Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Thursday, April 18 2024.
Oil And Gas, Quickest Way For Nigeria To Overcome Economic Hardship – Minister
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri has said that the quickest way for Nigeria to overcome the current economic hardship is through the exploration and production of oil and gas.
Lokpobiri added that the government therefore is actively engaged…Read more
Police Arrest Two Over APC Illegal Registration Centers
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two persons over the allegation of printing fake membership cards and operating an illegal registration centre ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election fixed for Saturday.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya…Read more
Revoked Bail: Nnamdi Kanu Knows Fate May 20
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu will on May 20 know his fate in the application seeking the restoration of his revoked bail and removal from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to house arrest.
The trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja…Read more
Obi Calls For Technical Taskforce To Tackle Incessant Grid Collapse
The national leader of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has described as worrisome, the incessant collapse of the national grid, which he noted occurred a record of 141 times within eleven years.
Obi in an article titled “The Collapsing Electricity Sector…Read more
Group To Ibori: Oborevwori Firmly In Charge Of Delta
A political pressure group, Integrity Group of Delta State, has taken a swipe at the former governor, Chief James Ibori, for criticising the administration of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, noting that the governor is firmly in charge of affairs in the state.
In a statement issued yesterday and signed by its Convener…Read more
Tinubu Orders Inclusion Of NOUN Graduates In NYSC Scheme
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Education to include National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) graduates in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
President Tinubu…Read more
Fubara, Eno, Others Arrive Abuja For PDP Govs’ Meeting
Rivers State Governor, Similaye Fubara has arrived at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge Asokoro, Abuja, for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum meeting.
New Telegraph reports that Fubara arrived alongside his Akwa Ibom…Read more
2024: APC Group Kicks Against Conduct Of Party’s Congress
Ahead of Saturday’s primary election to elect a candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, members of the party under the auspices of Ondo Vanguard For Good Governance have kicked against the conduct of the congress to elect delegates for the primary.
The APC would on Saturday elect a candidate for the November 16 governorship election…Read more
Ogun APC Ward Suspends Publicity Secretary Over Misappropriation Of Fund
The All Progressives Congress (APC) at Itele ward in Ijebu East Local government area of Ogun State has suspended the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Tunde Oladunjoye from the party.
Oladunjoye, a former Council chairman was reportedly…Read more
Borno Govt Disburses Over N1.5bn Scholarship, Bursary To Students
The Borno State Government has disbursed over one billion, three hundred and five million and eighty-nine thousand as a scholarship to 997 students of Nursing and Midwives across the 27 local government areas of the state.
Speaking at a ceremony for the award at the College of Nursing Sciences…Read more
PDP NWC Passes Vote Of Confidence On Damagum
Few hours to the much awaited National Working Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party said it is satisfied with the leadership of the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum.
There has been calls for the party to replace Damagum…Read more
Benue APC Crisis Deepens Ahead LG Polls
Barely two months to the conduct of the scheduled Local Government elections in Benue State, the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) has deepened with the two factions of the party disagreeing on the constitution of committees for the polls.
The party is currently undergoing factional imbroglio with one claiming…Read more
Stop Wike’s Use Of PDP To Remain Relevant, Secondus To Party Leaders
Barely 24 hours to the much anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has urged party leaders to stop the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike’s continuous use of PDP to remain relevant in President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Secondus, a former National Chairman of the party in a statement issued…Read more
Obi Reveals Why Nigeria Needs Parliamentary System Of Govt
The former governor of Anambra State and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has emphasized the need for Nigeria to return to the parliamentary system of government.
Obi who spoke on Tuesday at a lecture at Harvard Law School in Boston…Read more
Court Affirms APC Nat’l Chairman, Ganduje’s Suspension
A Kano State High Court has granted an exparte order restraining the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje from parading himself as a member of the party.
Subsequently, the court ordered that henceforth, Ganduje…Read more
