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Housing Crisis: Reps C’ttee Advocates Urgent Recapitalization Of FMBN

20.11.2024

The House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Habitat has called for urgent recapitalization of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), to enable it to deliver on its mandate to Nigerians. Chairman of the Committee, Dr Abdulmumin Jibrin, who made the call when he led other members of the Committee on oversight functions to...

15 Soldiers, 40 Insurgents Killed In Renewed Attacks In Borno

20.11.2024

At least 15 soldiers have been killed, while many others sustained various degrees of injuries when members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), attacked a military formation in Kareto town of Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State, between Saturday and yesterday. According to a security source who does not want his...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News November 20

20.11.2024

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Shettima: Ifeanyi Ubah’s Free Spirit Pulled Down Political, Ethnic Barriers Vice President Kashim Shettima has joined his former colleagues at the Senate in paying glowing tributes to the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, saying the free...

North’s Dev’t Central To Nigeria’s Prosperity –President

20.11.2024

President Bola Tinubu has declared that the development of northern Nigeria remains fundamental to the nation’s prosperity. This came as he unveiled a comprehensive youth development strategy spanning multiple key sectors to drive the nation’s economic transformation. Speaking during a Stakeholders Roundtable on Northern Youth Development organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in...

Inaccurate Data Stumbling Block To Aviation Growth –NCAA

20.11.2024

The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr. Michael Achimugu, has said believable data gathering and presentation has been a stumbling block to the growth and development of the aviation sector in Nigeria. He particularly mentioned the case of the NCAA, explaining that the aviation regulatory body...

Drug Trafficking: 10 Nigerians, 90 Other Foreigners Executed In Saudi Arabia –Amnesty Int’l, AFP

20.11.2024

A major crackdown by the Saudi Arabian authorities on foreigners as a result of drug smuggling into the Islamic kingdom has reportedly led to the execution of 10 Nigerians, 21 Pakistanis, 20 Yemenis, 14 Syrians, nine from Egypt, eight from Jordan and seven from Ethiopia. The crackdown, according to New Telegraph checks, also led to...

Nigeria’s Debt Burden To Hit N123.437trn As Tinubu Seeks N1.767trn Loan

20.11.2024

Despite the huge amount currently being spent on debt servicing, the Federal Government is on the verge of embarking on more borrowing as President Bola Tinubu is seeking lawmakers’ approval for another N1.767 trillion. If approved, the country’s public debt would hit N123.437 trillion from N121.67 trillion recorded as at the first quarter of 2024....

Gazellenews To Honour GAC Chairman At Public Lecture

20.11.2024

TheGazelleNews, a leading online newspaper, is set to honour elder statesman and one of Nigeria’s most respected politicians, Prince Tajudeen Oluyole Olusi, Chairman of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC), with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at its Annual Public Lecture and Award Night. The event is scheduled for December 5 in Lagos. This...

Insecurity: Group Demands Overhaul Of Abia’s Security Architecture

20.11.2024

The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) yesterday called for an immediate overhaul of security architecture in Abia State following security challenges. The group lamented that in three days, a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen claimed the lives of security personnel. In a statement by Executive Director Nelson Nwafor, the group called...

CAN Condoles With Muslim Ummahs Over Chief Imam’s Death

20.11.2024

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter has commiserated with the state government and the Muslim Ummahs in the state over the death of the Chief Imam of Minna Central Mosque, Mallam Ibrahim Isah Fari. The state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, in a condolence...

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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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