NEW TELEGRAPH
Here is New Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today, Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Uncertainty Beclouds Emergence Of Senate Majority Leader
Uncertainty and speculation still trail the position of Senate Majority Leader as the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not made any categorical statement on the matter.
However, Senators Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) and Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central) are the top contenders in the non-elective…Read more
JAMB Withdrew UTME Result Of Applicant For Forging Result
The Joint Administration and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said it will withdraw the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for the unlawful increment of her original score.
The Examination Board who spoke on the development…Read more
JUST-IN: Tinubu In Closed-Door Meeting With Newly Appointed Service Chiefs
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is presently in a closed-door meeting with all the newly appointed Service Chiefs he appointed recently following the retirement of all military heads.
New Telegraph reports that the meeting begins a few minutes ago at…Read more
JUST-IN: Tribunal Adjourns INEC Defence To July 4, Cites Technical Glitch
The Presidential Petition Election Court (PEPC) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the defence filled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Tuesday, July 4, 2023,
New Telegraph recalls that the court on June 23 fixed Monday…Read more
Why Transgender Surgery Should Be Ban – Daniel Black
A 23-year-old man, Daniel Black who is publicly de-transitioning has condemned transgender procedures after receiving hormone replacement therapy and sex-change surgery.
Daniel Black while publicly condemning the act said that the surgery destroyed his life…Read more
Amaechi’s Ally, Eze Accuses Wike Of Imposing Appointees On Fubara
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has accused Barr. Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State of imposing commissioners and other appointees on Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Eze, an ally of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation…Read more
Minority Leadership: PDP NWC, Senate Caucus Meeting Deadlocked
The meeting between the National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and members of the Senate caucus on Monday failed to decide on the position of the minority leader of the Senate.
Former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal…Read more
Soludo Douses Confusion Over JAMB Scores Of Umeh And Ejikeme
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has intervened in the growing confusion over the actual winner of the highest score in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) calling for a detailed investigation into the two conflicting results.
The Governor, however, announced that following the report from the UTME…Read more
Naira Devaluation: Tinubu Repeating Babangida’s Error – NAE
The Nigeria Association of Economists (NAE) has advised President Bola Tinubu to look deep into his recent economic policies and see that he is currently repeating an error made by former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida in the devaluation of naira.
Prof Innocent Eleazu, President of NAE said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allowed the naira to drop as much as 36%…Read more
Supremacy Battle: Parties Shift Battleground To Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa
The test of might between the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party (LP) and the other 15 political parties shifts to Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states, where governorship elections will hold on November 11 after the February/March general election in which gubernatorial elections held in 28 states.
In the governorship election that was held on March 18, the APC secured wins in 16 states, PDP won in nine states, while LP and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) won one state each…Read more
Oborevwori has shown he’s prepared for governance –Oghenesivbie
Fred Oghenesivbie, a lawyer, is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. In this interview, he speaks on the new administration and recent developments in the state chapter of the party
It has been one month of the Sheriff Oborevwori administration, how would you rate his actions and appointments so far?
I think he has started well, the few people he needed to start with in terms of administration of activities…Read more
Abia Judicial Panel: A witch-hunt or germane move?
It would have been unusual if the dis- mantling of the prebendal structure erected and nurtured for over two decades by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State to reward unproductive cronies and allies, had gone unchallenged as some individuals have obviously been forcefully weaned off the nourishment of political patronage from the common patrimony.
PDP had used Abia resources as a cash cow for personal enrichment given that the ideology of the social contract was deleted from its political…Read more
Soludo Alleges Plot Against Anambra JTF
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has said that his administration has uncovered a grand plot to undermine the fight against insecurity in the state, accusing the opposition camp of going about describing the superlative achievements of the Joint Task Force on Security (JTF) as an affront to deal with the sons of Igbo land through reprisal killings of the unknown gunmen.
The Governor in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime contended that while his administration is going the extra mile to create a livable prosperous…Read more
Edo Street Sweepers Protest 17,800 Monthly Take Home
Hundreds of street sweepers in Edo State on Monday took to the streets of Benin City, the Edo State capital to protest their #17,800 (Seventeen Thousand, Eight Hundred) Naira monthly take home.
The women dressed in their overall work jackets, and brandished placards with different inscriptions, such as…Read more
FCTA Raises Alarm Over Breakout Of Diphtheria Disease
The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) on Monday raised alarm over the breakout of diphtheria disease in some parts of Abuja, with one death already.
Diphtheria is said to be ” a serious infection caused by strains, which can lead to difficulty breathing, heart rhythm…Read more
THESE STORIES FIRST APPEARED IN NEW TELEGRAPH
