The Kano State Government has expressed profound satisfaction with the recent Court of Appeal judgment, which upheld its reforms in traditional institutions and reversed earlier Federal High Court rulings concerning the Kano Emirate Council. In a press conference held at the NUJ Press Centre in Kano on Saturday, January 11, 2025, and jointly addressed by…
Two factory workers, who were rescued after they got trapped while working on a diesel reservoir in the Ikosi area of Lagos State, have been confirmed dead. It was learnt that the workers were rescued by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and men of the Lagos State Fire Service. In a statement…
Prince Akeem Owoade, a Nigerian-Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist, has been approved as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, announced the appointment on Friday through the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade. Owoade is a Nigerian and Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and president of 100279 Manitoba Limited, a real estate…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been named 2024 Governor of the year in the health Sector by New Telegraph Newspaper. This was contained in a letter addressed to the Governor and signed by Ayodele Aminu, the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of New Telegraph, Saturday Telegraph…
The Federal Government has received $52.88 million in recovered assets linked to a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United States of America. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, disclosed this during the formal signing ceremony of the asset agreement between Nigeria and the United States in Abuja…
The Department of State Services has arrested a 32-year-old blogger, identified as Augustus, for cloning its official website and posting a fake recruitment notice. The suspect, from Akwa Ibom State, was apprehended on Thursday at his residence on Akpan Eno Lane in Abak. According to DSS sources, Augustus, a graduate of the University of Uyo…
Nigerian gospel singer Moses Bliss and his wife, Marie Bliss, have welcomed their first child, a baby boy. The singer shared the joyous news on his Instagram page on Friday, accompanied by a newly released song video featuring his wife. He wrote, “This is the doing of the Lord. We are in awe of His…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of the State. This was disclosed in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, on Friday, stating that the governor had consented to the appointment of a new king. According to the statement,…
The University of Ilesa (UNILESA), Osun State, has outlined its strategic goals for 2025, as revealed by Vice Chancellor Professor Taiwo Olufemi Asaolu during an interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Session organized by the university.Professor Asaolu announced plans to introduce new academic programmes, including Medicine and Surgery, Early Childhood Care Education, Special Education, French Language, Yoruba Language,…
By Nnanke Harry Willie As the golden rays of his 60th birthday dawned, Mele Kolo Kyari is standing tall on a constellation of stellar achievements. He hit the Biblical three scores on a bull’s eye with news of long dead, abiku refineries becoming ‘born again’. Mele Kyari’s story is a testament to the power of…
