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Lalong Lauds Cultural Renaissance At Bit Gamai Festival 2025

01.01.2026

Former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, Simon Bako Lalong, has commended the impressive displays at the Bit Gamai Festival of Arts and Culture 2025, describing them as clear evidence of a cultural renaissance in Gamailand. Speaking while addressing participants at the festival in Shendam, Senator Lalong said the annual...

CAN, Plateau Youth Allege Genocide, Seek Global Intervention

01.01.2026

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Plateau State chapter, in conjunction with a coalition of indigenous youth organisations, has raised the alarm over what it described as a “systematic genocide” against Christian communities in Nigeria’s North and Middle Belt, calling for urgent international intervention. The groups made the allegation on Wednesday at a joint press...

Civil Service Hits Paperless Milestone As 38 Ministries, Others Go Digital

31.12.2025

Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service has hit a historic year-end target, going fully paperless as all 33 Ministries and five Extra-Ministerial Departments (MEMDs) switch to digital operations. The milestone, achieved on the 30th of December 2025, marks a decisive move from paper-based bureaucracy to a modern, accountable, and digitally enabled public service. “Today, all Ministries in...

New Year: We’ll Consolidate On Achievements Recorded In 2025

31.12.2025

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has assured that his administration will consolidate on the achievements recorded in the outgoing year, 2025, as the state ushers in 2026. The Governor made this known in a message to the people of the state to mark the beginning of the new year in Sokoto. According to Governor Aliyu,...

Akintunde Bayo Urges Strategic Investment To Revive Nigeria’s Art, Culture

31.12.2025

Nigerian artist and cultural advocate, Akintunde Bayo, has called for urgent strategic investment, policy reform, and stronger civic engagement to revitalise the country’s art and culture sector, describing it as one of Nigeria’s most undervalued national assets. Bayo, whose work has featured in galleries from Lagos to London, said the nation can no longer afford...

Six Die In Lagos Boat Accident As NIWA, LASWA Rescue Four

31.12.2025

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) have said that six passengers have died in a boat mishap on Lagos lagoon, while four were rescued. The two agencies explained on Wednesday in a joint statement by LASWA’s Head, Public Affairs, Wuraola Alake and an official of NIWA’s Corporate Affairs,...

Oluremi @65 Education Fund Platform Closes After Raising N25.5bn

31.12.2025

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has announced the closure of her 65th birthday education platform on Wednesday after raising a total sum of N25.5 billion. Mrs Tinubu made this announcement in a press release she personally signed and made available to newsmen on Wednesday, December 31. She wrote: “I extend my appreciation to all Nigerians, family,...

Gunmen Kill Man, Abduct Twin Teenagers In Edo

31.12.2025

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed a man identified as Ilabeshi Okhale and abducted his twin children in Edo State. The incident reportedly happened at Kalabar Quarters, Afokpella, when gunmen forcibly broke into his residence and inflicted machete injuries on him. The gunmen were said to have gained access to the premises, reportedly...

‎Diri Expresses Disappointment Over Inability To Meet December Power Mandate

31.12.2025

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has expressed disappointment over the state’s inability to provide electricity from the Gas Turbine as he promised earlier in 2025. New Telegraph recalls that the governor had assured all that the state was going to celebrate Christmas with power from the gas turbine. He, however, urged patience on the...

I Did Not Authorize Assault, Says Benin Monarch

31.12.2025

The Benin Monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Wednesday distanced himself from the assault meted out on Dr Pedro Obaseki by thugs on Sunday in Benin City, Edo State. Recall that suspected thugs kidnapped him at Uwa Primary School, where he had gone to play football. He was stripped naked, beaten and...

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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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