President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr Mike Okonkwo, on his 75th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari joined family, friends and associates of the Christian leader...
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Fans of an evictee from Nigeria’s Big Brother reality TV show have raised more than $10,000 (£7,600) for her in less than 24 hours, hoping to meet a $100,000 target. Ngozi Nlewedim, known to fans as Erica, was disqualified on Sunday and evicted, for receiving a third strike after...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed a report that it spilled 45,000 barrels of oil from an incident at its facility in Nun River in Angiama area of Bayelsa State in March 2020. In a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Monday,...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria on Monday recorded 155 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), showing an increase of 55 over and above the 100 cases confirmed on Sunday. This was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle @NCDCgov. According to the...
An aircraft with registration number ET-AUC, operated by Ethiopia Airlines and conveying 120 passengers and 13 crew members from Addis Ababa, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 1:32 pm on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flight is the first to be recorded...
Serena Williams advanced to the U.S. Open quarter-finals after a gritty, tension-soaked 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 win over Greece’s Maria Sakkari on Monday. The 23-times Grand Slam winner came up short in the second set tie-break, with her power serve abandoning her when she needed it most. ...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Nigeria Union of Journalists has condemn the attack of some of its members by some Policemen during the flag-off of township road constructions by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike last Saturday in Bauchi. The Chairman of the NUJ in Bauchi state, Comrade Umar Sa’idu,...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri The Executive Chairman, Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS), Surveyor Bashir Ibrahim has said that 80 per cent of land or property owners in Maiduguri city have no legal title documents, proof of ownership except written agreement’s from Bulumas and Lawans. Bashir added that most of the...
By DAVID IORJA and JACOB KUBEKA – Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday in Niamey, Niger Republic emerged the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS). His appointment took place at the 57th summit hosted by the outgoing ECOWAS Chairman, President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state on Monday hosted an agro-facilitating team from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and disclosed that the state government was targeting the cultivation of 65,000 hectares of different crops, to begin this year. The Governor said Borno...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has strongly denied media reports claiming it issued a Memo alerting security agencies and the public to a plan by Boko Haram to carry out terrorists’ attack in Abuja, and neighbouring states. According to an internal memo purported to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders not to elongate their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits. He made the call while presenting Nigeria’s General Statement at the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of...
Uganda’s Labour Minister, Mwesigwa Rukutana, is expected to appear in court on Monday after he was arrested over the weekend over a shooting incident. According to a bbc.com report, the minister allegedly shot at his opponent’s supporters after he lost the primaries of the ruling party National Resistance Movement...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that there will be negative consequences if the government continued with the business of subsidising the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol. Buhari, represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, gave the explanation on Monday while declaring open a 2-day First Year...
Erica, one of the strongest contestants in the Big Brother Naija season 5 lockdown housemate has been disqualified. Erica, having had two strikes earlier totally threw caution to the wind as she went on to disregard the house rules. This disregard includes: -Peeping and wanting to talk to production...
Victor Osimhen The Nigeria wonderkid has been making an excellent first impression at Napoli after signing for the Partenopei from LOSC Lille in one of the biggest deals of the summer. The striker netted 13 goals in Ligue 1 last term during his breakout campaign, but fans of the...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has given accounts of his stewardship as the Chief Telecoms Regulator in the last five years, and also reeled out projections for his second term. According to a...