ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Several shops and properties worth millions of Naira were last night destroyed Bababa shopping complex, following an inferno that gutted the biggest Complex in Bauchi metropolis, located around the Wunti market. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the fire started in the early hours of Saturday as combined...
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The Yobe State Governor and National Chairman, APC National Caretaker Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has officially flagged off campaigns for the forthcoming Local Government Councils elections across the state. While presenting the APC ruling party flags to the 17 LG Chairmanship candidates of the state in Damaturu, the...
A 40-year old truck driver working with a construction company in Potiskum town of Yobe State simply identified as Ari, has allegedly impregnated his brother’s 15-year old daughter. It was gathered that teenager, whose identity was not disclosed, is a primary 5 pupil. According to the victim’s family, the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has reportedly visited a power site where insurgents destroyed transmission tower which disrupted power supply to Maiduguri and parts of Jere LGA of the State. The Governor’s visit was to support the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has again uncovered a warehouse of illicit cannabis sativa in the suburb of Guma LGA of Benue State. The NDLEA Command also intercepted a truckload of the same illicit drugs in the state. Giving a breakdown of the Benue drug seizure while...
Four suspected arsonists who set a village ablaze and the operational vehicle and motorcycles of the Ondo State’s security outfit codenamed Amotekun at Jugbere farm settlement/Sanusi village in Owo Council Area of the state have been arrested. Recall that two persons, a farmer and a member of the vigilante...
The chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has lambasted the Bauch State Governor, Bala Mohammed, for justifying Fulani herdsmen carrying guns. Governor Akeredolu described his counterpart governor as an anarchist, not fit for public office. Recalled that Governor Mohammed had in an interview during the week...
Italy’s next government has taken shape, after Mario Draghi was named Prime Minister and announced a cabinet selected from across the country’s political spectrum. PM Draghi, a prominent economist, accepted the top role on Friday and later that day read out a list of ministerial picks designed to create...
A late-night fire has razed over 90 shops in the largest plaza at Wunti market in Bauchi city. The cause of the fire was unknown as of the time of filing this report, but it was gathered that it started in a section of the plaza where salon, computer,...
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, for his prudent management of the service’s personnel and finances. According to a statement issued by the NIS spokesman, Mr James Sunday, on Saturday, the governor gave the commendation, when...
A Former President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has faulted the Petroleum Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) for announcing an increase in the pump price of gasoline. Mr Peter Esele told a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman, Oyo State, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, has urged parents to keep an eye on their children to ensure they did not celebrate Valentine’s Day out of context. Apostle Akinyemiju gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has ordered the indefinite closure of Shasha Market, near Moniya -Ibadan, in Akinyele Local Government Area, following traders’ clash in the market. Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, announced this in a statement on Saturday, in Ibadan. The governor...
US senators are due to vote later today, Saturday, on whether to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection. At the day’s resumption of proceedings, both sides are expected to make their closing arguments, although analysts believe the House managers, who are prosecuting the case against Mr. Trump,...
The Federal Government has called on Nigerians to avoid the temptation of giving ethnic coloration to criminal activities in the country. Minister of the Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola gave the advice on Friday in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 14, of...
Police authorities in Oyo state on Saturday confirmed the arrest of three operatives of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps. But, the Command was silent on the alleged shooting of another Amotekun operative by a DPO. Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the police...
Today, being 13th of February, 2021, marks the 45th anniversary of the assassination of late General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, GCFR; one of the saddest national events in the history of our country. It also marks the anniversary of the ascension of Olusegun Obasanjo to power as Head of State...
Evangelist Mike Bamiloye has described February 14 which is Valentine’s Day as a day of death, stressing that many will slaughter their destinies on the bed of lustful pleasure. The Christian filmmaker cited the example of the Bible character Joseph, saying his destiny would have been aborted had it...
Popular comedian Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has been picked up by Police operatives at Lekki toll gate. Macaroni joined the protest against the planned reopening of the Lekki toll gate following alleged killing of protesters on October 20, 2020. He was seen in a video he posted in...
The Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said that the 2023 Presidency must be zoned to the South. The governor, who stated this yesterday during an interview, said he was not unmindful of the fact that the Nigerian constitution does not have provision for zoning, but that it was...