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FG Meets NLC On 50% Telecom Tariff Increment

04.02.2025

…Sets 10-man panel on review The Federal Government has met with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) with a view to reaching a common ground on the recent 50 per cent increment on the telecommunication tariff by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC). According to a statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen,...

Ondo Govt Slams Political Jobbers Over Attack On Commissioner

04.02.2025

The Ondo State government has blamed political jobbers and aggrieved contractors for the incessant media attacks on the Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Omowumi Isaac. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Strategic Communication, Allen Sowore said a group of frustrated contractors and desperate politicians were the ones masquerading as Ilaje Youths to malign...

Senator Kalu’s Father in-law, Okafor, dies at 79

04.02.2025

Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatisation, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (MON), yesterday announced the passing onto glory of his father in-law, Chief Sunday Okafor (Whuum of Enugwu Ukwu Na Umunri). In a statement he personally signed last night, Kalu said Okafor, who was aged 79 years, “was the beloved Father of my dear wife, Mrs Ifunanya...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News February 4

04.02.2025

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Tuesday,February 4, 2025. Trump Announces One-Month Tariffs Pause For Mexico The United States (US) President, Donald Trump has announced he will be pausing for one month a new 25% tariff on goods entering the country from Mexico. New Telegraph...

Flossing Can Reduce Stroke Risk –Study

04.02.2025

A new study led by researchers in the United States has suggested that flossing protects the brain as well as the gums. The researchers are scheduled to report the study findings at a meeting of the American Stroke Association in Los Angeles, US on Wednesday. According to the study, people who floss their teeth at...

Alleged Fraud: CBN’s Contract Awards For Vehicles Followed Due Process –Witness

04.02.2025

A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele said yesterday the award of contracts for the purchase of vehicles by the body followed due process of procurement laws and CBN guidelines. Gana who testified as the 10th witness of the EFCC admitted that quotations for supplies of...

Unions Dismiss Corruption Allegation Against JAMB

04.02.2025

The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) yesterday debunked the allegations of financial mismanagement and corruption in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). A sacked JAMB Deputy Director of the body Yisa Usman had vowed to expose corruption in the body despite the threat and intimidation...

LAUTECH Hospital Staff Protest Non-Payment Of Minimum Wage

04.02.2025

Many workers of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso in Oyo State, yesterday protested over non-payment of their minimum wage, locking up the gates to the hospital and doors to the administrative building. Many of the staff who are members of different unions gathered in groups protesting what they described as...

CP Warns Youths Against Violence In Oil-Bearing Communities

04.02.2025

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare has warned youths against taking laws into their hands by blocking roads leading to oil companies whenever there is any dispute. Azare stated this during a meeting with youth Presidents and Secretaries across the 31 Local Government Areas of the state in his office...

LAWMA Intensifies Enforcement, Waste Clean-up Across Lagos

04.02.2025

…Agency Urges Residents to Stop Patronising Illegal Cart Pushers The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has intensified enforcement and clean-up operations across the state to curb indiscriminate waste disposal and maintain environmental sustainability. The Agency Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, emphasised LAWMA’s unwavering commitment to keeping Lagos clean, noting that 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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