As part of its preparations for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded all arrangements to validate and accredit centres to be used for the 2022 UTME. At the final briefing for Chief Technical Advisers, Zonal Directors, State Coordinators and...
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Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) giants, Kano Pillars has emerged champions of the maiden Presidential Pre-season Cup in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament, which held at the renovated Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Sunday, saw Kano Pillars holding Akwa United to...
On the 25th December 2011, something happened which completely shook my faith in the continued existence of this country. Worshippers at a Christmas service in Madalla Catholic Church on the outskirts of Abuja were bombed by a fringe Muslim group – Boko Haram. There was a carnage. The response...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu not to be distracted, saying the battle to rescue Nigeria in 2023 falls on him. Ayu, who emerged as Chairman on October 31 took over the leadership of the main opposition...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the virus, said the Presidency in a statement released on Sunday night. The president, who is fully vaccinated, started feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honor of former Deputy President...
Sudan has denied Ethiopian accusations of supporting the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) which is fighting the Ethiopian army. “Sudan controls all of its internationally recognized territories and borders with neighboring Ethiopia, and has never, and will never, allow its use for any aggressions,” said Sudan’s foreign ministry in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have faulted explanation by the Chairman of Federal Capital Territory’s Secondary Education Board (FCT SEB), Alhaji Yahaya Musa Mohammed, on the alleged fees racketeering in public secondary schools in Abuja. The Initiative for Citizens Rights, Accountability and Development (ICRAD)...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced a huge leap in trading surplus of ₦141.96billion recorded in June 2021 compared to a deficit of ₦37.46Billion in May 2021. This is contained in the June 2021 figures of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations...
ECOWAS leaders have called on the international community to support the sanctions imposed on Guinea and Mali so as to promote peace, security, and stability in the region. The West African leaders made the call in their communiqué, at the end of the 60th Ordinary Session of the Authority...
John Alex has extended his lead with eight shots ahead in the road to the Nigerian Masters leg 28 final round to win a record third title. The game played at the Arsenal golf course in Owerri on Sunday, saw a total of five players competing for the prize...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Police operatives alongside other security outfits in Ekiti State have embarked on a rescue mission to secure the release of a popular trader, Alhaja Nusirat Saliu, who was abducted by gunmen on Saturday in Iyemero-Ekiti. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday...
There are no provisions in the Finance Bill 2022 forcing Nigerians to have a Tax Identification Number(TIN) in order to operate a bank account, a top presidency source has clarified. The bill is, at present, before the National Assembly. News reports had erroneously claimed that the bill has a...
The Presidency has said that tackling the scourge of banditry and terrorism remains Federal Government’s first priority, as President Muhammadu Buhari holds the victims and their families in his thoughts and prayers. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in...
Globacom, the telecommunications service provider has announced that it would be giving out 10 brand new cars before the end of 2021 at the ongoing Glo Joy Unlimited Extravaganza promotion. According to a statement issued in Lagos Globacom disclosed that the cars would be given out at prize presentation...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has confirmed that 20 people have died while seven others sustained various injuries in multiple crashes that occurred on Sunday. The Sector Commander, FRSC Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, confirmed this to NATIONAL ACCORD on Sunday night. He said that...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has terminated the contract of Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr and appointed ex-international, Augustine Eguavoen, as the technical adviser on an interim basis. Eguavoen’s appointment is with immediate effect, and ends the NFF’s relationship with Franco-German Gernot Rohr, who has been in charge of...
A pastor, Peter Taiwo and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo have been arrested for allegedly conniving to defile a 16 years old choir member of the church in Alaja Oke, Saje area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have demanded over N1 million as levies from different communities in the Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local Government areas of Zamfara State. The communities are Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki A resident in the affected area, Aliyu Abdul...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 43-year-old, Onuoha Friday, with one million capsules of Tramadol on Dec. 10 along Lagos-Benin expressway. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, said the operatives also had two major arrests in...
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, Sen. Kola Balogun and Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari and Chief Sharafadeen Alli, have extolled the virtues of the late Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomoso, who joined his ancestors on Sunday at 95 years. They made the...