Bode, Author at National Accord Newspaper

20 feared killed in suicide bomb attack in Somalia

Bode March 6, 2021

At least twenty people have been killed and thirty others injured in a suicide car bomb attack just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The blast, which occurred late on Friday, sent plumes of smoke into the sky and triggered gunfire, witnesses and state-owned media...

Stand and defend your communities, be courageous, Gov. Zulum tells Dikwa residents

Bode March 5, 2021

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum had on Friday paid a sympathy and resilience building visit to Dikwa Town of the state, 4 days after Boko Haram had attack the town, with an appealed to them not to leave their ancestral homes. The Governor...

SOHS Provost denies maltreatment of staff in Nasarawa

Bode March 5, 2021

By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa- The Acting Provost, School of Health Sciences, Keffi, Mr. Abdullahi Suleman has denied the rumour making the round that he is favouring some staff in terms of appointment above others. Mr. Suleman, who denied this allegation in an interview with newsmen in Keffi, explained that...

Buhari to newly promoted Service Chiefs: ‘You’ve got a short time to deliver’

Bode March 5, 2021

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja, charged the newly appointed service chiefs to speed up their actions in freeing the country from the current state of insecurity. The President spoke at a ceremony to decorate the new service chiefs with their ranks at...

COVID-19 vaccines: The key to world power

COVID-19 vaccines: The key to world power

Bode March 5, 2021

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decisions to exchange COVID-19 vaccines for an Israeli woman jailed in Syria and to offer doses to allies as a sign of gratitude are part of a shifting dynamic in which a medical serum will join energy and arms as an effective tool in wielding...

Security Forces intercept kidnap gangs, gunrunners in the North, recover sophisticated arms

Bode March 5, 2021

Security forces have intercepted some gunrunners and masterminds of recent abductions in Northern parts of the country and recovered a huge cache of sophisticated weapons. PRNigeria gathered that in one of the operations spearheaded by the operatives of the Department of State Security service (DSS) a forest camp of...

15 people killed, hundreds abducted in Sokoto by bandits

Bode March 5, 2021

Suspected gunmen have killed at least 15 people in Tanau village, Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. SaharaReporters gathered that the bandits with sophisticated weapons stormed the village on Friday morning and started shooting sporadically. According to a source, the gunmen also abducted over 100 villagers, including...

Emefiele woos investors, promises CBN’s support

Bode March 5, 2021

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has advised indigenous and multinational firms to consider the opportunities that Nigeria offers and begin to set up their manufacturing lines in Nigeria. Emefiele gave the advice at the Local Manufacturing Contract Signing of Oral-B Toothpaste, between...

NSCDC impounds 3,000 litres of adulterated diesel in A’Ibom, nabs 3 suspects

Bode March 5, 2021

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command, says it has arrested three suspects, with over 3,000 litres of suspected adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), known as diesel, concealed in a truck laden with sand. The Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Mr Samuel Fadeyi, disclosed...

Cultivate health maintenance culture, Psychiatrist urges Nigerians

Bode March 5, 2021

A consultant psychiatrist, Dr Phillip Opeyemi, has advised Nigerians to take their health seriously by eating healthy food and go for regular medical check-ups. Dr. Opeyemi, who works with Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos....

FCT Minister tasks Kogi marketers on NSIP

Bode March 5, 2021

–Bags Amazon Role Model Leadership Award– By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called on market men and women to leverage on the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) initiated by the Federal Government, in order to win the war against acute poverty,...

COVID-19 vaccine procurement: NAHCON hopeful of Nigeria’s participation in 2021 hajj operation

Bode March 5, 2021

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has expressed hope that the 2021 hajj may take place, with the recent procurement of COVID-19 vaccines by the country. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, stated this at a news conference to mark one year in...

KOBA set 23 donates building to her Alma Mata

Bode March 5, 2021

By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa- Students that graduated from Government College, Keffi in Nasarawa State, from 1971-1975 code named ‘KOBA set 23’, who were worried with the deplorable infrastructure of the college, have recently renovated a one-storey building in the school and handed it to the principal for use by...

COVID-19 is still very much around and real, group cautions Nigerians

Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases near 3.94m

Bode March 5, 2021

The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has reached 3,937,028 as of Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the 55-member AU, said the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 105,001, while...

2 men docked for allegedly stealing motorcycle spareparts worth N2.7m

Bode March 5, 2021

Two men on Friday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Badadry, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing motorcycle spareparts worth N2.7 million. The police charged Umoru Yusuf,23; and Innocent Okoroafo, 23, whose house addresses were not given, with theft. The prosecution counsel, ASP Akpam Ikem, told the court that...

NAF appoints new officers, spokesperson, others

Bode March 5, 2021

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has appointed new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Commandants of Tri-Service Institutions and other functionaries, including a new spokesperson. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement,...

Buhari decorates Service Chiefs with new ranks, urges them to restore peace

Bode March 5, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Service Chiefs to deploy competent officers and men to restore peace and order in troubled areas across the country. The president gave the ultimatum when he decorated the recently appointed service chiefs with their new ranks at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. He...

FG distributes relief items to victims of Shasha Market crisis

Bode March 5, 2021

The Federal Government has delivered food items to victims of Shasha Market crisis and also inaugurated Special Cash Grant to 5,280 rural women in Oyo. In sstatement on Friday in Abuja, The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq in a statement on...

Nigeria loses $10bn to illicit financial flows – ICPC

Bode March 5, 2021

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says Nigeria accounts for 20 per cent or 10 billion dollars (N3.8 trillion) of the estimated 50 billion dollars that Africa loses to Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said this during a virtual...

Gov. Zulum appoints retired Army General as Security Adviser

Bode March 5, 2021

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of retired Army Brigadier General, Abdullahi Sabi Ishaq, as his Special Adviser on security affairs in the State. The Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on...