By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A group of armed bandits have reportedly laid an ambush and attacked the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the convoy of cars was carrying the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers ahead of President...
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Sen. Margery Okadigbo, Chairman, Board of Directors, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) says roadmap for new NNPC will be hinged on the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. Okadigbo made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the ongoing 21st Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference and Exhibition, tagged...
Katsina State Government says bandits have completely burnt down two primary health centres in Batsari Local Government Area of the state. Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya, the Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. According to him, 69 out of the...
Sporadic gunshots and bomb blast have been reportedly heard near the Kuje Correctional centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday night. Residents close to the area, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the heavy gunshots which started at about 10.pm lasted close to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N2,918,292,782.67 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of May 2022. Minister of State, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding, (GOC), 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Uwem Bassey on Tuesday flagged off free medical outreach in Sifawa village of Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The GOC, who was represented by the Garrison Commander 8 Division, Brigadier General...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, says $1 billion is being earmarked annually for Social Investment Programme (NSIP) by the Federal Government. Farouq said this during the flag-off of grant for vulnerable groups and digitized cash transfer payment, on Tuesday in Osogbo....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised banks and other financial institutions to embrace opportunities represented in open banking to drive financial inclusion in the country. Mrs Aishah Ahmad, the Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability Directorate, CBN, gave the advice at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria...
Mr Adewale Tinubu, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Oando Plc, says Nigeria is losing about 20 per cent of its crude oil production to oil thieves and pipeline vandals daily. Tinubu made the disclosure while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) conference...
Popular businessman, Femi Otedola, has visited the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Bola Tinubu in Paris, France. The APC presidential candidate, who is currently in France, has been holding a series of meetings with personalities, his spokesman, Tunde Rahman, stated. Otedola’s visit to Tinubu followed...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has detained the Managing Director of a construction company, Temitope Banjoko, over allegations of money laundering. ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, confirmed the arrest to Channels Television on Tuesday. She said that Banjoko was awarded a contract worth N46,305,000...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning have organized a one day workshop on Resilience and Social Cohesion in North-East Nigeria with Shani LGA of Borno State and Bade LGA of Yobe State...
By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier General Mohammed. K. Fadah has charged corps members across the country to make good use of the skills acquisition programmes acquired while on training camps as there are no government jobs readily available...
Dr Inaoyom Imong, the Director, Cross River Landscape for Wildlife Conservative Society (WCS), Nigeria Programme says the popular Cross River gorillas are going into extinction. Imong told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Calabar, that only 100 were left. He said that the situation was becoming...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday lamented the failure by the leadership of government agencies in charge of fuel supply to respond to its invitations and read a riot act to them. The agencies are the NNPC Ltd., the CBN, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) Ltd., the Federal...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has tasked the Federal Government to develop new technologies, strengthen human capacity and innovation to meet the world’s growing need for energy. OPEC said regular investment was needed in view of global oil sector requirement of cumulative investments of 11.8 trillion...
Zimbabwe’s central bank on Tuesday said it would start selling gold coins as a store of value to tame runaway inflation, which had considerably weakened the local currency. The central bank governor John Mangudya said in a statement that the coins would be available for sale from July 25....
A Trader, Sandra Iyenanye, on Tuesday approached an Igando Customary Court, seeking dissolution of the long distance marriage to her husband Mr Vestus Iyenanye. The Petitioner, a resident of No. 8, Jaiyeoba St., urged the court to grant her a divorce from her husband on grounds of abandonment, cheating...
Controversial Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has issued warning to android phone users. The Mummy of Lagos who always wants to look his best in pictures has lamented the poor quality images of android phones which doesn’t capture his beauty appropriately. The crossdresser has insisted that...
The BBNaija reality show is set to take Nigerians by storm with its new season that starts this July. The TV show is known to grab the attention of many Nigerians and the seventh season will be airing for the first time on July 23rd and 24th. The reality...