Gift Osayuhi, a boy who was arrested during the #EndSARS protest in Benin, Edo state, says he hopes to become a police officer and eventually rise to the highest office of the Inspector-General of Police in the future. The 11-year-old was was paraded by the Edo state police command for his alleged involvement in the […]
Tanzanian President John Magufuli claimed 84 percent of votes cast in Wednesday’s election, to post a resounding victory, which the opposition quickly denounced as fraudulent. His main challenger, the Chadema party candidate Tundu Lissu, 52, won only 13 % of the vote. The opposition complained the election was riddled with irregularities such as ballot box […]
Canada will aim to welcome 1.2 million immigrants from 2021 to 2023 to make up for a shortfall this year blamed on the pandemic, the immigration minister announced Friday. The plan calls for accepting 401,000 new permanent residents in 2021, 411,000 in 2022, and 421,000 in 2023 — an immigration rate equal to about one […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian Government will not relent until Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerges the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The President gave the assurance in a tweet on Friday following a video conference with the President of the European Council, Mr Charles Michel. He thanked the council for its support […]
A pastor of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Rev. Polycarp Zongo, kidnapped 11 days ago by members of the Islamic State of West Africa terrorist group, has been released. Rev. Zongo was released on Friday evening through an undisclosed process officials indicated. New Telegraph learnt that Rev. Zongo who is the leading Pastor […]
Deteriorating economic conditions and falling family income led to a decline in consumers’ overall confidence index in Q3 2020, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) latest Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) report. The report posted on the apex bank’s website yesterday, shows that at -21.2 point the consumers’ confidence index in Q3 2020, was […]
Agency Begs ‘Looters’ To Return Properties Or Face Law As a fallout of the EndSARS campaign and the violent protests that rocked Calabar last week, the Cross River State National Assembly Caucus has called for the equitable distribution of resources to all tiers of government in the state. Recall that in most states of the […]
Italian police have arrested dozens of alleged members of a notorious Nigerian mafia group called the Vikings. The Vikings, one of several Nigerian organised crime groups active in Italy, is involved in drug dealing and prostitution. Around 200 police officers arrested alleged members of the gang in Turin and Ferrara, a city in the northern […]
Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has tested negative for coronavirus , the club confirmed on Friday. “ Ronaldo carried out a check with a diagnostic test ( swab) for Covid- 19. The exam provided a negative result, ” the Italian champions said in a statement . “ The player has , therefore , recovered after 19 […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asked the Igbo why they allow the outlawed Indigenous People Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) criminals to speak for them. Wike spoke when the national leadership of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday. Wike told the NGE that […]
