By GARBA SHEHU Professor Ibrahim Gambari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, international relations guru and bureaucrat does not think we should wait for historians to do the assessment of the Buhari administration in the international arena given limitations of the focus of many of them. “Now is the...
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An Abuja based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), says Nigeria is an indivisible Nation destined by God to live together irrespective of insecurity challenges. The President of the group, Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, made the submission in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Four people have died from Ebola during a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where people are resisting measures to contain the disease, officials said Sunday. Since the epidemic’s resurgence this month, “we have already registered six Ebola cases. We have lost four infected people,” Doctor Eugene...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi– The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 28-year old native doctor, Rufa’i Yunusa, of Rumbu Village in Ningi LGA, for allegedly slaughtering four minors aged between two and four years old for ritual purposes. In a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD on Sunday,...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with the support of Borno State Government have mobilised to ensure quick restoration of electricity supply to Maiduguri and environs. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Mrs Mbah said that electricity supply...
The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday said seven passengers onboard a Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft died when the jet crashed in Abuja. The jet en route Minna in Niger State crashed close to the runway of the Abuja airport after reporting engine failure. In a statement, NAF Director of...
A yet-to-be identified plane has just crashed in Abuja. According to available information, the flight was on a chartered trip. Available information has it that the plane was initially seen to be heading in the direction of a residential area, but was manoeuvred into a bushy area. All onboard...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Piqued by the deplorable condition of the Government Science College, Kagara in Niger state, where armed bandits abducted 27 students and staff during the week, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari probe and recover the billions of Naira...
Four people have been killed and one person injured after bandits attacked some communities in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the state Commissioner for internal Security and Home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the bandits first attacked Ungwan Sha’awa in the area where they killed one Ubangida...
The Kwara Fire Service on Saturday averted a fire outbreak at the Crown Hill University, Eiyenkorin in Asa Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire was triggered off when the bush within the institution’s premises was set on fire by...
Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, The Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), which is maintaining peace in Plateau and environs has warned troops to desist from molesting innocent civilians but to go after criminals. Maj. Gen. Okonkwo spoke at the inauguration of a special operation code named...
The deaths of two anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sparked fresh UN condemnation of the country’s new military regime on Sunday, as mourners prepared for the funeral of a young woman who became a national symbol of resistance to the junta. Authorities have gradually ratcheted up their tactics against a...
The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Mohammed Sambo, announced on Sunday that the company has developed a framework to extend health insurance to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Speaking at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 645 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 151,553. The NCDC disclosed this on Saturday on its official Twitter handle. The NCDC registered 18 COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday, raising the total fatalities...
A United Airlines plane suffered a fiery engine failure Saturday shortly after taking off from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residential area before a safe emergency landing, officials said. A video shot from inside the aircraft — which had 231 passengers and 10 crew onboard —...
Heavy clashes broke out between police and demonstrators in Barcelona for a fifth night on Saturday as thousands hit the streets across Spain to protest the jailing of a controversial rapper. Angry demonstrations first erupted on Tuesday after police detained Pablo Hasel, 32, and took him to jail to...
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has underscored the need for state governments to prioritise investment in the water sector, to achieve targets. Mr. Adamu gave the advice at investiture ceremony of Mrs Chinwe Igwegbe, the 6th National Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers (NIWE),...
Eminent cleric, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has condemned dialogue with bandits and demanded that those in government should leave the stage if they can no longer secure the lives of the citizens. Some State Governors and famous cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have advocated for negotiations with bandits, who have captured...
Yobe state Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has approved the full implementation of the report of the Technical Committee on revitalization of Basic and Secondary Education in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Mamman Muhammed, the Director General Press and Media Affairs to Governor Mai...