At least 25 persons were confirmed killed and 14 injured along Rukuba road in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state on Saturday morning. A group of attackers had confronted a convoy of five buses containing passengers travelling from Bauchi enroute Jos to Ikare in Ondo state. It...
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The Adamawa Government has confirmed the reemergence and detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 case in the state. Prof. Abdullahi Isa, the stateCommissioner for Health and Human Services, disclosed this during the official flag off of first Round Outbreak Response immunisation on Saturday in Yola. Isa described...
Heavy rains that have lashed the Niger Republic since June have claimed 64 lives, authorities said on Saturday, as floods and landslides hit the West African country normally used to drought. In a statement read out on national television, Niger’s cabinet said 32 people had died when their buildings...
An NGO, Mathew Okpebholor Foundation, on Saturday offered scholarships to 500 indigent Edo students in higher institutions across the country. Presenting the awards at Uromi, headquarters of Esan North East Local Government of Edo, the Founder, Dr Mathew Okepebholor, said the gesture was to encourage intelligent students from the...
An NGO, International Human Rights Movement, has said that the traders affected by the recent fire outbreak in Katsina central market, lose over N50 million daily. The Nigerian Ambassador of the NGO, Mr Salisu Musa, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Saturday in Katsina, attributed the financial loss...
Senator Stephen Odey has lost another bid to reclaim his seat as the lawmaker representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. He suffered his second loss on Saturday when the Court of Appeal in Abuja dismissed his application, asking the court to review its earlier judgement...
At least 2 policemen and 3 gunmen lost their lives on Friday when a group of armed men attacked a police station Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed the incident and casualty figure in a statement on...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) has trained about 55 Special Female Squad and Agro-Rangers to be deployed for special assignments in Taraba. Speaking at the Passing Out Parade (POP) of the trainees at the command headquarters in Jalingo, on Saturday, the state Commandant, Mr Ugwuja Edwin,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following the recent kidnapping of a former Chairman of Yakurr LGA, Hon. Chief Ubi Itam Ettah in Ugep and the attendant media hype it has generated against The All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in the state, the party has reassured members of the public...
Extols his virtues, leading role in GSM revolution By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Board, Management and Staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have commiserated with the family of the late Alhaji Ahmed Joda, former Chairman, Board of Commissioners of the Commission. In a condolence letter, the Executive...
An unknown number of workers were trapped after a coal mine was flooded in northwest China’s Qinghai Province on Saturday, local authorities said. Rescuers are rushing to the site located in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, said the provincial emergency management department. In January, two Chinese miners were rescued after...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Hundreds of residents in Kirfi local government area of Bauchi state are still counting their losses following a flood that ravaged their communities on Thursday morning. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the flood which was caused by heavy rain lasted for several hours and destroyed many...
Football fans in Ebonyi have joined others across the globe to celebrate a former Super Eagles skipper and talisman, Augustine Okocha who clocked 48 on Saturday. The dribbling wizard, known as ‘Jay Jay’ by fans around the world and affectionately called ‘Pa Jay’ by those in Enugu where he...
The Police Command in Niger State, on Saturday, confirmed that it had rescued the abducted APC Zone C Chairman, Aminu Bobi, from his abductors. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Saturday. Abiodun said that the chairman was...
The Bauchi State Government on Saturday said it has expended about N2.5 billion on construction and renovation of primary and secondary healthcare facilities in the past two years. The Acting Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Health, Dr. Dayyabu Hassan, who made the disclosure to NAN on Saturday...
Wife of the former councilor of Tundunwada ward of Gusau LGA of Zamfara State, Babangida Damba and her eight month old baby have regained their freedom. The duo were abducted by unknown gunmen on Wednesday at their residence in Damba Area of Gusau. According to sources close to the...
Flood, occasioned by heavy rain, has displaced more than 120 families at Unguwar Tsallake area of Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The Information Officer in charge of the council, Alhaji Sunusi Doro, told newsmen on Saturday that the incident occurred after a torrential rainfall on Wednesday and...
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Alhaji Uba Nana has said there is no division in the party. Alhaji Nana spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi, saying the party had not experienced any division or...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 11 patients died from coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday in Nigeria. The NCDC, which made this known via its verified website on Saturday morning, said the country’s fatality toll from the pandemic now stood at...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Ma has condemned the recurring killings of innocent citizens through reckless driving by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in the state. According to a statement, Governor Masari said he would no longer condone such senseless killings. The governor’s warning came in the wake...