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PMS: FG Saves N5.6trn As It Cuts Smuggling By 24%

27.02.2025

Dangote reduces ex-depot fuel price by N65 to N825 …to sell at MRS: N860 per litre in Lagos, N870 in S’West, N880 in North, N890 in S’South, S’East The Federal Government has curtailed smuggling of 6.14 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at N5.6 trillion in the last eight months following the launch...

Trump’s Govt Begins Removal Of Transgender Soldiers From Military

27.02.2025

On Wednesday, the United States (US) Government announced that the administration of President Donald Trump will begin to remove transgender troops from the military within 30 days unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis. According to a memo issued by the Pentagon, the troops may be considered for a waiver on a case-by-case...

Qatar Airways Holidays Launches Travel Packages

27.02.2025

Qatar Airways in partnership with Qatar Airways Holidays has launched exclusive travel packages for the world’s most prestigious club competition match, the UEFA Champions League final 2025. Official Airline Partner of the UEFA Champions League, Qatar Airways said it was excited turning football fans’ dreams into a reality by providing a limited opportunity for fans...

NEITI, Orderpaper To Host Rembinar On Tax Bill, Climate Change, Energy Transition

27.02.2025

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has partnered with Orderpaper, a parliamentary monitoring organisation, to launch a Rembinar dialogue series focused on tax bill, energy transition and climate change. Executive Secretary of NEITI, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, said the Rembinar Dialogue series was a dynamic virtual series aimed at enabling in-depth discussions on transparency,...

Communal Crisis: Osun Monarch, Indigenes Express Concern Over Adeleke’s Delay In Constituting Inquiry Panel

27.02.2025

The Owamiran of Esa Oke Oba Adeyemi Akanbi yesterday urged Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke to fulfill his promise to set up a panel of inquiry into the crisis in Esa Oke on February 3. Addressing journalists in Esa Oke, the monarch expressed concern over the delay in the panel’s inauguration, stating that the community...

Africa’s Accident Rate Rose In 2024 With Zero Fatality – IATA

27.02.2025

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed concern over high accident rates in Africa. This is coming as the industry delivered another year of strong overall performance on safety including showing improvements on the five-year average for several key parameters, but it took a step back from an exceptional performance in 2023. With 10...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News February 27

27.02.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Thursday, February 27, 2025 Reps Urges Wike To Appoint Substantive Auditor-General For Area Councils The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike to urgently appoint a substantive Auditor-General for the...

FG Partners FMBN For Financing Solutions

27.02.2025

The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman -Ibrahim has lauded the planned partnership between the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) aimed at providing housing financing solutions that will empower women and make them house owners. The model, according to the Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank...

Industrial Court Begins Hearing On Suit To Sop AGF Appointment

27.02.2025

The National Industrial Court (NIS) has fixed March 25 for an accelerated hearing on the case seeking to stop the process of the appointment of Accountant General of the Federation. The court presided over by Rekiya Haastrup, on Wednesday, however, declined the interlocutory injunction brought before it by the claimant to halt the process. The...

Reps Urges Wike To Appoint Substantive Auditor-General For Area Councils

27.02.2025

The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike to urgently appoint a substantive Auditor-General for the Area Councils in line with the provision of the law. This directive was consequent upon a resolution passed at the resumed hearing of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the...

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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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