The Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Effiong Akwa, is alleged to have provided arms and utility vehicles to the youth in the Amamon Community who are up in arms against the Okpedi Community, both in Okobo Local Government area of Akwa Ibom State. The...
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN), Kano state branch, has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), for the prompt measures it has taken to address the fuel scarcity which resurfaced few days ago. Chairman of the association, Alhaji Bashir Danmalam, made the commendation on Tuesday in Kano while...
There is a continuous growing interest in the mutual funds asset class evidenced by the increasing number of registered mutual funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since 2019. This was highlighted at The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s (NSE or The Exchange) digital Closing Gong Ceremony to commemorate the...
Nigeria’s central bank is preparing an end to an era of debt sales also known as Open Market Operations, (OMO) that handled foreign investors of some the best carry returns in Africa. Offerings to non-residents of so-called Open Market Operations bills — introduced to help stabilize the naira following...
Three Polish women have been found not guilty of offending religious feelings over posters depicting the Virgin Mary with a rainbow halo. The activists displayed the images in 2019 in response to an Easter display describing “gender” and “LGBT” as sins. The icon used in the artwork, “Our Lady...
Police in Myanmar repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets Tuesday against crowds protesting last month’s coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley and tried to defend themselves with barricades as standoffs between protesters and security forces intensified.Advertising Myanmar authorities have escalated their crackdown on the protests in...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in African reached 3,905,936 on Tuesday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s Africa COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 104,012 as of Tuesday noon....
The Senate has approved the establishment of the Chartered Institute of Forensic Investigative Professionals of Nigeria. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service by the senators on Tuesday at plenary. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide (1 in 4 people) would be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050. WHO gave the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday to commemorate the World Hearing Day. World Hearing Day is held on March...
The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has condemned what it termed the harassment and molestation of its members who are enforcing the ongoing strike allegedly by the personnel of the Nigerian army. The Secretary of the union, Comrade Ahmed Alaramah who stated this at...
Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) started the week on a positive note, following uptick in BUA Cement, Zenith Bank and UBA. The market capitalization increased by N65 billion or 0.33 per cent to close at N20.892 trillion from N20.823 trillion posted on Friday. Also, the NSE All-Share...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC is set to establish women corps unit to compliment the different operations going on across the country. Dr. Ahmed Audi who officially took over as the 3rd Commandant General stated this at the handing over ceremony which was held at the...
The NAFDAC-approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around noon on Tuesday, via an Emirates airline. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, had said on Saturday that Nigeria will receive its first tranche of about 4 million doses of the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Army Headquarters says an electrical fault had sparked a minor fire incident at its Complex building in Abuja on Tuesday morning. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that fire incident which happened at about 10.15 AM was as a result of a minor electrical fault in...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Ezra Dikki, before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on four counts of alleged corruption and abuse of office. Dikki who was docked...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), said on Tuesday it was stunned by a statement accredited to the Zamfara Governor, Bello Mutawalle over the identity of those behind the abduction of the schoolgirls. Recalled that the Governor was reported in the media to have known...
The Director-General of Progressives Governors Forum, PGF, Dr. Salihu Lukman, has called for the establishment of security posts in schools to check the current spate of abductions. In a statement, Dr. Lukman observed that the efficiency with which the abductions of the school children were carried out was worrisome....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The United Nations International Children Educational Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, said the organization is relieved by the news of the reported release of the 279 students of the Government Girls’ Secondary Schoo, Jangebe in Zamfaral State. In a statement by the The UNICEF Nigeria Representative,...
One of the victims of last Friday’s Zamfara Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, abduction, Hafsat Anka, said the captives threatened to kill, fry and eat them if they misbehaved. Hafsat, while narrating her ordeal to the News Agency of Nigeria at the Government House, Gusau, shortly after regaining freedom,...
The Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccines have arrived in the country. The vaccines arrived around noon on Tuesday, via an Emirates airline which landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja. More to follow….