By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Agency for Mass Literacy in collaboration with Plan International under Europain Union (EU) consortium has engaged over 1370 youths in different skills acquisitions programmes in the State. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the participants were drawn from four Local Government Areas of the...
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By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa- The Governor of Nasarawa state, Engr. Abdulahi Sule has charged students and learners to imbibe the culture of reading books to increase their horizon. Governor Sule gave the charge recently during a book launch of a lecturer with the Nasarawa State University, Keff which took...
A kano Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced a trader, Mu’ammar Getso to 18 months imprisonment for ”stealing” 5,500 kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity from the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO). Mr. Getso, who lives in Janbulo Quarters Kano, pleaded gulty to two counts of criminal conspiracy and energy theft....
A World Health Organisation official on Thursday warned of a possible surge in coronavirus infections in the Middle East region during the Islamic month of Ramadan and the Easter holiday. Some Christians will celebrate Easter this weekend, while others, such as Egypt’s Coptic Christians, will celebrate in May. Ramadan,...
The,Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has reiterated Federal Government’s commitment to complete the Abuja-Lokoja highway dual project by end of this year. Engr. Funsho Adebiyi, Director Highway Construction and Rehabilitation said this while inspecting the progress made so far on the project on Thursday in Lokoja. Adebiyi said...
The Federal Government says it has so far enrolled 51million citizens for the National Identification Number (NIN) as at March 31, 2021. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made this known at the weekly Presidential Media briefing organized by the Presidential Communication Media Team in Abuja...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise would resume on June 28 across the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced the date for the resumption of the exercise on Thursday at a press briefing held at the commission’s headquarters in...
Chilling police body camera footage was shown to the jury on Wednesday at the trial of the white policeman accused of killing George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man whose death touched off anti-racism protests around the world. The video taken by the bodycams of the four police officers involved...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has commended the Nigerian Airforce and the Army for appointing members of the institute — Air Commodore EK Gabkwet and Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, as their spokespersons. Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo, the President/Chairman of Governing Council, NIPR, gave the commendation in Abuja on Thursday...
Twelve states in Nigeria are yet to ban the torture of suspects, the United States Department of State has said in a report. This is despite that the Federal Government had signed a law in 2015 criminalising the torture of suspects by security operatives. According to the US report,...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government amended the National Broadcasting Code to provide a level playing ground for all stakeholders in the industry to thrive. Alhaji Mohamed made the clarification on Thursday in Abuja when he featured on the News Agency of...
A High Court in Kano on Thursday, reserved judgment in a suit by filed the PDP seeking N300 million in damages against the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) for alleged unlawful insertion of its logo in the ballot papers during the Jan.16 council elections. The Kano PDP Chairman,...
Four people, including a child, were shot and killed Wednesday evening at an office building in Southern California, police said. It is the third such shooting in the United States in weeks, with 18 people killed in two separate gun violence incidents in March. The shooter, whose motivations are...
The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday said it have arrested a suspect in connection with the attack on a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo, in Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Ikenga Tochukwum, confirmed this in a...
One security man was shot dead during an attack on the residence of former Minister of Sports, Damishi Sango, in Ganawuri, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. In the attack which was carried out on Wednesday night, the former minister who is also the immediate past chairman of...
Just recently, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike sacked his Commissioner for Environment in the middle of a summit on the hazardous sooth in the State. It’s not a problem since he has the power to hire and fire. But the reason he gave for the sack is what I...
The Edo Command of the FRSC has deployed 1,250 personnel for special operations during the Easter celebrations and the oncoming National Sports Festival scheduled to commence on the 4th of April, 2021. The FRSC’s Edo Sector Commander, Henry Benamaisia, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has emphasised that the Commission would always be open to ideas, innovations and meaningful collaboration with strategic institutions for the development of human capacity in Nigeria. Prof. Danbatta stated this...
Britain has expressed worries about the deteriorating security situation in the country and pledged to help tackle insecurity. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, said London was keen on helping Nigeria win its fight against insecurity. Speaking at a reception to welcome home the 2019/2020 UK Chevening...
Former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, is safe, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Monday Kuryas, has said. CP Kuryas spoke on Channels Television, after gunmen attacked Soludo on Wednesday and killed three of his police orderlies. The incident happened in Soludo’s home town in Isiofia in...