Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Thursday 14th March 2024
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Capping Order: Kaduna Electric Refunds Over 49,000 Customers
Kaduna Electric on Thursday disclosed that it has refunded over 49,000 customers who were overbilled. It was contained in a statement issued on Thursday that refunds were in compliance with the directive by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). It further said that the full list of the over 49,000 customers has been uploaded on…
New Telegraph.
Abia Govt To Clampdown On Illegal Social Homes, Orphanages
Abia State Government has said that all unregistered social homes and orphanages existing in the state must be shut down. This is even as the government went ahead to clarify that a “Baby Factory” raided by the police in Aba last week, is not registered with its Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The…
New Telegraph.
Court Declares Otuabagi Community Host To First Oil Well In W’Africa
The Ogbia High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ruled that the Otuabagi Community in the Ogbai Local Government Area of Bayelsa State is the host to the first oil wells struck in commercial quantity in West Africa in 1956. The Court presided over by Honourable Justice Simon Amaduobogha who entered the terms of settlement reached…
New Telegraph.
Half-Sister’s Defamation Case Against Meghan Dismissed
A US judge has dismissed a defamation case brought against the Duchess of Sussex by her half-sister. Samantha Markle was suing Meghan over comments she made in a Netflix documentary and a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. In her ruling, Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell found these comments were either opinions, substantially true, or did not…
New Telegraph.
China: Philippines Ignored South China Sea Deal
China has said the Philippines ignored proposals it put forward to “manage” their dispute in the South China Sea. An unnamed senior Chinese official told news outlet the Manila Times that the deal was “met with inaction by the Marcos administration”. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said they did not reject the deal, but said it…
New Telegraph.
Three Egyptian Coptic Monks Killed in South Africa
Three Egyptian Coptic monk have been “brutally killed” inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. Father Takla Moussa, Father Minah ava Marcus and Father Youstos ava Marcus were murdered early on Tuesday, the South African Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church said in a statement. An Egyptian member of the Church has…
New Telegraph.
GAIN Empowers 300 African Youth Entrepreneurs With Afreximbank Grant
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended its grant to the Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN), to facilitate the training of 300 young African entrepreneurs with a focus on entrepreneurship and intra-African trade. The GAIN-Afreximbank Masterclass on Entrepreneurship and Intra-African Trade scheduled to commence this month, was meticulously designed to equip young African entrepreneurs from various regions…
New Telegraph.
Biden, Trump Set For Election Rematch After Securing Party Nominations
US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their parties’ nominations for the election in November. Four states, one American territory and Democrats living abroad held their primaries on Tuesday. The result means US voters face a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in eight months’…
New Telegraph.
Ramadan: Turkish Writer Condemns Arrest of Non-fasting Muslims in Kano
A senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of ‘Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty’ has condemned the arrest of non-fasting Muslims by the Kano State Hisbah Board for eating during Ramadan. Eleven people were reportedly arrested on Tuesday by Hisbah at eateries and markets for allegedly violating the fast. Hisbah…
New Telegraph.
Zamfara Govt Paid 10% Annual Salary As Ramadan Bonus
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has approved the payment of a 10 per cent leave grant to the civil servants of the state as a Ramadan bonus. Already hundreds of Civil Servants working for the state and local government in Zamfara began receiving the leave grant, according to a release signed and issued to…
New Telegraph.
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