Olufemi Adediran

Nigeria

Correspondent at New Telegraph Nigeria

Featured in: Favicon

newtelegraphng.com Favicon

blueprint.ng Favicon

nigeriadailynews.com Favicon

punchng.com

Articles

Opposition govs reconsider move to APC

1 week ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Daniel Ayantoye |Raphael Ede |Maiharaji Altine |James Abraham

Some governors elected on the platforms of opposition parties and reported to be bound for the All Progressives Congress may have ditched the plan. Sunday PUNCH gathered that this might not be unconnected to moves by parties to stop the defections of their chieftains to the ruling APC, including changing political dynamics.
Tinubu vows to reclaim communities from terrorists

1 week ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Stephen Angbulu

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to reclaiming ungoverned areas, particularly forests from terrorists and other criminal elements in the country. Tinubu said advanced surveillance and technology would be deployed to combat kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism. The President made the promise while addressing elders and leaders of Katsina State at a state dinner held at the Government House on Friday night.
Fresh storm hits Wike-Fubara peace talks

1 week ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Daniel Ayantoye |Dennis Naku |Bankole Taiwo

The political feud between the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may have worsened following a dramatic walkout by women believed to be Fubara’s supporters at an event attended by the wife of the Sole Administrator, Theresa Ibas. This came amid ongoing reconciliation efforts initiated by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Segun Osoba, to restore peace between the two former political allies.
Newspaper proprietors back $220m fine on Meta

1 week ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran

The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria has thrown its weight behind the recent judgment of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, which upheld a $220m fine imposed on Meta Platforms Incorporated by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
Akpabio: Natasha, US-based activist in war of words over leaked audio

1 week ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Godfrey George |Nathaniel Shaibu

The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday, countered a United States-based activist, Dr Sandra Duru, who alleged a plot to frame Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The lawmaker, in a statement issued by her media aide, Israel Arogbonlo, said all the recorded conversations played in Duru’s live stream were manipulated. The allegationsDuru, popularly known as Prof.
Panic grips students over FG’s scholarship termination

1 week ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa Panic has gripped over 1,200 Nigerian students studying abroad under the Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship programme, following the termination of the scheme by the Federal Government. The government’s decision has left current beneficiaries of the scholarship uncertain about the fate of their studies and welfare.
GTCO reaffirms commitment to supporting SMEs

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran

Guaranty Trust Holding Company has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria through the highly anticipated 2025 GTCO food and drink festival. Speaking at a press conference to announce the 8th edition of the festival on Tuesday, the bank’s group corporate communication, Mr Charles Eremi, said no fewer than 204 local food vendors were supported with free stalls to showcase their culinary products and services to thousands of attendees.
World leaders unite as Pope Francis buried

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran

The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, Monday, April 21, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media World leaders, dignitaries, and thousands of mourners gathered to pay their last respects to Pope Francis, who was laid to rest on Saturday. The burial ceremony, held at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, drew an extraordinary assembly of global figures, including Heads of state, royalty and religious leaders.
Borno gov raises the alarm as Boko Haram regroups

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has raised the alarm over the regrouping of Boko Haram insurgents in the Tumbus areas of Lake Chad and the Mandara Hills within the Sambisa Forest in the state. Zulum lamented what he called a setback in military operations in the state, saying Boko Haram terrorists were freely breeding in Tumbus water areas on the Lake Chad without much effort by the military to dislodge them.
Banditry: Hunters seek FG backing for physical, spiritual warfare

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Uthman Ismaeel |Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Godwin Isenyo

Amid rising insecurity across the country, hunters and farmers have called on the Federal Government to formally empower them to flush out bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, and other criminal elements hiding in forests.