Bode, Author at National Accord Newspaper

Retired senior officers most qualified in the matrix of peace and security – CDS Irabor

Bode July 29, 2021

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General LEO Irabor, has maintained that retired senior officers in Nigeria are the most qualified in the matrix of peace and security of the nation. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, made this known in...

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Nigeria Customs seizes items worth N133m in Kebbi

Bode July 29, 2021

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said it has seized 124 assorted items worth N133 million in Kebbi between January and June. The Area Comptroller, Kebbi Area Command, Hafiz Kalla, disclosed this in Birnin Kebbi while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command during the period. “The...

NIMC registers 60m Nigerians for NIN – Official

Bode July 29, 2021

The National Identity Management Commission says 60 million Nigerians have been so far captured on the National Identity Database (NIDB). This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications of NIMC, Mr Kayode Adegoke in Abuja on Thursday. “This feat couldn’t have been possible without the...

DSS defies court order to produce Igboho’s detained aids in court

Bode July 29, 2021

The Department of State Services (DSS) has defied a court order to produce the 12 detained aides of Yoruba-nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the DSS to produce in court on July 29, the...

EFCC interrogates Ex-Governor Al-Makura, wife over corruption allegations

Bode July 29, 2021

The Former Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura, has been invited for interrogation at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. Al-Makura who is now a serving senator was invited on Wednesday along with his wife. They were being questioned in relation to an...

Education Summit: Buhari presides over strategic meeting as world leaders set to generate $5bn

Bode July 29, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has presided over a strategic meeting ahead of Thursday’s opening the Global Education Summit in London. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Summit is meant to generate five billion dollars from donor countries, organisations and wealthy individuals for transformation of education, globally. NAN...

Delta Govt budgets N50m for family planning

Bode July 29, 2021

The Delta Government has appropriated N50 million to boost family planning in the state this year. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appropriation is coming on the heels of the withdrawal of The Challenge Initiative (TCI) from a four-year-old family planning programme in which it served...

The Place of Education in Public Leadership, By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI

Bode July 29, 2021

I still recall with vividness how participants at a symposium held on February 2018, in Lagos, unanimously agreed that common sense has a limit in public leadership and should not be the sole requisite for public leadership consideration; a position that supports sound education as an indispensable ingredient for...

Akeredolu’s victory, a reflection of people’s mandate — APC chieftain

Bode July 29, 2021

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in Ondo State, Mrs Omowunmi Ohwovoriole says Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s victory at the Supreme Court is a reflection of the people’s mandate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court on Wednesday in Abuja, upheld the governor’s victory in...

Armed hoodlums attack PDP chieftain, Mark Obi in Cross River

Bode July 29, 2021

PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A chieftain of The People’s Democratic party (PDP), Bar. Mark Obi has been attacked in his country home in Oku Boki LGA of Cross River State by thuggs suspected to be sponsored by a rival political party. Barrister Obi, who was a two term member...

Nigeria, Cote D’ Ivoire to strengthen maritime trade- NPA MD

Bode July 29, 2021

The Nigerian Ports Authourity on Thursday expressed its readiness to strengthen relations with the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire in the areas of port and shipping operations. Mohammed Bello-Koko, Acting Managing Director of NPA, stated this in a statement signed by Mr Olaseni Alakija, NPA’s General Manager, Corporate and Strategic...

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Internet fraud: Hushpuppi pleads guilty, risks 20 years’ imprisonment

Bode July 29, 2021

Nigeria internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, has agreed to plead guilty to charges including money laundering, wire fraud, felony amongst others brought against him by the United States District Court for the Central District Of California. In a plea agreement document released on Wednesday, Hushpuppi agreed to plead...

Minister of Women Affairs commends Nigeria Military for launching gender policy

Bode July 29, 2021

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, has hailed the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, for launching the Armed Force of Nigeria Gender Policy (AFNGP). The Minister gave the commendation during her visit to the CDS, at...

Nigeria’s Covid-19 cases surge again, as infections contract in Lagos

Bode July 29, 2021

Nigeria’s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace on Wednesday with new confirmed cases rising above 500 for the first time in four months following the spread of the more contagious Delta variant. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) figures on Thursday morning, showed another 535 cases were...

TETFund: Buhari approves N8.5bn for research in 2021

Bode July 29, 2021

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N8.5 billion for the conduct of ground-breaking research in medicine and other areas in 2021, under the National Research Fund, NRF, scheme funded by the Tertiary Education Trust, TETFund. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro,...

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Operation Thunderstorm: FRSC arrest 110 traffic violators in Lagos

Bode July 29, 2021

The Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, has said that the corps has arrested 110 traffic violators on Wednesday under its Operation Thunderstorm. Mr. Ogungbemide disclosed this in a statement by the FRSC Route Commander and Public Education Officer, Mrs Olabisi Sonusi, in Lagos....

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10 Nigerian athletes banned from 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Bode July 29, 2021

Ten Nigerian athletes have been declared ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday. AIU, an independent body created by World Athletics to manages all integrity issues – both doping and non-doping, noted that eight athletes from other countries were...

Kidnapped Kaduna monarch regains freedom from bandits

Bode July 29, 2021

The abducted traditional ruler of Jaba Chiefdom in Kaduna State, Gyet Maude has regained his freedom. He was released by his abductors on Wednesday evening after spending two days with his abductors The 83-year-monarch of Jaba Chiefdom was kidnapped on Monday by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on his...

Nigeria to increase education budget up to 100% by 2025 – President Buhari

Bode July 29, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday pledged to increase the Nigeria’s budget for the education sector by as much as 50 per cent over the next two years. In the long term, he promised that budgetary allocation to the sector would witness a progressive increase to about 100 per cent...

APC Congresses: Gov. Bagudu pledges to uphold justice, fairness to all

Bode July 29, 2021

By HARUNA AHMED, Kebbi – Ahead of Kebbi State APC Congress, Governor Atiku Bagudu, has pledged to uphold the tenets of democracy by allowing people to elect people of their choices through a transparent exercise during the forthcoming ward congress, scheduled for Saturday, July 31. Governor Bagudu, who is...