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Bill On Diaspora Voting Scales Second Reading

20.11.2024

On Wednesday, the bill to amend the constitution and provide for diaspora voting scaled 2nd reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, co-sponsored by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen and Sodeeq Abdullahi, seeks to amend the 2022 Electoral Act and provide opportunities for Nigerians in Diaspora to vote. READ ALSO The bill was passed for...

Wike Snubs Rivers Judicial Inquiry On Arson, Killings

20.11.2024

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has refused to appear before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to investigate incidents of arson, killings, and destruction of property in some local government headquarters. It would be recalled that Governor Siminalayi Fubara inaugurated the seven-member panel, chaired...

Tinubu Seeks Senate’s Confirmation Of Oloworaran As Pencom DG

20.11.2024

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate requesting confirmation of the appointment of Omolola Oloworaran as Director-General, National Pension Commission (PenCom). The request is in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read on the floor of the Senate during plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. “ I write in accordance with the provisions...

Eunisell Advocates For Domestication Of Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Industry

20.11.2024

Eunisell Limited, a chemical and production solutions company, has underscored the critical importance of domestication in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) 2024 Annual International Conference, held at Eko Hotel, Lagos, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ken Okeiyi, in his keynote address,...

Cabotage: NIMASA Confirms CBN In Custody Allocated Funds

20.11.2024

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was in custody of all the monies accrued under the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) under the Single Treasury Account (TSA), noting that the fund was not missing. The CVFF was established under section 42 of the Coastal and...

FG To Establish National Youth Development Bank

20.11.2024

The Federal Government on Tuesday revealed plan to establish a National Youth Development Bank and a Youth Data Bank. President Bola Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, disclosed this at a Stakeholders Roundtable on Northern Youth Development organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, in Abuja. The President described the banks as crucial...

Nigeria, Brazil To Sign Livestock Agreement – Temitope Ajayi

20.11.2024

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, Temitope Ajayi, has disclosed that Nigeria and Brazil would sign a livestock agreement in the 2024 G20 Summit. Ajayi who made this disclosure on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu would also sign other agricultural production agreements aimed at food security for both countries....

Khalid Breaks Silence After Being Called Out Over Unpaid Debt

20.11.2024

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality star, Khalid has finally broken his silence after he was publicly called out by his colleagues, Ilebaye and Saga over unpaid debt. New Telegraph recalls that in June, the BBNaija star, Saga called out Khalid for owing him cash for over 4 months. Similarly, Ilebaye had taken to social media...

Betking’s Backed Team Win In South West Derby

20.11.2024

Ikorodu City FC, proudly backed by their major sponsor, BetKing, secured a stunning 2-1 comeback victory over regional rivals Shooting Stars in the highly anticipated Southwest derby. This result not only reinforces their resurgence in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) but also underscores the club’s growing status as a formidable force in Nigerian football....

Invasion Of Ukraine Shameful Disaster

20.11.2024

Pope Francis on Wednesday marked 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine calling it a shameful disaster for humanity. The pope made this remark at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican attended by the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska and the First Ladies of Armenia, Lithuania and Serbia. “Yesterday marked...

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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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