The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded a forensic investigation into reports that the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has linked the head of IGP Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, to an international fraudster, Abbas Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi. In a statement by the...
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Gunmen have reportedly carted away an undisclosed amount of money from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Finance, budget and planning. The gunmen were said to have trailed two staff from the bank to the Ministry in Lafia and seized the money at gunmen point after shooting sporadically in the...
By DAVID IROJA, Abuja – No Nigerian parent jokes with education, as they know that if their children or wards missed the opportunity of being educated, they have missed a lot, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared. Speaking during a panel session Thursday at the Global Education Summit in London,...
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that the ongoing amendments to two major regulatory instruments of the Commission will help in strengthening and ensuring a fair and competitive telecoms market in Nigeria. The two regulatory instruments are the...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited hosted Seplat Energy to a digital closing gong ceremony to commemorate the first dual Capital Markets Day between Lagos and London on Thursday, 29 July 2021. The event marks an important milestone for Seplat marking its name change from Seplat...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has reiterated the Commission’s stand that only the deployment of technology can guarantee to credible elections in the county. Professor Yakubu who states this on Thursday in Abuja, said that most nations of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday chaired the induction of 1,000 hunters, who are newly engaged to join existing ones in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgency. The hunters are to provide maximum security for farmers who cultivate crops in the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than six people have been killed in a fatal crash that occurred on Thursday along Darazo – Dukku highway in Bauchi state. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the crash involved two vehicles, a commercial vehicle, a Vwolkswagen Bus with registration number: KTG-950ZZ driven by...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has scheduled a Mop-up universal tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) for August 6, 2021, in some selected locations across the nation This followed detailed investigation and careful analysis of the highly-successful 2021 UTME, and with due consultation (resulting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain Thursday, appraised the war against different forms of terrorism in Nigeria, and agreed that the judicial process be allowed to run its course. Holding bilateral talks at the sidelines of the Global Education Summit...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over Wednesday’s Supreme Court verdict upholding his victory in the Ondo State Governorship Election. Tinubu noted that with the confirmation of his victory, the ultimate winners are the people of the...
In a rare act of courage, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, recently announced immediate discontinuation of sale of Foreign Exchange (forex) to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in the country. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, who has shown capacity and pluckiness managing Nigeria’s reserve bank these past...
A United States Court for the Central District of California has issued a warrant of arrest for a Nigerian Police Commissioner, Abba Kyari. The presiding judge, Justice Otis Wright reportedly ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest and detain the DCP who was accused of having ties...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the ever increasing incidences of Gender Based Violence (GBV) especially rape and sodomy in Sokoto State, the State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mr Muhammad Saleh Dada has submitted that perpetrators of such despicable acts and those...
A Deputy Commissioner of Police in Nigeria, Abba Alhaji Kyari, has been accused of collecting a bribe from embattled social media celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. In court documents released by the United States Department of Justice on Wednesday, titled: ‘Six Indicted in International Scheme to Defraud...
United States lawmakers are holding down a proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria amid mounting concerns about the Muhammadu Buhari regime’s human rights record as it grapples with multiple security crises. US lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have reportedly delayed clearing a proposed sale of 12...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of five prospective corps members in a motor accident on Abaji/Kwali expressway, Abuja on Wednesday. Buhari made his feelings known in a condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Thursday in Abuja....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Following a detailed investigation and careful analysis of the highly-successful 2021 UTME, and with due consultation 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...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the nation’s collapsed grid has been fully restored. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, who revealed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said that the collapse which occurred at about 12:20 p.m....