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Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News January 12

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Sunday, January 12, 2025 LG Autonomy, State Police Pivotal Transformation Under Tinubu – Osifeso The Aare Atunluse of Awori Kingdom and the Chairman, Mapcotec Nigeria Limited, Aare (Surveyor), Dr Segun Osifeso, has described the Local Government Fiscal Autonomy and...
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South East Senate Caucus Salutes Senator Mbata

The South East Senate Caucus, on Saturday, congratulated Senator Azuta Mbata on his emergence as the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide. In a statement in Abuja, the leader of the Caucus, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said Senator Mbata’s victory at the election during the Ohaneze General Assembly in Enugu, marked a milestone in the history...
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LG Autonomy, State Police Pivotal Transformation Under Tinubu

The Aare Atunluse of Awori Kingdom and the Chairman, Mapcotec Nigeria Limited, Aare (Surveyor), Dr Segun Osifeso, has described the Local Government Fiscal Autonomy and the prospects of Regional Autonomy initiatives, highlighted by the introduction of State Police, as pivotal transformation under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu. Aare Osifeso, who made these remarks during...
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Govt budgets 53% more allocations to military retirees

The Federal Government has proposed a 53 per cent increase in the 2025 budget allocations for military retirees following a series of protests over unpaid entitlements. Findings by The PUNCH showed that the total allocation for military pensions is set to rise from N221.66bn in 2024 to N338.90bn in 2025, reflecting an effort to address...
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Sam Adeyemi Urges Tinubu To Present 30-Year Vision

Ahead of the national youth conference set for the first quarter of 2025, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre in Lagos, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to articulate a compelling 30-year vision for Nigeria. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise programme, Pastor Adeyemi emphasized the importance of visionary...
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Insecurity: Banditry Would Have Been Eradicated If Current Efforts Began Two Years Ago

Erstwhile Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir has expressed optimism that the ongoing efforts to combat banditry will yield positive results, particularly in the Sokoto Eastern Senatorial District. Gobir, who now represents the North West geopolitical zone at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has expressed concern about the insecurity. “I believe that if the current momentum...
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Distribute Power To States, LGs, Evenly, Bode George Charges FG

An elder statesman and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has suggested the decentralization of power within the Federal Government as a way out of Nigeria’s economic crisis. In an exclusive interview on Eagle 102.5 FM’s (Ilese-Ijebu) Current Affairs Program, “Frontline”, the former military governor of Ondo State, opined that Nigerians...
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There’re Lessons To Learn From Ohanaeze Election – Atiku

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said there are lessons to be learnt from Friday’s election where new leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide was elected. Atiku in a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Ibe, agreed with the new President-General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, that the election “Marks a...
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