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Peter Okoye Slams Critics Over Change In Birthday Date

21.04.2026

Nigerian singer Peter Okoye, popularly also known as Mr P, has responded to critics who questioned his decision to shift the date of his birthday celebration from November 18 to November 30. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Mr P, one-half of the now-defunct P-Square duet, took to his social media page to announce the...

Tinubu Appoints Suleiman As NBMA DG

21.04.2026

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Fatima Suleiman as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA). The appointment, conveyed in a letter dated April 17, 2026, and signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, takes effect from April 16, 2026. According to...

Oyetola Celebrates NPA’s First Female Executive Director At 70

21.04.2026

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has felicitated Ms Elizabeth Aina Egharevba, the first female Executive Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on the occasion of her 70th birthday on 21st April 2026. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Dr Bolaji Akinola, on Tuesday, the Minister described Egharevba’s 70th...

Benue Signs MoU With SCG To Strengthen Peace Building Efforts

21.04.2026

The Benue State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Search for Common Ground (SCG) to strengthen peace-building efforts and enhance early warning and rapid response mechanisms aimed at preventing violence and promoting social cohesion across communities. The agreement was signed on behalf of the state government by the Secretary to the State...

Why Oborevwori’s Working On Collapsed Federal Road –Commissioner

21.04.2026

Delta State Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Reuben Izeze, has justified why Governor Sheriff Oborevwori approved the reconstruction of the failed Federal roads across the state. The commissioner said the governor was working on Effurun–Ohorhe section of the Federal highway due to the daily hardship being faced by Nigerians plying the route. He...

Group Petition IGP Over Police Interference In Land Dispute

21.04.2026

A group under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens of Awka, Anambra State, have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, over what they described as alleged arbitrary police interference in a decades-long land dispute involving Chief Kenneth Afamefuna Ezekwesili of Umuike village, Awka. In the petition, signed by Sunday Ezebunamadu on behalf of...

Navy Intercepts Three Stowaways On Lagos Vessel

21.04.2026

The Nigerian Navy has intercepted three men suspected of attempting to stow away on a merchant vessel off the Lagos coastline in an operation aimed at strengthening maritime safety and curbing irregular migration. In a statement in Abuja yesterday, the Director of Naval Information Abiodun Folorunsho said the operation was carried out by Nigerian Navy...

Wike Woos Aggrieved PDP Members, Pledges Mutual Benefits

21.04.2026

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has called on aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to the fold, assuring them of due advantage and Benefits. Wike, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at the 108th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, at Wadata Plaza said all the returnees will...

ADC Best Thing For Nigeria, Atiku’s Aide Blasts APC

21.04.2026

Demola Olarewaju, the Senior Political Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has described the emerging opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as one of the most significant developments in Nigeria’s recent democratic history. According to him, the coalition represents a structural response to growing concerns about governance, political imbalance, and the weakening...

S’Court Fixes April 2027 For Hearing In Sanusi, Bayero Emirate Dispute

21.04.2026

The Supreme Court has fixed April 19, 2027, for further hearing in the suit regarding the Kano emirate tussle between Mohammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Bayero. At yesterday’s sitting, the apex court heard preliminary arguments from the parties involved in the dispute before announcing an adjournment. Speaking after the court session, Aminu Babba Dan’Agundi, the...

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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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