Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Tuesday 7th November 2023

Nigeria Raises Bond Yields in Drive to Halt Naira Rout

As part of its attempts to absorb surplus liquidity, control inflation, and stop the naira's decline, the Nigerian government increased the interest rate on local currency securities. This was contained in a statement posted on the Debt Management Office (DMO) website on Monday, noting that the move is to draw investors to its assets. According...
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Tinubu To Launch Birth, Death, Marriage Registration Portal

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government has announced its plan to unveil a birth, death, and marriage registration portal. The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra, who confirmed the development during a pre-launch briefing on Monday said the registration system includes all civil registrations such as birth registration, stillbirth registration, birth attestation, adoption,...
New Telegraph.

NSCDC's Impact On Renewed Hope Agenda

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was established by Act 3 of 2003 with numerous security responsibilities. This Act was amended in 2007 to strengthen and empower the Corps for better service delivery. The Corps has carried out its activities in line with the provision of the Act and has, over the period...
New Telegraph.

Don Tasks Govt In Raising Fund To Boost Science Education

In order to promote science education for adequate development in the Country, a Professor of Science Education at Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU), Prof. Samuel Akingbade Jegede has urged the State government "to raise funds from the Industrial tax to boost expenditure in funding the science education. This comes as the scholar initiated a Panacea...
New Telegraph.

Ebonyi Empowerment Scheme: 160 Receive N2m Each

The first tranche of 500 beneficiaries of Ebonyi State government business empowerment initiative, have started receiving their N2m payment alerts. The initiative which was flagged off on 17th October, 2023 by Governor Francis Nwifuru, was aimed at pulling Ebonyi youths out of street hawking in major cities across the country and part of the implementation...
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Gov. Abiodun Felicitates Ashiru On CVL Award Of Excellence

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has felicitated the Group Chairman of the Odu'a Investment Company Limited (OICL), Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, on his Award of Excellence by the Centre for Values in Leadership, (CVL), describing it as "well-deserved". The CVL had given the award in recognition of Ashiru's outstanding contributions to the private and public...
New Telegraph.

Rita Edochie Visits Mr Ibu At Hospital

Renowned Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie on Monday paid a visit to John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu in the hospital following the news of her colleague's amputation of a leg. Taking to her social media page on Monday, Rita posted a video of herself at the hospital with Mr Ibu. In the video, Rita...
New Telegraph.

Mbah's Certificate: Group Calls For Resignation Of NYSC DG

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yusha'u Ahmed, and the Director of Corps Certification, Mohammed Ibrahim, have been asked to resign immediately for their incompetence, collusion, and willful misrepresentation of facts that resulted in the Governor Peter Mbah certificate scandal. A civil society organization, Enugu Good Governance Group (E-3G), a...
New Telegraph.

When Financial Experts Canvased Support For SMEs At Zitra's Anniversary

Financial and economic experts have called for more funding and robust engagement between Small and Medium Scale enterprises (SMEs) and the Federal Government, insisting that the micro economy of dwell funded will drive innovations. This was disclosed at the third-year celebration of Zitra Investment, a leading lending institution offering a wide range of financial services,...
New Telegraph.

A'Ibom Guber: Eno asks appellate court to dismiss Akpan's appeal

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has urged the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division to dismiss the appeal brought before it by Senator Bassey Albert Akpan of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and uphold the decision of the lower court, which declared him winner of the governorship election held on March 18, 2023. In an...
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