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FG Moves To Fast Track Cash Transfers To 15m Households

The Federal Government has commenced the implementation phase of its economic and financial inclusion strategy aimed at improving access to economic opportunities for Nigerians. To this end, the government has established an inter-agency task force to address challenges delaying President Bola Tinubu’s approved conditional cash transfers to 15 million vulnerable households. Speaking at the inaugural...
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FG Eyes Nuclear Energy To Power Nigeria

The Federal government has expressed optimism that nuclear energy could power the entire country and significantly improve electricity access and services across Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Acting Chairman of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), Engr. Anthony Ekedewa, during a meeting with the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, in Abuja. The meeting was...
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Senate Passes Two Tax Reform Bills

The Senate on Wednesday passed two out of four major tax reform bills four major tax reform bills, a significant milestone in the ongoing overhaul of the nation’s tax administration framework. New Telegraph gathered that the two bills include one seeking to repeal the Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment) Act and another to establish the...
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Gov Zulum Announces Ban On Sale Of Alcohol

The Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday announced the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages in the state. Zulum made the disclosure at the inauguration of a reconstituted committee on “revocation of illegal hotels, brothels, shanties, and criminal hideouts and curbing the menace of antisocial vices” at the council chambers of...
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Coalition Dismisses Corruption Allegations Against IGP Egbetokun

The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Good Governance has condemned recent allegations of misappropriation of N234 billion through contract awards leveled against Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, describing them as unfounded and maliciously motivated. In a statement issued by its Secretary General,  Olalekan Johnson, the coalition accused certain politically exposed individuals, posing as...
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Reps Urge FG To Make Cancer Screening Free

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to make the screening for cancer free of charge. New Telegraph reports that this follows a motion by Honourable Adeyemi Oseni on the Need to Subsidise the High Cost of Cancer Treatment in Nigeria. READ ALSO Oseni drew attention to the scourge of cancer, which...
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Reps Launch Probe Into N200b CBN Loan For Nat’l Mass Metering

The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the utilization of a N200 billion loan disbursed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to support the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), following discrepancies in figures reported by the country’s eleven Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). The investigation, spearheaded by a sub-committee of the House Committee...
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APC Scribe Criticizes Osun Assembly’s Skating Ban Proposal

The gubernatorial campaign organisation of Ajibola Basiru, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress has berated the Osun State House of Assembly, especially its speaker, Adewale Egbedun for proposing jail term and fine for those who skate publicly in the state. Advising the lawmakers to halt the bill, the organisation, in a statement posted...
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