Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 16th October 2023
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 16th October 2023 on some of the nation newspapers .
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NGE Confab: Experts to interrogate state of Nigerian economy, future of journalism
Economists and financial experts from global and local institutions will next month interrogate the state of the Nigerian economy, as the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the umbrella body of editors and media executives in Nigeria, converges for its 19th Annual Conference holding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The conference, which is slated for November…
New Telegraph.
Tinubu celebrates NFC’s MD/CEO at 70
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Dr. Chidia Maduekwe (Ishinka Ohafia), on the occasion of his 70th birthday. According to a release by his spokesman, Ajuri Nhelale, the President described the former legislator, who served in the House of Representatives in the Third Republic, as a distinguished…
New Telegraph.
Guber Polls: We’ll hold you to your words, PDP tells Yakubu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, that it will hold him by his words, that the results of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states would be uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal. The party is…
New Telegraph.
Scores killed, gun-trucks destroyed as NAF raids terrorists’ enclave in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said that scores of terrorists were killed while gun-trucks and over 40 motorcycles were destroyed in air raids conducted on identified terrorists’ enclaves at Bukar Meram, near the Lake Chad region of Borno State. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who made the…
New Telegraph.
Dust over FG’s push for creation of global anti-graft court
Some senior lawyers have expressed divergent views on the plans by the Federal Government to create an International Anti-corruption Court to help in tackling graft locally and internationally. While some of the lawyers said that the plan is on order, others frowned at it, saying it will be a waste and abuse of resources. The…
New Telegraph.
CBN: External debt service gulps $1.81bn in 7 months
The Federal Government spent a total $1.81 billion (about N1.40 trillion) on external debt servicing between January and July this year, latest data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. According to the apex bank’s data on international payments, the government spent the highest amount in a month so far this year…
New Telegraph.
Standard Test: NCAA to ground deficient airports
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director-General, Musa Nuhu has said the regulatory body will not certify any airport that fails to meet the necessary requirements for certification. According to him, any airport that has a deficiency would be grounded to the level of status they are. The DG lamented that the lack of certification…
New Telegraph.
Always Write Fair, Unbiased Reports, Pastor Akinade Charges Journalists
Pastor Joseph Akinlolu Akinade of the C.A.C Eagles Wing Assembly, Wakaye, Ibadan, Oyo State, has enjoined journalists in the country to always write to expose evil and ensure fairness, devoid of bias and compromise in their reportage, in order to better the socio-political conditions of the country. He said this yesterday in his sermon during…
New Telegraph.
My Plateau Experience In Peacebuilding Helping Broker Industrial Harmony – Lalong
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Barr Simon Bako Lalong has said that the experience he gathered in pursuing peacebuilding and conflict management as Plateau State Governor for eight years is assisting him in his current assignment as he works to bring industrial harmony which is key for the delivery of President Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope’…
New Telegraph.
Israel Forces Prepares For Ground Assault In Gaza
On Sunday, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “demolish Hamas” as his troops prepared to move into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants whose deadly rampage through Israeli border towns shocked the world. Israel has urged exhausted Gazans to evacuate south, which hundreds of thousands have already done in the besieged enclave…
New Telegraph.
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