The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has pledged to address issues surrounding welfare and disqualification of 10 Nigerian athletes from participating in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. In a statement on Friday, The Director, Federation of Elites Athletes Department (FEAD) in the ministry, Simon Ebhojiaye, said the ministry had...
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More than 50,000 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other parties have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba. A member of the National Board of Trustees of APC, Prof. Dalhatu Sangari, received the defectors in Wukari at a...
The Federal Government has said it is not aware of any $875 million ammunition deal with the US which is being purportedly blocked by some lawmakers in that country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the purported ammunition deal reported in some sections of the...
By DAVID IROJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the 22nd anniversary of his ascension to the throne. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the president’s congratulatory message was...
Following detailed investigation and careful analysis of the highly-successful 2021 UTME, and with due consultation (resulting in gracious concession) with the National Examination Council (NECO) concerning the timetable of the council’s ongoing SSCE, JAMB has scheduled a Mop-up UTME for Friday, 6th August, 2021, in some selected locations across...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar on Friday nullified the election of Senator Stephen Odey as Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District. The Appeal Court said the member representing Obudu/Yala Federal Constituency, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe was the validly nominated candidate of the People’s...
The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigeress, suffered a second straight defeat at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Friday. The Afrobasket women champions were routed 87-62 by the French side Gabby Williams, Endene Miyem, Marine Johannes, and Alix Duchet each added 13 points as five players scored in double figures...
Nigerian Swimming representative, Abiola Ogunbanwon made history at the Tokyo Olympics by winning the heat 1 of Women’s 100m Freestyle. Ogunbanwon bested the rest of the field in 59.74 seconds with Antunovic Andela of Montenegro coming in second in a time of 1:00.01 minutes. The 17-year-old became the first...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 14 offices belonging to about 20 lecturers at the Faculty of Agriculture, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi have been totally destroyed following a fire outbreak Wednesday night. Findings by NATIONAL ACCORD reveal that although lives were not lost or anyone injured,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Vice Chairman Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) Cross River State Chapter, Alhaji Abdulahi Ibrahim has said the decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ban BDC operators from accessing Foreign Exchange (forex) trading should be reviewed. Alhaji Abdulahi,...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged to do all within its power to end trafficking of young vulnerable Nigerians by criminal elements to Europe for sex slavery and other illicit activities. This is even as the British Government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) pledged to continue...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), on Friday said it has recorded 558 new COVID-19 infections in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NCDC figure on Thursday also showed that two new deaths were recorded from COVID-19-related complications were reported. The public...
At least 200 new coronavirus infections, in five Chinese provinces, had been linked to an outbreak at the airport of the eastern city of Nanjing. Chinese state media reported this on Friday, as the Delta variant continued its spread. The first infections had been detected last week among airport...
By BABARA KALU, Owerri – The Imo State Police Command have arrested the alleged Eastern Security Network (ESN) native doctor with Improvised Explosive Device (IED). In a statement on Thursday, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abutu Yaro, said after a diligent forensic and technical intelligence gathering, the suspect, Benneth...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N5.4billion for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Executive Secretary, NHIS, Prof. Muhammad Sambo, disclosed this when he led the management of the agency on a courtesy visit to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja. “In total, the EFCC has...
Your career is basically what you do to earn your daily living. It is usually an engagement we prepare ourselves for and carry out over a long period of time. This then becomes a very primary and important part of one’s life. The Part 1 of this piece looks...
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered an “internal review of the allegations” against a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by a United States Court. Force spokesman, Frank Mba made this known in a statement on Thursday. Earlier, the United States District Court for the Central District...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos – Weeks after signing the newly passed Revenue Law and Property and Land Use Charge Law as well as the Plateau Geographic Information Systems Law, Governor Simon Bako Lalong has flagged off a high powered revenue drive with a target to raise the monthly revenue...
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), has expressed optimism that the Second Niger Bridge and the Lagos—Ibadan Expressway will be completed by 2022. Uche Orji, NSIA’s Managing Director, featured at the weekly State House media briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
An Egyptian court has sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source said. The Damanhour Criminal Court, north of the capital Cairo, convicted the group of several crimes, including the alleged bombing of a bus transporting police...