Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the inadequate allocation of funds for projects by the National Assembly every fiscal year is responsible for project abandonment. Governor Wike made this known during the inauguration of the Dr Peter Odili Cancer Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Centre by the Emir of...
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Sen. Gabriel Suswam has said that with the introduction of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tackled the challenge of ballot box snatching. Suswam spoke on Monday in in Adikpo, headquarters of Kwande Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue, at the flag-off of...
A speeding truck has crushed two police officers to death in Ado Ekiti while on their way to the office. The incident happened on Monday at Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti metropolis while the policemen were on transit around Ado-Ifaki dual carriage way. The identities of the deceased officers...
A Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Seigha Glasgow, has been charged to court for allegedly defrauding one Chief Henry Ojogho to the tune of N105 million. Court documents made available to NATIONAL ACCORD on Monday, show that Mr Glasgow in conjunction with Mohammed Alfa through ENENI...
“Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat” Soludo is at it again. He has said that Peter Obi is not having the chance to win the 2023 Presidential election Soludo, we all know, is obsessed with attention-seeking and saying fictitious things from time to time. Once he feels he has...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Umar Sanda, has explained that the recent incident that led to the death of a 67-year old retired civil servant, Adamu Babanta, was an accident and not murder as reported in a section of the media. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has declared open a 3-week At Risks Children Programme (ARC-P), which is a training programme for 968 youths facilitators selected from the 27 LGAs of the state. Declaring open the training programme in Maiduguri, Zulum said the programme...
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Justice Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the country is currently finalising “Nigeria Agenda 2050” to succeed Vision 2020, which lapsed two years ago. Ahmed said this on Monday in Abuja, at the 28th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aerial patrols have targeted bandits’ locations in Kaduna State and several bandits were neutralized, camps destroyed and some of their hostages escaped. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in...
The police command in Niger says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly kidnapping, possession of firearm and false impersonation in different part of the state. Wasiu Abiodun, the spokesman of the command, said this in a statement in Minna on Mondday. Abiodun said that on Nov. 1, based...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a penalty of N2 million on Arise TV News for alleged violations of Nigeria Broadcasting Code. The Director-General of NBC, Malam Shehu Illelah, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “On Saturday Nov. 12, the commission monitored the use...
A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says disagreement between the PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers/ the G-5 governors will soon be resolved. Saraki stated this in llorin on Monday while speaking with newsmen at the 10th remembrance prayer for his...
The Kogi State Government has declared war against quackery in its health sector following its devastating effects on lives of innocent residents of the state. Dr Zakari Usman, Kogi Commissioner of Health, made the declaration during a stakeholders’ meeting of private medical practices held in the ministry, Lokoja, Kogi....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), asking for sanctions against Arise News and Channels Television Stations. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the council announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the council...
Overland Airline resumed flight services to Dutse on Monday after it had suspended same for seven years. The suspension came as a result of business misunderstanding between the airline and the state government, which has now been resolved. Managing Director of the airline, Mr Edward Boyo, said the airline...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s exchange rate regime remains a subject of concern which needs to be redressed. Osinbajo expressed this view in his address at the opening of the 28th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) where he represented President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja. The 2-day summit, with...
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong said on Monday in Jos that presidential candidates who flagged off their campaigns in Jos usually won the election. He said based on history, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be Nigeria’s next president, God willing since he is flagging off his presidential campaign in...
By SUNNY IGBOANUGO – Last month or so, Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, was on Politics Today, the popular current affairs programme on Channels Television. There, his host, had asked him a direct question about his choice between Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of former Commissioners, members of the state assembly, Local Government Special assistants, retired permanent chairmen, advisers, among others in Bauchi State under the auspices of Mahmud Maijama’a Steering Committee, has said that they would remain in the All Progressives Congress (APC). They...