Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Tinubu Gifts Rescued Zamfara Students N214,000 Each
President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has gifted the sum of N214,285 to each of the 14 rescued female students of the Federal University Gusau (FUG) in Zamfara State. The State Commissioner for Humanitarian and Relief Matters, Salisu Musa, made this known in a statement issued by the spokesman of the ministry, Bashir Kabir, on Wednesday...
New Telegraph.
Kemi Olunloyo Blasts Iyabo Ojo for Supporting Mohbad's Wife
Controversial investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has blasted Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo for supporting the wife of the late Afrobeat singer, Mohbad. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Iyabo Ojo addressed Nigerians via her Instagram page, saying Mohbad's wife would be telling the whole world what she knows about the demise of her husband, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji...
New Telegraph.
C'River Tourism Bureau Partners Hospitality Industry Ahead of Carnival
Ahead of the yearly Carnival billed for December, the Cross River State Tourism Bureau has held a stakeholders' meeting in Calabar to streamline arrangements on how to manage the period. The Managing Director (MD), of Cross River State Tourism Bureau, Mr Ojoi Ekpenyong who hosted the stakeholders that included players in the hospitality industry as...
New Telegraph.
Rivers Police Deny 'Attack', Say Fubara in Wrong Place at Wrong Time
The Rivers State Police Command has reacted to the news making the rounds that the operatives of the command launched a deliberate attack on Governor Siminalayi Fubara during a protest at the State House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt on Monday. Debunking the rumour, the Police Command said while its operatives deployed to the...
New Telegraph.
CS-SUNN, UNICEF Task Govts on Increased Nutrition Financing, Paid Maternity Leave
...says nutrition investments, interventions grossly inadequate Determined to address the issue of malnutrition in Nigeria, the Civil Society-Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), have charged state governments to improve the indices of nutrition in their states by increasing their budget allocations on nutrition and implementing six months paid...
New Telegraph.
VC Urges Faith-Based Institutions to Slash Tuition Fees
The Vice-Chancellor of Wesley University Ondo, Prof. Samuel Sunday Obeka, has appealed to faith-based universities to consider slashing their fees considering the present economic situation in Nigeria. Obeka also described as mischievous and spurious the allegation that the university owed its part-time lecturers salaries running to two years. The Vice-Chancellor said WESLEY university owned by...
New Telegraph.
Armed Policemen Picks NLC President, Ajaero to Unknown Destination
...as Congress shuts down Owerri President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has been picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri, Imo State, and taken to an unknown destination. Ajaero was arrested during the protest rally against the alleged maltreatment of workers in the state....
New Telegraph.
Dele Momodu Slams Wike, Says Rivers Not Your Inheritance
The Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, on Wednesday, slammed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike for acting as if he owned Rivers State. Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine while berating Wike said Rivers State is neither his property nor inheritance. Taking to his X...
New Telegraph.
Ex-NFF President, Pinnick Sues Davido N2.3bn, Demands 4 Days Public Apology
Former President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has slammed a whooping sum of 2.3-billion-naira lawsuit against the famous Afrobeat singer, Davido. Pinnick also demanded a four-day public apology from the DMW boss over an alleged breach of contract/agreement to turn up for a show. New Telegraph recalls that on Saturday, ...
New Telegraph.
N100bn COVID Funds: Reps Give Accountant-General 3-Day Ultimatum To Submit Report
The House of Representatives has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein to submit a detailed report on the utilization of the N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds released by President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to ministries, departments and agencies between 2020 and 2022. Chairman, Public Accounts Committee of the...
New Telegraph.
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