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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,...

Jigawa Free Ramadan Feeding Mars With Malpractices

06.03.2025

The N4.8 billion free Ramadan feeding programme approved by the Jigawa State Government for this year’s breaking of fast for at least 300 needy in each of the 287 political wards across the state has been marred by massive malpractices in about 10 Local Government Area of the state. New Telegraph gathered that the vendors...

Panic As Uniform Men Storm Ikeja Electric Offices

06.03.2025

Armed Uniform men on Thursday stormed some offices of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company in Lagos. The affected offices, New Telegraph, gathered included, the company’s headquarters opposite MITV in Ikeja, Lagos and Ago Palace Way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos. The uniform men with arms, according to a trending video, were seen wielding arms within the premises while...