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FG Announces Winners, Reserve Bidders For Oil Licensing Round

19.12.2024

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced 25 winners and 10 reserve bidders, for the 2022/2023, 2024 Nigeria’s Oil Licensing Round According to NUPRC document seen by New Telegraph yesterday, there were six winners for the 2022/2023 deepshore licensing round and four reserved bidders. The document showed that there were 19 winners and...

Tension Brews In Civil Service Over Suspension Of AG-F’s Appointment

19.12.2024

Tension is brewing in the top echelon of the Federal Civil Service following the alleged suspension of the appointment of the new Acting AccountantGeneral of the (AG-F) Federation (AG-F), Mr Shelmsudeen Babatunde Ogunjimi. President Bola Tinubu had allegedly stayed action on the appointment of Ogunjimi on the advice of the Head of the Civil Service...

N49.7trn Budget’ll Plunge Nigeria Into Deeper Mess – PDP

19.12.2024

T lhe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has picked hole in the N49.7 trillion budget estimates presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the National Assembly on Wednesday. PDP in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, described the 2025 budget as anti-people, and expressed the fears that it might exacerbate insecurity in the...

NNPP Faction Tackles Kwankwaso Over Donations

19.12.2024

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) yesterday asked the judiciary to stop shielding politicians with restraining court orders. Factional National Secretary Olaposi Oginni said at a press conference it was the restraining court order obtained by the candidate of the party in last year’s presidential election Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in Kano State that prevented him...

Overloading: NIWA Warns Boat Operators, Issues Safety, Security Alert

19.12.2024

National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has warned boat operators to avoid overloading beyond the approved limits. It stressed that they must provide life jackets to passengers free of charge during their voyage to their destinations. Also, authority has issued a safety and security alert, urging Nigerians to prioritise safety while using the country’s inland waterways...

Corruption Allegation: I Won’t Apologise To Asue Ighodalo –Tenebe

19.12.2024

The Edo State AllProgressives Congress (APC) Chairman Jarrett Tenebe has defended his corruption and misappropriation of state funds accusation against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election Asue Ighodalo. In a statement yesterday, Tenebe said he maintained his stand following the preliminary report of the Edo State Asset...

Christmas Carol: Abiodun Wants Less Privileged, Vulnerable Treated With Love

19.12.2024

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on the people of the state to celebrate Christmas with moderation and extend hands of fellowship to the less privileged and vulnerable in society. Abiodun made the call in his Christmas message at the Ogun State Christmas Carol and Service of Nine Lessons, held at the Arcade Ground,...

New NBS Survey Indicates Reduction In Crime, Insecurity –Presidency

19.12.2024

The Presidency has said that the new survey done by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) using the Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) has indicated a reduction in crimes and insecurity across the the country. Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Communication, Daniel Bwala, made this observation in a release made...

Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News December 19

19.12.2024

Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Thursday, December 19, 2024. $42.01bn External Reserves Can Finance Importation For Nine Months – CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday, declared that the $42.01 billion external reserves of the country, could finance the importation of goods...

Suspension: Edo Assembly Action In Order

19.12.2024

…Okpebholo Inaugurates Investigative Panel The Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie has said the Edo State House of Assembly was in order by its suspension of the 18 chairmen and the deputies of LGs in Edo State. Osagie, who was reacting to suspension and the backlash said that the lawmakers acted...

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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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