The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, on Wednesday vowed that kidnapping and banditry in the North West will soon be over. Speaking during an operational visit to the Nigerian Airforce Base in Kaduna State, he warned the criminals to prepare for the worst. He stated that...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Government says it would not compile anyone into taking the Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccines which is free for all above the age of 18 years. The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Professor Isa Hussaini Marte stated this when he met with...
The Federal Government is to support a special locally designed app for reporting and investigating cases of sexual abuse in the country. The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi stated this while receiving the CEO of Shamrock Innovation Hub, a women and youth-centric tech...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- No fewer than eight people were killed in two separate fatal crashes that occurred on Wednesday. Seventy others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crashes. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that six people were killed in the first accident involving 72 traders who were in a truck...
On Tuesday, we learned from the National Bureau of Statistics that Nigeria’s unemployment rate had officially risen to 33.3 per cent, up from 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of last year. The figure was not entirely surprising, given the scale of regression Nigeria has witnessed in the...
Statistical figures from The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed on Wednesday that the country’s external reserves have dropped by $523m to $34.475bn as of March 16 and from $34.998bn as of March 1st, 2021. The reserves, which had continued a downward trend of recent, lost $1.1bn in February,...
When I read the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed’s reaction to the Grammy honours clinched by Afrobeats stars, Damini Ogulu (better known as Burna Boy) and Ayodeji Balogun (Wizkid) on Sunday, an involuntary, albeit mischievous smile escaped from my lips. Momentarily, I remembered Mohammed’s romanticisation of the...
An Ekiti State Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday remanded a 28-year-old man, Ayomide Ajifolowo, for allegedly stealing a warmer filled with cooked rice. The defendant, who was also accused of stealing phones and money, was arraigned by the Ekiti State Police Command. The police prosecutor, Inspector Bamikole Olasunkanmi, said the...
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State says Nigeria has become economically attractive to kidnappers and bandits within the Sahel region of the continent. The governor who on Wednesday was on Channels Television’s Politics Today strongly opposed the idea of granting blanket amnesty to the bandits, stating that the idea...
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report. The 2020 Internet Crime Report includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. State-specific statistics have also been released and can be found within...
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli pictured in August 2020image copyrightAFPimage captionThe 61-year-old president died from heart complications on Wednesday Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday, sealed off no fewer than ten filling stations in Bauchi metropolis and Azare town in Katagum Local Government Area of the State, for illegally increasing the pump price of petrol. The DPR Comptroller, Engineer Abdullahi Iliyasu, disclosed...
The book “My Etiquette and I” with foreword by Philip Sykes, the Principal and Founder of The British School of Etiquette of which Etienying is an alumna, is designed to serve as a manual that will help shape the manners of both young and old in the society, while...
KilRox alcohol Disinfecting wipes finally makes entry into the Nigeria market. KilRox wipes kills 99.9% of germs and also cleans, disinfects non porous surfaces as a dual action when in Use. Germs are abound everywhere, even more now with the global pandemic, which has inevitably heightened the consciousness and...
…. upgrades Emmanuel Alayande College of Education to University of Education… The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, flagged off the construction of the N1.05 billion fly-over across the Idi-Ape-Basorun-Akobo road, Ibadan, declaring that the state was saving about N400 million from the failed contract awarded by the...
Nigeria is spent $1.5 billion (about N600 billion) for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the country. Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, made this known while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A fatal crash which occurred on Wednesday at Dungulbi village, Bauchi – Gombe federal highway, about 10kms away from Bauchi metropolis, has claimed the lives of a nursing mother and one other person. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that several people who sustained varying degrees of injuries were...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. According to a statement signed on Wednesday by ICPC Spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua,...
The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSDC) Ahmed Audi says bandits operating in Nigeria have foreign sponsors. Audi disclosed this on Wednesday during the training workshop for state commandants of the NSCDC in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The training according to the agency is...