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Peller Sparks Reactions With Celebration Post

03.09.2025

Nigerian socialite and media personality, Habeeb Hamzat, better known as Peller has stirred conversations on social media after making a celebratory post on X on Tuesday, September 2. Taking to her page, Peller wrote: “Congratulations to me God did.” The post immediately went viral, sparking curiosity and backlash from users who questioned the meaning behind his...

Osun First Lady Debunks Allegation Of Short-Changing APC Beneficiaries

03.09.2025

The Office of the First Lady of Osun State has dismissed as false and misleading an allegation credited to the Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leader, Mrs. Kudiratu Fakokunde, that Chief (Mrs.) Titilola Adeleke deliberately short-changed APC members in the distribution of the Renewed Hope Initiative Business Grant. The grant, facilitated by the First...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News September 3

03.09.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025. ‘I Won’t Ever Take Our Shared Bond For Granted,’ Shettima Assures Tinubu Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured President Bola Tinubu that he will never take the bond they share for granted. Shettima stated this in a message...

BPE Moves To Float Power Firms On Nigerian Exchange Amid Sector Strains

03.09.2025

…2 DisCos, GenCo set for IPOs as govt seeks fresh capital, transparency The Federal Government is preparing to unlock a new phase in Nigeria’s troubled electricity sector with plans to list two electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) and one Generation Company (GenCo) on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Director-General of...

Plateau Assembly Raises the Alarm Over Mining Activities in Residential Areas

03.09.2025

The Plateau State House of Assembly expressed concerns over mining activities in residential areas in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. It asked the state government to address the increasing solid mineral processing activities within residential areas to avoid grave consequences. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Jacob Denty (APC/Pankshin South). Denty said...

Low Adherence To Antiretroviral Therapy To Eliminate HIV By 2030 –NIMR

03.09.2025

A Director of Research and Consultant Paediatrician at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Dr Agatha David, has said it will be impossible to achieve SDG 3, Target 3.0 to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, if adolescents and young adults current testing rate in Nigeria is less than 25 per cent. This is...

Centre Accuses El-Rufai Of Lying Against Tinubu, Ribadu Over Ransom Payment

03.09.2025

The Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) has accused former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of lying against President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu over payment of ransoms to kidnappers. The Centre in a statement by its president, Olufemi Aduwo, said El-Rufai doesn’t have evidence to back-up...

Army: Troops Killed 20 Terrorists, Nabbed Logistics Suppliers In Borno

03.09.2025

Over 20 terrorist suspects were killed in intensified assaults by troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the North East region of the country, the Nigerian Army said yesterday. A statement signed by spokesperson for the Joint Task Force OPHK, Lt. Col. Sani Uba, added that several logistics’ suppliers, and collaborators were also arrested during...

Court Overturns Nigerian Military’s 15-Yr Service Rule

03.09.2025

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has in a landmark judgement declared unconstitutional the long-standing policy requiring military personnel to serve a minimum of 15 years before being allowed to resign. The judgment, delivered on Sept. 2, 2025, by Justice Emmanuel D. Subilim in Suit No. NICN/ ABJ/25/2025, was filed by Lagos-based human rights...

Lagos Resumes Ogudu–Ifako Bridge Repairs September 3

02.09.2025

The Lagos State Government has announced that the second phase of rehabilitation works on the Ogudu–Ifako Bridge, inward Island, will commence on Wednesday, September 3. Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, assuring residents that a revised traffic management plan has been adopted to ease movement and reduce gridlock...

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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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