EHIME ALEX, Lagos A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent a warm felicitation to Dr Obafemi Kadir Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, as he turns 56 on Friday (today). In a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD from Tinubu Media Office issued by Tunde Rahman, the...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleimanu Adamu, laments that cybercrimes has given Nigeria a very bad name in the committee of nations. He said this when he received the Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrimes who paid him a courtesy visit at his palace in...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos Close allies especially colleagues and contemporaries of veteran actor, Kanayo Modestus Onyekwere Kanayo are still celebrating and pouring encomiums on him following the completion of his law program and subsequent call to the bar and formal decoration as a barrister and solicitor during the week. Describing...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos The federal government’s argument, defense and reasons often adduced each time it embarks on its unpopular and merciless upward review of economic policies have always been that it will help to improve infrastructure. But the unanswered question remains; for who – the living or the dead?...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Despite the national and global economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it has continued to record significant increase in collectable tax revenue from the non-oil sector of the economy. According to statement by Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, Director of...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Sokoto State Government has commissioned a “One Stop Shop”, under the Ease of Doing Business Program, thereby opening up its economy to its people, the nation and the world at large. According a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Thursday, Governor of the state, Aminu Waziri...
Life is precious. You only live once; so live it to its fullest and to its best! An average life can practically be described in the following ways: waiting on fate; mediocrity, laziness, cutting corners, following the crowd or bandwagon, lack of creativity and innovation, sinking in information through...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Barely 12 hours after the National Economic Council (NEC), warned Nigerians against complacency in the management of the COVID-1 pandemic, 131 new infections were recorded across the country on Thursday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which announced the new cases via its...
…issues 2 weeks ultimatum for indefinite strike action, peaceful protest, EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned recent action of the federal government on pump price and electricity tariff increases, describing it as ill timed and insensitive to the sufferings...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – With barely 48 hours to Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in Edo State, President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday advised political parties, candidates and security agents to behave responsibly. In a message to voters, political parties, election officials and security personnel, President Buhari reiterated his stance that he...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – ..Suspension of Budget Support Facility deductions from States to continue till April, 2021 The National Economic Council (NEC), rose from its September meeting in Abuja on Thursday urging Nigerians to remain alert and maintain the precautions necessary to fight the infectious disease, COVID-19. This,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Dr Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has been honoured with the Forbes Best of Africa Award. In a statement on Thursday, Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications at FirstBank, announced that the...
Muslim leaders in Oyo State on Thursday commended Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, describing him as a promoter of religious tolerance. The notable Muslim leaders in the state including the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Alhaji AbuBakr Agbotomokekere; former president of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), Chief...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), announced on Thursday, an increased trading surplus of ₦20.36billion in July 2020, compared to the ₦2.12billion surplus recorded in June 2020 in its operations. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Coordinator of World Health Organisation (WHO) Malaria Elimination Programme, Alhaji Mala Waziri, said Thursday that the third phase of the Seasonal Malaria Intervention Programme (SMC) had kick-started in Borno State from 16th-30th September 2020 with a target of over two million children...
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde (second left); his deputy, Engr Rauf Olaniyan (left); Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun (second right) and the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Barr. Adeniyi Farinto, during the Stakeholders’ Engagement on 2021 Budget, held at the International Conference Centre, University...