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Rema Recounts Challenges Faced In His Career

17.04.2026

Nigerian Afrobeats star, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has opened up about the difficulties and challenges he encountered after achieving fame early, saying he was subjected to negative experiences at the start of his career. Rema, who gained prominence after joining Mavin Records in 2019, revealed that his rapid rise to fame brought pressures he found...

Court Grants BLord Bail Over Alleged Impersonation Of VDM

17.04.2026

Popular Nigerian cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Linus Williams Ifejirika, better known as BLord, has been released on bail following weeks in Kuje prison for allegedly impersonating social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja approved BLord’s bail application on Friday, April 17, after he had been remanded in Kuje...

Ogun Police Inspect CBT Centres, Assure Candidates Of Tight Security

17.04.2026

As the 2026 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations commence, the Ogun State Police Command as part of its security architecture put in place to ensure safety of candidates conducted an inspection of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the state. The inspection was led by the Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, alongside the...

PSC, Anambra Police Partner To Increase Recruitments

17.04.2026

The Police Service Commission (PSC) and Anambra State Police Command have announced planned to work hand in hand in a bid to increase the number of Police recruitments in the state. New Telegraph recalls that both the Command and the Anambra State government had lamented over the small number of young men and women that...

ECN Installs 1MW Solar Hybrid System At Bayero Varsity Kano

17.04.2026

The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) has installed 1Mgwt of Hybrid Solar Energy at the Bayero University Kano, BUK, as part of President Tinubu’s Energy Renewed Hopes Agenda, which was aimed to cover 36 States and Abuja. Speaking while unveiling the BUK Hybrid Solar Energy system, the Director General of the Commission, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi,...

Sports Tool For Instilling Discipline, Resilience In Youth

17.04.2026

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has declared that sports are a potent tool for instilling discipline, resilience, and leadership in youth. He affirmed this at the 4th Biennial Inter-House Sports Competition of DE-Royal Apple Schools at Agege Sports Stadium on Thursday, April 16. Obasa, who was a...

Atoyebi Hails Adighije’s Impact, Cites Rigasa Electrification As Milestone

17.04.2026

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Jennifer Adighije, has been credited for restoring electricity to the Rigasa community in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, ending years of power outages that affected millions of residents. In a press statement marking her birthday, Bamidele Atoyebi, Convener of the BAT...

Paris Club Refunds Allegations, Distortion Of Facts

17.04.2026

The Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Senator Ned Nwoko, on Friday, said the media report linking him to the Paris Club refund controversy was a distortion of facts. Senator Nwoko in a statement issued by his media team, said the matter has been thoroughly investigated and settled by relevant authorities, including the Economic and...

Police Warn Against Extortion As Recruitment Screening Begins In Oyo

17.04.2026

The Oyo State Police Command has warned against extortion and unprofessional conduct during the ongoing police recruitment screening exercise in the state. The warning was given by the Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, Department of Training and Development, Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, during an inspection visit to the screening team at the Command Headquarters....

AON Planned Shutdown: Keyamo Summons Emergency

17.04.2026

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has appealed to the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) to rescind it planned nationwide shutdown of operations scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2026. The Minister’s intervention followed a final appeal issued by domestic airlines, who cited an unbearable and unsustainable 300% increase in the price of...

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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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