivotal role of parliaments in advancing multilateralism through digital trade. Speaking at the World Trade Organization–Inter-Parliamentary…Read more...

Sanwo-Olu Sympathises With Victims Over Fire Outbreak

19.09.2025

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sympathised with immediate families, organisations and Lagosians who lost their loved ones and goods in Tuesday’s fire outbreak at Afriland Towers, a six-storey commercial building on Broad Street in the Lagos Island area of the state. The governor who described the fire outbreak as unfortunate, said he is shocked...

NiMet, C-WINS Join Forces To Advance Climate Action

19.09.2025

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Centre for Wellbeing and Integrated Nutrition Solutions (C-WINS) have struck a partnership aimed at advancing climate action in Nigeria through integrated solutions linking climate, public health, food security, soil health, and community resilience. The partnership will focus on developing localised early-warning systems for farmers, rolling out community workshops...

Nigeria, 7 Others Signs Charter To Strengthen Petroleum Governance In Africa

19.09.2025

Nigeria has led seven other African countries to sign a charter which birthed the African Petroleum Regulators Forum (AFRIPERF), to strengthen petroleum governance across Africa. The charter was signed yesterday by Nigeria, Ghana, Somalia, Gambia, Madagascar, Sudan, Guinea and Togo at a ceremony chaired by the Commission Chief Executive (CCE) Of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum...