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Basket Mouth Warns Couples Against Social Media Fights

12.11.2025

Comedian and actor Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has urged estranged couples to refrain from taking their private marital disputes to social media, cautioning that such actions could negatively affect their children in the future. In a video posted on his Instagram page on Monday, the comedian, who has previously confirmed the end of...

Chaos Erupts At Kizz Daniel’s Sold-Out Paris Concert

12.11.2025

Nigerian Afrobeats star, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, found himself at the centre of controversy on Monday, November 10, 2025, after his highly anticipated Paris concert descended into chaos following a five-hour delay that left fans furious and authorities intervening to restore order. The show, which was completely sold out and expected...

Super Eagles Boycott Training In Morocco Over Unpaid Bonuses

12.11.2025

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have boycotted a scheduled training session ahead of their crucial 2026 World Cup playoff match against Gabon, citing long-standing unpaid bonuses and allowances amounting to approximately $6 million owed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) since 2019. The standoff, which occured on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in Rabat, where the team is camped for the Thursday...

Nigeria Unveils Talent Accelerator To Close Skills Gaps, Drive Devt

12.11.2025

Nigeria has officially launched the Nigeria Talent Accelerator Network, a game-changing initiative aimed at strengthening the nation’s workforce capabilities, addressing critical productivity gaps, accelerating digital transformation, and preparing Nigeria’s workforce for the future of work. The initiative is part of the World Economic Forum’s Reskilling Revolution in Nigeria, co-chaired by the Federal Ministry of Industry,...

Estate Agents Decry Soaring Rent Hikes In Benue

12.11.2025

…Seek govt’s intervention in cost of building materials Estate agents in Benue State, on Tuesday, lamented what they called the continued astronomical rent increase in the state, describing it as worrisome. Chairman of the Nigeria Estate Surveyors, Benue State chapter, ESV. Opita Agaba disclosed this to New Telegraph in Makurdi, the state capital. ESV Agaba...

Again, Court Stops PDP From Holding Convention, INEC From Recognizing Outcome

12.11.2025

For the second time, a Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its National Convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State this Saturday and Sunday. The court also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from supervising, monitoring or recognising the outcome of the National Convention where...

14-Year-Old Champz Tops Nigeria’s Apple Charts with Debut EP

12.11.2025

Fourteen-year-old rising artist, Boluwatife Balogun, popularly known as Champz and the son of Afrobeats icon,Wizkid, has stormed Nigeria’s music scene with his debut project, Champion’s Arrival, which has shot straight to No. 1 on Apple Music Nigeria’s Top Albums chart just days after its release. The five-track EP, released on November 11, 2025, in Lagos, quickly racked up...

Turkey Plane Crashes, Kills 20 In Georgia

12.11.2025

No fewer than 20 people on board a Turkish military plane have reportedly been killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, New Telegraph reports. The plane, which took off from Ganja airport in western Azerbaijan on Tuesday afternoon, crashed shortly after crossing the border into eastern Georgia. According to the Defence Ministry, there were 20...

Tinubu To Declare NGE Annual Conference Open at Aso Rock

12.11.2025

All is set for the 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) holding at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja from today. Expected at the two-day conference are President Bola Tinubu, who will declare it open at State House Conference Centre, Aso Villa, Abuja, governors, media leaders, members of the diplomatic corps, the academia and other...

Apapa Council Urges Representatives To Be Worthy Ambassadors Of Nigeria

12.11.2025

The Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Hon. Idowu Adejumoke Senbanjo, has charged the youth representatives from the council to be worthy ambassadors as they depart for the African Union (AU) Leadership Youth Summit in Ethiopia. In her address, Senbanjo encouraged the delegates to represent Apapa, Lagos State, and Nigeria with excellence. She urged them to...