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News Round Up
Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Sunday, October 6, 2024
Asagba Throne: Azinge’ll Lead Asaba To Brighter Future – Obi
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has expressed confidence that Prof. Epiphany Azinge as the 14th Asagba of Asaba, will lead the Asaba kingdom to a brighter future.
Obi who was among the dignitaries at the installation ceremony on Saturday…Read more
Anti-Party: We’re Ready For Your Petitions, Complaints, PDP C’ttee Tells Members
The National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is ready to entertain the petitions and complaints of members brought before it, against any member of the party suspected to have engaged in anti-party activity.
The Chairman of the committee, High Chief Tom Ikimi…Read more
Fubara, Wike’s Debacle: Our Leaders Must Stop This Abyss In Rivers, Kalejaye Warns
A renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Ibadan-based legal icon, Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye, has called on political leaders in Nigeria not to see the political feud between Governor Simi Fubara and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyensom Wike as just a fight between brothers, but that which is capable of throwing the nation into an unimaginable catastrophe.
Speaking with Saturday Telegraph in Ibadan, on the crisis rocking…Read more
Nigeria’s Future Leaders Shine At Silver Award Presentation
Nigeria’s commitment to empowering its youth was on full display on Friday, at the Silver Award Presentation Ceremony of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.
APP Sweeps Rivers LG Polls As Civil Defence, Vigilance Group Provide Security
The candidates of the Action People’s Party (APP) have swept the Local Government elections in Rivers State, defeating the candidates of other political parties who participated in the polls.
The candidates of the party took an early lead in the result…Read more
2027: Kwankwaso Speaks On Being Peter Obi’s Vice, Says I’m Ready For Talks
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has hinted at the possibility of serving as the Vice Presidential candidate to his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, in the forthcoming 2027 elections.
Speaking in an Hausa language in a trending video making rounds on X…Read more
2027: Obi Politically Bigger Than Kwankwaso – Bashir Ahmad
Bashir Ahmad, a former media aide to the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday opined that Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, is politically bigger than Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
Pensioners Demand Payment Of Delayed Benefits, Free Medical Care, Others
In commemoration of the 2024 Pensioners Day, National leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider the sacrifices of pensioners to the country and make their lives more meaningful by finding sustainable solutions to their plight.
President of NUP, Comrade Godwin Abumisi in a ceremony…Read more
Teachers’ Day: Ogun Schools To Have Smart Classrooms – Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the construction of 12 blocks of 900 smart classrooms in four schools in each zone across the state…Read more
Maiduguri Flood: Ogun Govt Donates N200m To Borno
The Ogun State Government has donated N200 million to the Borno State Government following the devastating flood that recently ravaged the state, destroying property and displacing thousands of residents.
It would be recalled that Governor Dapo Abiodun had earlier…Read more
Railway Will Soon Be Next To Oil In Revenue Generation – Alkali
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, has asserted that the rail transport system has the potential to be next to the oil sector as the greatest contributor to Nigeria’s revenue in the near future.
Alkali made this assertion during an inspection tour of the on-going Kano-Daura-Maradi rail…Read more
LG Polls: Don’t Throw Rivers Into Chaos, Jonathan Warns Police, Judges
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathanhas warned police and judges against putting Rivers State into chaos in a bid to please politicians…Read more
Rivers LG Polls: Wike Supporters Protest In Port Harcourt
The Rivers State Chater of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on Saturday staged a protest in Port Harcourt amid the ongoing Local Government elections.
The protesters urged the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission…Read more
Rivers LG Polls: Voters Troop Out To Vote As NBA Backs Exercise
Voters troop out in the early hours of Saturday to cast their votes in the Rivers State Local Government election, despite the resolve of the police to steer clear of the exercise rather than provide security for voters.
In some voting centres, the officials of the Rivers State Independent…Read more
National Honours: Abbas Applauds Tinubu For Correcting Past Mistakes
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for correcting the mistakes of the past by according the House its constitutional status in conferring the Speaker with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).
President Tinubu had during his Independence Day Anniversary…Read more
