PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Asuquo Ekpeyong Foundation (AEF) in partnership with Cross River State Women Emancipation Initiative (CRWEI) has disbursed N50,000 to 1,000 women, who are engaged in micro & small businesses in the state.. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the beneficiaries, who were selected from the 196 administrative...
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A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, has said that Sen. Bola Tinubu’s declaration and notification of his presidential ambition to President Muhammadu Buhari had brought relief to his teeming followers. David told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Tinubu’s followers had received with absolute gladness his declaration of...
Mr Kola Balogun, Chairman, Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), has called on the Federal Government to grant licences to selected indigenous companies to sell prepaid meters directly to consumers. Balogun made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN...
United Nations and its partners on Tuesday launched over $5 billion appeal fund to help Afghans in 2022 overcome the humanitarian crisis that emerged after the Taliban takeover. The UN in a statement said “the appeal was launched in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services in Afghanistan,...
United States (U.S.) surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig’s heart into a human patient for the first time. A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease received the organ in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, the University of Maryland School of Medicine said in a statement. “This organ transplant...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United Nations (UN) has condemned the recent attacks that claimed the lives of scores of residents in Zamfara State. The UN Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the appalling attacks in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric. Mr. Guterres also...
Nigerian comedian, actor and singer has vowed to continue criticizing men of God if they do wrong even if his critiques attracts leprosy. Pastor Oyedepo, in response to the constant criticism of pastors, revealed that criticizing a man of God draws leprosy. However, this hasn’t deterred Basketmouth, who has...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is to bar workers from accessing their offices as from Jan. 17 if they are unable to show proof of their vaccination against COVID-19. The Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Media and Strategic Communication, Malam Abubakar Sani, announced this in a...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says he will consider contesting for president if the All Progressives Congress (APC) zones its presidential ticket to the South-East region. Kalu disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on arrival at...
The US Secret Service arrested a 72-year-old man in New York on Monday after he allegedly phoned them threatening to kill ex-President Donald Trump, a criminal indictment showed. Prosecutors in Brooklyn say Thomas Welnicki “knowingly and willfully threatened to kill, kidnap, and inflict bodily harm upon” America’s former president....
Bitcoin on Monday slid below $40,000, falling to its lowest level since the end of September as the world’s leading cryptocurrency showed no end to its volatility. Bitcoin dropped to $39,663.18, down from a record high of above $66,000 in October. After taking a tumble Monday, it recovered some...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday publicly signalled his intention to run for President in 2023. Tinubu made his intention known during a State House briefing in Abuja after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Below is a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that in 2021, it recovered the sum of N152, 088,698,751.64, (One Hundred and Fifty-two Billion, Eighty-eight Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-one Naira, Sixty-four Kobo). A statement from the agency on Monday also stated that the...
Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mustapha, also known as Mompha, was arrested on Monday, January 10, 2022. According to...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Government has dismissed the report making the rounds that the state has recorded 38 fresh Wild Polio Virus (WPV) cases. The Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), Dr Rilwan Mohammed, made the clarifications in a statement on...
President of the European Parliament David Sassoli has died at the age of 65. Sassoli died early Tuesday morning in a hospital in the Italian municipality of Aviano, his spokesman Roberto Cuillo confirmed to dpa. On Monday the EU parliament confirmed he had been admitted to hospital in Italy...
President Joe Biden raised concerns about air strikes in the conflict in northern Ethiopia and about human rights issues during a call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, the White House said. Biden reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to working alongside the African Union and regional partners to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said its servers were not breached but are fully optimised at the highest international security levels as the custodian of the most important national database for Nigeria. NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that some social media reports have alleged...
Over 2 million jobs have been retained or created through the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) programmes, reports indicate. The reports were presented at the first meeting of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) in 2022 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army on Monday said it has arrested one soldier in connection with the assault on two traffic wardens in Ibadan while immediate investigation to identify and arrest the rest of the culprits has started. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,...