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FG Rallies Support For ISEDVCOM Conference, Advocates Labour Tax For Migrants

06.03.2025

The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has rallied support for the 6th International Conference of the Institute For Development Communication (ISDEVCOM) of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK) with the theme: Japa: Communicating Migration Dispora And Africa’s Development. The Minister, while playing host to scholars of the Institute and members of the Alumni Association, Tuesday,...

DBN Disburses N272bn To Women-Owned Businesses

06.03.2025

The Development Bank of Nigeria ( DBN) on Thursday announced it has disbursed over N272 billion to more than 518,170 women-owned businesses since its inception till date. New Telegraph gathered that the disbursement accounts for 74% of the bank’s beneficiaries. The DBN Managing Director/CEo, Dr. Tony Okpanachi, confirmed the amount on Thursday in Abuja as...

Senate Committee Recommends Six Months Suspension For Natasha

06.03.2025

The Senate Committee on Ethics on Thursday recommended a six-month suspension for the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the sexual harassment allegation against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. New Telegraph reports that the recommendation followed the resubmission of Senator Natasha’s petition, signed by her constituents alleging sexual harassment from Akpabio, READ ALSO:...

Coalition Dismisses Human Rights Violation Against Tantita In N’Delta

06.03.2025

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has dismissed the alleged human rights violations against Tantita Security Services Limited in the Niger Delta Region. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the President General of the coalition, Barrister Nneweke Jude and its Secretary General, Abe Emmanuel Kolawole, said those arrested by the security network are involved...

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...

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...

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,...