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FBN Holdings earnings rise by 113% to N3.3tn

31.01.2025

FBN Holdings grew its gross earnings by 113 per cent to N3.33tn in the 2024 financial year. This was indicated in the group’s unaudited financial statement published on Thursday via the platform of the Nigerian Exchange Limited. FBN Holdings is the parent company of First Bank of Nigeria. There are other subsidiaries in the group....

Jigawa Govt Approves ₦4.8B For Ramadan Feeding

31.01.2025

The Jigawa State Government has approved the sum of ₦4,836,546,000 for the 2025 Ramadan Feeding Programme aimed at providing meals for vulnerable residents during the fasting period. The Commissioner of Information, Sagir Musa who spoke during a press briefing at the Government House in Dutse said the initiative would be jointly funded by the state...

Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, Yahaya Pate Dies After Collapsing

31.01.2025

A senior traditional leader in the Zazzau Emirate of Kaduna State, Alhaji Rilwan Yahaya Pate, has reportedly passed away after collapsing at a public event on Thursday, January 30. New Telegraph gathered that the late traditional figure, who held the title of Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, fainted while attending a gathering alongside the Emir of Zazzau,...

Court Moves Arraignment Of Ex-NHIS Boss, Yusuf, To Feb 3

31.01.2025

Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, on Thursday, rescheduled to February 3, 2025, the arraignment of former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Wednesday arrested Yusuf and brought him before the court on Thursday...

Enugu Govt Seeks Royal Fathers’ Support To Fight Insecurity

31.01.2025

The Enugu State government has expressed its willingness to collaborate with traditional rulers in the fight against insecurity and other forms of criminality in the state. This was even as the state government said it had slated February 13, 2025 for the launch of the Enugu State Security Trust Fund, ESSTF, aimed at mobilizing resources...

NCC Targets N272.4bn Revenue In 2025

31.01.2025

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has projected a total revenue of N272.433 billion in the 2025 Budget. NCC’s Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice Chairman, (CEO/EVC), Aminu Maida, disclosed this during the 2025 budget defence before the National Assembly joint Committee on Communication yesterday. He said: “The major component of that revenue is an operating levy of...

Aba Power defends tariff hike, says new rates reflect economic realities

31.01.2025

The Aba Power has justified its recent tariff increase, insisting that its rates are entirely cost-reflective and necessary for sustainable operations. The company’s Managing Director, Ugo Opiegbe, stated this at a media parley held at its corporate headquarters in Aba on Wednesday, following widespread protests by residents over the new electricity tariffs approved by the...

Again, Lagos Assembly Insists Obasa’s Removal Constitutional

31.01.2025

Lagos State House of Assembly has insisted that the removal of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa was constitutional. In a statement by Hon Ogundipe Olukayode, the House said it honoured the invitation of the Department State Security (DSS) over the removal of the former Speaker. It said: “Today, members of Lagos State House of Assembly honoured...

Immigration Intercepts 21 Minors Illegally Taken Out Of Nigeria

31.01.2025

The Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has intercepted a toyota hiace bus, (with registration number 10B-87GM, Gombe state) carrying 21 minors from Labule and Ibeto towns of Magama local government area in Niger state to Maine Soroa in Niger Republic. The minors between the ages of 7 and 15 years were...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News January 31

31.01.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Friday, January 31, 2025 Positive Reports On Nigerians In Diaspora Will Inspire Younger Generation – Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has said that the positive reports on Nigerians in the diaspora would inspire the younger generation on values that enhanced...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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