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News Round Up
Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Wednesday, September 18, 2024
FG Did Not Discourage Your 1,200km Subsea Gas Pipeline, Minister Tells Dangote
The Federal Government has said that it did not discourage the 1,200km of subsea gas pipeline that the Dangote Group said it wanted to build.
The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo…Read more
FG Committed To Youth Dev’t, Says SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has said that the President Bola Tinubu’s administration was committed to building up the capacity of the youths in order to realize their full potentials.
He stressed that any society that failed to build up its youth…Read more
Enugu Govt, Jelfah Group Sign N40bn Deal To Revitalise Moribund Sunrise Mills
The Enugu State Government and Jelfah Nigeria Ltd have signed a N40 billiondeal for the revitalisation of the long-moribund and state-owned Sunrise Flour Mills, Enugu.
The deal, which was signed at the Government House, Enugu…Read more
FG, States, LGs Share N1.203trn Revenue In August
The three tires of governments comprising Federal, States and Local government councils have shared the total sum of N 1.203 trillion as August revenue from the federation purse.
The distribution was endorsed on Tuesday at the September 2024…Read more
Tinubu Orders FRSC To Improve Highway Monitoring, Reduce Road Accidents
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to improve highway monitoring and reduce the number of road accidents across the country.
This order came on the heels of a Sunday auto crash involving…Read more
Capital Market Crucial To Nigeria’s Trillion-Dollar Economy Target – Shettima
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has stressed the crucial role the Nigerian capital market must play in the realization of the target of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration to create a trillion-dollar economy.
“We are now in a knowledge-driven age; without the skill set…Read more
Obi Visits Maiduguri, Donate N50m To Flood Victims
The candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi on Tuesday led the leadership of the party and the Obidient Movement to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to condole with the state over the flood disaster that befell the state recently.
Obi who visited the state governor, Babagana Zulum…Read more
APC Tinubu’s Limited Liability Company – Lukman
The former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Vice Chairman, North West, Salihu Lukman has again called out President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stating that he has turned the ruling party into his limited liability company.
Lukman, who stated this in a statement he issued in Abuja…Read more
Edo Guber: 379,245 PVCs Still Uncollected – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 379,245 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), 14.43 per cent of 2,629,025 registered voters in Edo State, were yet to be collected despite the extension of the period to September 16…Read more
LG Polls: APC Flags Off Campaigns In Akwa Ibom Wednesday
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State is set to commence campaigns for the October 5, 2024, Local Government elections in the state.
Chairmen, APC, Local Government Campaign and Planning Committee…Read more
Flood: NNPCL Donates Relief Materials To Borno Victims
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), through its NNPC Foundation, has extended its support to the flood victims in Maiduguri, Borno State capital by donating essential relief items.
The donation was made on Tuesday during a condolence…Read more
Lagos Govt Seeks Deeper Cooperation With China
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening cooperation with the People’s Republic of China in key areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education.
Sanwo-Olu made this pledge at the 75th-anniversary…Read more
CBN: Fuel Subsidy, Import Costs, External Debt Pose Risk To External Reserves
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that the removal of fuel subsidy, rising import costs, and increased external debt servicing could negatively impact the growth of the nation’s external reserves in 2024/2025.
This was outlined in the CBN’s Monetary, Credit, Foreign Trade…Read more
Tinubu Mourns Victims Of Kaduna Auto Crash
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deep condolences to the Tijjaniyya Movement in Nigeria following the tragic death of 40 of its members in a fatal road accident on Sunday.
New Telegraph had earlier reported that the victims…Read more
Ondo 2024: Motorcyclists Endorse PDP’s Candidate, Ajayi
The Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle, Tricycle Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) has endorsed the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi
The leadership of the union, Akinlolu Olumorin, and Alade Abdul…Read more
