The Executive Director of the Energy Institute, Colorado State University in the United States, Dr. Bryan Wilson says about four point three million people die in the world annually as a result of smoke from cook stoves. This according to him is more than the number of deaths resulting...
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The Yobe State’s Commissioner for Transportation and Energy, Alhaji Abdullahi Kukuwa, has said the state had so far spent over N18 billion on the construction of the Damaturu International Cargo Airport from 2017 to 2021. Alhaji Kukuwa disclosed this on Saturday in Damaturu at a ministerial briefing on Gov....
By KELVIN EMMANUEL, Kwara- The Kwara State Command of The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a 60-year-old man, Jerimiah Oyedoki of Ileloja compound, Kiama, for allegedly having canal knowledge of a 9-year-old girl. The NSCDC spokeman in the state, Mr Babawale Afolabi, in a statement...
The absence of proper documentation of voters marred All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in some voting centres in Badagry. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials for the Lagos State primary election arrived at different voting centres in Badagry around 12 noon. NAN also reports that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s primaries were truncated in many parts of Lagos on Saturday by hoodlums and party officials allegedly favouring particular candidates ahead of the July 24 local government elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hundreds of aggrieved APC members on Saturday kept vigil...
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has warned that traders who would comply with the Monday’s sit-at-home order should be ready to forfeit their shops. Umahi issued the warning in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday in Abakaliki to mark the sixth anniversary of his administration. He was reacting to...
The African Development Fund (ADF) was ranked second among 49 international agencies for the quality of its development assistance, according to the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA)report. The ADF is the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group (ADB). QuODA is a tool developed by the Center...
Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time as a Kai Havertz goal secured a tense 1-0 victory over Manchester City in Saturday’s final in Porto, shattering Pep Guardiola’s dream of lifting the trophy for the third time, a decade on from his last triumph. Havertz rounded Ederson...
The Nigerian military has reaffirmed its commitment to tackle many security challenges in various parts of the country. Maj.-Gen. Danjumma Ali-Keffi, General Officer Commanding, Nigeria‘s 1st Kaduna Army Division, made the remarks when 80 regular recruits fainted at the Nigerian Army depot in Zaria on Saturday. The Nigerian News...
Some 14 abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have been releasedby their abductors after spending 39 days in captivity. They were released on Saturday afternoon at a location along the Kaduna- Abuja highway. According to Channels TV reports, The Chairman of the Parents Forum, Markus Zarmai and...
President Muhammadu Buhari would depart Abuja on Sunday for Accra, Ghana to attend an emergency Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS, convened to discuss the recent political developments in Mali. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, announced the visit on Saturday via a statement. The President is expected back in the country “at...
By YEMI ADARA, Abuja- The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it has stormed a “terrorist enclave” run by members of the Eastern Security Network in Rivers State and killed at least seven persons. ESN is the military arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which is seeking the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received his second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday at the State House in Abuja. The second dose is being administered exactly 12 weeks after the first shot was taken on March 6. The President’s innoculation was done by the Chief Personal Physician...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yobe- The Nigeria Army Headquarters on Saturday said its Troops of Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI has raided suspected Boko Haram logistics base in Gujba, Yobe State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima disclosed this in a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Sokoto State Governor, Amimu Tambuwal has decried that there is no transparency in the generation process, assemblage and disbursement of Nigeria’s revenue, hence the consistent embargo towards reveiwing the sharing formula. Governor Tambuwal, who emphatically stressed that the revenue sharing formula of the Federation...
The Mater Dei Communication, a moral rebranding group in Enugu has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of leadership as the country would soon overcome its challenges. The Country Director of the Centre, Mr. Nnamdi Okpara made the call in an interview with the News...
Residents of Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital have been thrown into fear over the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra known as IPOB. Recalled that the Leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, had called on the five Eastern states to stock food items ahead of the order. Some of...
A youth group, the Ndigbo Youth Parliament, said it was set to hold a security summit to engage with security agencies to come up with solutions to recent relentless attacks in the South East region. . In a statement released on Saturday in Abuja by Rikki Nwajiofor, speaker of...
The Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has donated the sum of N11millon to families of those who lost their lives in a recent accident on the River Niger, as well as defray the cost of search and rescue. Recalled that over 100 people drowned in the boat purportedly...