By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Zonal Command, said it has arrested 36 suspected Internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Enugu State. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, said this in a statement...
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Barely 48 hours after disassociating himself from moves by some groups to draft him into the 2023 presidential race, former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally made up his mind to vie for the top post. Nigeria is set to go to the polls next year in a crowded contest...
Nigerian troops have eliminated scores of suspected Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Taraba State. The ISWAP elements met their waterloo when they attacked troops on a military operation, at Tati village under Takum local government area of the State. But the Commanding Officer of 93...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts to strengthen its regulatory powers, the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on Wednesday, disclosed that it has approached the National Assembly for amendment to the Act establishing the Council to change its name to Teachers Regulatory Council of Nigeria....
What began as a warning strike on Feb. 14, 2022, by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is today threatening the fabric of Nigeria’s education sector. ASUU’s first warning strike was for four weeks and the second strike, which began on March 15, was for another four weeks....
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 4.03 per cent in the third quarter of 2021. This is according to a report released by the NBS on Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report (Expenditure and Income Approach) for Q3, Q4 2021 in Abuja...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has said that his ambition to fly the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket in the 2023 presidential election is not a do-or-die. Fayemi, also the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), stated this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe, after a consultative meeting...
The Senate Committee on Land Transportation has urged the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) to collaborate with Nigerian security agencies working to rescue victims of Abuja/Kaduna train bomb incident still in captivity. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transportation, Mr AbdulFatah Buhari, made the appeal during his oversight...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has resigned his position following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that all cabinet members vying for elective offices in the 2023 elections, should resign before May 16. The President’s directive was made known on Wednesday, at...
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says “unprecedented sanctions” against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine were a necessity. Ceferin told Wednesday’s UEFA Congress in Vienna that this was because “the tradition of sporting neutrality is no longer tenable in 2022 in the situation of war.” He said however that football...
The House of Representatives has passed Section 84(8) of the Electoral Amendment Act, 2022 to allow statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions. The house amended the clause after considering a Bill sponsored by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Rep. Abubakar Fulata at plenary...
The organiser of ”Coming to Africa,” a new reality competition TV show is set to offer 100, 0000 dollars to winners in its African Heritage contest. Coming to Africa is an original reality TV show bridging the gap between black cultures around the world by immersing contestants in the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) will end on June 30. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks at the Commission’s quarterly meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the INEC would suspend online pre-registration...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has identified corruption, poor funding and poor leadership as major problems bedeviling local government.councils administration in Nigeria. Governor Zulum made the observation on Wednesday while receiving participants of 44th Course Group 7 of National Institute of Policy and Strategic...
A farmer, Mr Williams Famuyibo, on Wednesday prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 32-year-old marriage to estranged wife, Sola because she frequently beats him. Famuyibo, who resides in Ibadan, said he can no longer tolerate the beatings. “I ran away from our home...
A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some unknown gunmen, who robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than three people have been killed by gunmen who attacked Yadagungume and Limi villages in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. One person also sustained varying degrees of injuries in the attack. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that those killed...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has come under criticism over its inability to publish its annual reports detailing operations and financial obligations since 2018. According to Premium Times, checks showed that since 2005 when the Bankers Bank started publishing details of its annual report on its website, it has...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all cabinet members wishing to contest elective posts in the 2023 general elections to resign their appointments on or before Monday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory and other stakeholders shared a total sum of N3,965,107,151.48billion as statutory allocation for the month of March 2022. The figure indicates an increase in revenue from, N3,592,846,301.74 billion disbursed in the month of February 2022...