March 2025 – Page 209

Tinubu Approves Employment To 774 Nat’l Health Programme Fellow

06.03.2025

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday granted automatic employment to 774 fellows of the National Health Programme following the establishment. President Tinubu who spoke at the presidential launch of the programme in Abuja, said the fellowship programme will be domiciled in the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) coordination office under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social...

Senate Suspends Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan For Six Months

06.03.2025

The Senate has suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghen for six months over her dispute with Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. This followed investigations from the Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Code of Conduct, which sanctioned her for total violation of Senate rules. According to the committee’s recommendation read by its Chairman, Senator Neda Imasuen, Senator Natasha’s...

Reps Probe Bail Out Funds, Takeoff Grants Utilization By MDAs

06.03.2025

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to constitute a Special Committee to conduct an immediate investigation into the utilisation of take-off grants, bailout funds and interventions allocated to MDAs, Government Institutions, and GOEs from 2015 to present. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by the minority leader, Kingsley Chinda, to the urgent...

Lagos Partners Greenplinth Africa, Others On 80m Clean Stove Project

06.03.2025

…6M free clean cook stove distribution to kick off in Makoko by June The Lagos State Government has partnered Greenplinth Africa (Pan-African Green solutions corporation), Carbonivity, CarbonAi and NDL in the 80 Million Clean Cookstoves project for vulnerable households across Nigeria, out of which there is priority for six million households in the state, with...

Regrouping Ex-N’Delta Agitators Threaten To Unleash Violence In Rivers

06.03.2025

Some former Niger Delta agitators who took up arms against the Federal Government before the amnesty programme, have started regrouping over the political crisis rocking Rivers State. Since the Supreme Court ruled against Governor Siminialayi Fubara, the former agitators, have been meeting, threatening to unleash violence in the state and carry out attacks on oil...

Smugglers now establish storage facilities at borders – CGC

06.03.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service has said that smugglers now establish small, distributed storage facilities within border communities, serving as transit points for onward movement across the border. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this to journalists at the Customs Training College in Ikeja. He explained that operational data reveals several emerging trends in smuggling...

Police Confirm Release Of Abducted Benue Varsity Students

06.03.2025

The Benue State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the release of the three female students abducted from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi. New Telegraph recalls that the students were kidnapped on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, while returning from a night study session on campus. READ ALSO Following their abduction, the university management ordered...

Optima Energy partners Dangote refinery on fuel distribution

06.03.2025

Optima Energy has emerged as one of the partners of the Dangote refinery to distribute and sell its petroleum products. Optima Energy is joining MRS, Heyden, and Ardova Plc, which have been partners of the refinery in selling its products. The Dangote Group added Optima Energy to the list of companies selling its petrol on...

Ash Wednesday: Olaide Greets Ojokoro LCDA Christians As Lent Fasting Commences

06.03.2025

The Chairmanship hopeful of the Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Aduragbemi Olanrewaju, Olaide has greeted the Christian community in the area on the commencement of this year’s Lent fasting. Speaking in a press statement issued on Ash Wednesday, Olaide calls for the spirit of repentance and renewal of faith in God. According to him,...

Natasha Resubmits Petition Against Akpabio

06.03.2025

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Thursday resubmitted to the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, a petition alleging sexual harassment from the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. New Telegraph reports that in the resubmission of the letter this time around, it was duly signed by her constituents. During the plenary, Senator Natasha was asked whether the matter...