Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 2nd December 2023
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 2nd December 2023 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Budget 2024: Defence Takes Lion Share Of N1.27trn
…As Police Affairs, ONSA gulp N996 billion The Senate Committee on Appropriation, on Friday, released the details of the 2024 Appropriation Bill which showed that the security sector got the lion’s share of the expenditure in the proposed budget. Chairman of the Committee, Sen Solomon Adeola released the sectoral allocations last night after the debate…
New Telegraph.
APC Will Take Over South-South In Next Elections – Akpabio
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, vowed that the All Progressives Party ( APC ) would overrun other political parties in the South-South geo-political zone in future elections, beginning from Edo 2024. Akpabio made the declaration when he hosted members of the National Executives of the party from the South-South region at the…
New Telegraph.
Edo Wheelbarrow Pusher Commits Suicide After Killing Revenue Collector
A yet-to-be-identified wheelbarrow pusher has reportedly committed suicide after killing a tax collector in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that tragedy struck on Friday morning on Mission Road after the revenue collector kicked the wheelbarrow pusher over his Inability to pay for the N50.00 daily ticket. The disagreement resulted in…
New Telegraph.
FG, Germany Sign Power Infrastructure Agreement
The Federal Government has signed a Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) agreement with Germany to add 12,000 million watts of electricity to the national grid. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz both presided over the signing on Friday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the sidelines of the United Nations Climate…
New Telegraph.
Western Delta University Graduates 426 Students At Combined Convocations
A total of 462 students will be awarded various degrees at the combined 11th to 12th convocation ceremony of Western Delta University (WDU), Oghara, Delta State, this Saturday. The Vice-Chancellor Prof. Augustine Ikelegbe, at a pre-convocation press conference, also said a number of prominent individuals, including the Empire of Zazzau Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamali, and…
New Telegraph.
Falcon Secures N19.41bn Debt Facility From Chapel Hill Denham NIDF
Falcon Corporation Limited has reportedly said it has successfully closed N19.41 billion facility from the Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF). In a statement seen on Friday, it stated that the proceeds of the loan are earmarked for the development of a state-of-the-art 15,000 metric ton Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility and…
New Telegraph.
NCAA Lifts Suspension On United Nigeria Airline Aircraft
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has lifted the suspension placed on the Part G operations specifications of a wet-leased Airbus aircraft operated by United Nigeria Airlines. The agency had last Sunday suspended the airline’s Airbus following after it temporarily diverted its flight NUA 0504 headed for Abuja to Asaba. In a letter signed by…
New Telegraph.
Navy Intercepts, Destroys Boat With Illegally Refined Diesel
The Nigerian Navy has intercepted and destroyed a boat that was carrying illegally refined Automated Gas Oil in the waters near Bonny Island channel in Rivers State. A top official of the Navy in Bonny disclosed the development to newsmen on Friday, saying the boat was apprehended off the Bonny River. The official reported that…
New Telegraph.
2024 Budget: Reps Begins Sectoral Consideration After 2nd Reading
The House of Representatives will soon begin sectoral debate and consideration of the 2024 Appropriation Bill. According to a statement signed by its spokesperson, Hon Akin Rotimi, the House Committee on Appropriations has released sectoral allocations for due scrutiny. Recall that the budget on Friday scaled second reading in the House after two days of…
New Telegraph.
2024 Budget: Senators Call For Increased Funding For Education, Road, Agriculture, Power, Others
…As Appropriation Bill Passes Second Reading Senators, on Friday, called on the Executive arm of government to ensure increased funding for education, road, agriculture, and power, among other sectors of the economy. The lawmakers made the call while debating on the general principles of the N27.5 trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill presented during the plenary session…
New Telegraph.
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