By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday received a 76-page report which recommended the establishment of Sangaya Education Board that would coordinate, reforms and regulate the Almajiri system of education in the state. Recalled that Gov. Zulum had in November, 2020 set up...
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The Lagos State Government is set to inaugurate 360 new houses and other projects in Ikorodu Division as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the housing deficit. A statement by Mrs Adeola Salako, Director Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Housing, said that the commissioner in the ministry, Mr...
A 43-year old businessman, Salisu Ibrahim, on Tuesday dragged his wife Basira Adamu before a Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari,Kaduna, for allegedly committing an abortion. The complainant said through his counsel M.M. Dahiru, told the court that the defendant also trespass into his house and took away some...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with Governor Ortom at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday. Governor Ortoms convoy was on Saturday, attacked, where an unknown group, FUMAN, took responsibility. Speaking with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari, the Governor said everyone must contribute to the fight against...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has received the petition by Mutual Union of Tiv in America (MUTA) submitted by Rep. Mark Gbillah (PDP-Benue). Gbajabiamila, who accepted the petition at plenary on Tuesday, said the house did not discriminate against Nigerians irrespective of where they...
Members of the House of Representatives have condemned the attack on Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. The lawmakers condemned the incident when the matter came up during plenary on Tuesday at the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They described the attack on the...
The print industry is unique and has developed over many years, transitioning from analogue to digital technologies, but there’s still so much more to come Now is an important time for the print industry. It’s a time of change and where new and emerging technologies are influencing its future....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cast his vote on Tuesday in the nation’s fourth election in two years, in which he runs for another term while facing corruption charges. PM Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, voted at a polling station in a Jerusalem high school. He called on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja on the December 2020 Imo North senatorial district bye-election. In the judgement delivered on March 18, the court had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to...
Suspect arrested after killing at a supermarket in the US city of Boulder – the second shooting in less than a week in the US. At least 10 people have been killed, including a police officer, in a shooting at a supermarket in the US city of Boulder, Colorado...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Around midnight on Monday, Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum showed up at NYSC Camp in Maiduguri, where internally displaced persons from Bama, Konduga and Damboa LGA of Borno were being camped. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that The Governor immediately sealed the entrance and supervise a headcount...
…Provides justification for $1.5billion Refinery EPC Project The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has described the recently approved rehabilitation exercise of the 210,000 barrels per day capacity Port Harcourt Refinery as a worthy undertaking embarked upon after diligent consideration and in...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said about 122,410 persons have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccines. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said this while speaking at the National PTF briefing on Monday in Abuja. Dr. Shuaib said only Kogi,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released the list of 47 International Money Transfer Operators that are licensed to operate in the country. It disclosed this on its website in a document titled ‘List of approved International Money Transfer Operators as at February 28, 2021’. While some of the...
The Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) and All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have cautioned farmers against early planting due to the first rainfall of the year. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Minna and its environs recorded first rainfall for 2021 on March 20. The rain which...
The National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCTA) has disclosed plans to achieve economically viable communities in Nigeria by growing its intra-Africa export trade volume to $50bn by 2035. The Senior Special Assistant to the President and Secretary, National Action Committee on AfCTA, Francis Anatogu,...
The Bank of Industry (BoI), under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, has secured a one billion dollar syndicated loan to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo disclosed this on Monday,...
No fewer than 19 Super Eagles players have arrived camp for the remaining two 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho. According to the team’s media officer, Babafemi Raji, the players were already in camp as at late Monday night. The players in camp are...
Meteorologists warned residents of Australia’s Eastern coast as weather conditions started to ease in parts of New South Wales (NSW), while the threat of flooding persists in many areas after days of torrential rain. Australia’s Bueau of Meteorology (BoM) said “blue skies and sunshine’’ were expected across Sydney and...