The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akabueze, on Friday said funds were withheld for duplicated projects in the 2021 budget. He made the disclosure during an interview on Sunrise Daily where he spoke about the measures taken by the Budget Office to prevent wastage...
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A 32-year-old woman, Foluke Olubu, who allegedly stole an iron savings box containing N2.5 million, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Olubu, whose address is unknown, is facing a count charge of stealing but she pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp Christopher John, alleged that the box...
A member of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Mr Karibi Bobmanuel, says Nigerian youths are more interested in following leaders than taking up leadership. Bobmanuel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday that the complacency of youths to happenings in the country was...
Operatives of The Edo State Police Command on Friday said it have arrested no fewer than 88 suspects in connection with various alleged crimes in November. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Phillip Ogbadu, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on...
The World Bank Group has called on the Federal Government to impose special taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare. “If we want to improve healthcare in Nigeria, we need to tax the things that are killing us. “The economic rationale for taxing these products...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit over the failure of the plaintiff to comply with...
Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan, the District Head of Dambatta in Kano State, died on Friday at the age of 95, one of his sons, Alhaji Ado Mukhtar has said. Ado said that Mukhtar, also Sarkin Ban Kano, died at a hospital in Kano where he was receiving treatment for an...
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast. From next week, international travellers to the US, including Americans, must get a Covid test within one day of departure, regardless of vaccination status....
The numbers: 1,097 games, 801 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to score 800 top-level career goals when he struck twice for Manchester United in a 3-2 win over Arsenal on Thursday. It was a typical Ronaldo response to recent suggestions that his style of play...
The Federal Government has expressed satisfaction that its commitment to infrastructural development were manifesting and yielding positive results. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Josephine Ademu, Press and Public Relations Officer at the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. She stated that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum has identified and listed 20 topmost targets he hopes to achieve in the coming year, 2022. Governor Zulum gave the highlight on Tuesday in Maiduguri, while presenting the 2022 budget before lawmakers at the Borno State House of Assembly. The...
Apple on Thursday announced the 2021 App Store Award winners, recognizing 15 best apps and games, NATIONAL ACCORD citing Xinhua. This year’s winners include developers from around the world whose apps and games were selected by Apple’s global App Store editorial team, the company said. Among the winners, Toca...
The Senate Public Accounts Committee, on Thursday, raised a serious objection to the productivity allowance being paid to staff of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control amounting to N324m without any approval from the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission. The SPAC at its sitting presided...
By zOLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Government has said it would soon release the names of 3,170 successful applicants, who scored 50 per cent and above, in the state teachers recruitment examination. This is according to a statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday by the state’s Commissioner...
As I sit to write this, I already have a fear that this piece could span into three or more parts. This is because the lessons I have learnt from my recent bereavement abound beyond what my words could fully describe. I lost my dear mother, an Angel sent...
The House of Representatives has ordered an immediate investigation into debts totalling N2.6 trillion allegedly owed the Federal Government by oil and gas companies operating in the country. A report by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) which contains the figure, said to be accruals from “failure of the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has sacked 233 teachers for presenting fake certificates upon the time of their recruitment. The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEC), Tijjani Abdullahi, disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference in Kaduna. Mr. Abdullahi said the...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, appealed to the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu to return to the party. The National Secretary of the Party, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, made the appeal when he led a delegation of members of the PDP...
African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant. This became necessary as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the continent rose by 54 per cent due to an upsurge in southern Africa, said the World Health Organisation in a statement released on...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun State has arrested a 65-year-old man, Rojaiye Balogun, who allegedly raped his 17-year-old daughter. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Kolawole Taiwo, who paraded the suspect on Thursday in Abeokuta, said the case was reported to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration...