Bode, Author at National Accord Newspaper

NiMet predicts cloudiness, thunderstorms Sunday

Bode August 29, 2020

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy skies over the Northern region on Sunday, with chances of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kano, Katsina and Kaduna in the morning hours. According to the agency, there are prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa,...

White House suggests $1.3 trillion coronavirus aid bill, Pelosi says not enough

Bode August 29, 2020

President Donald Trump is willing to sign a $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, a top aide said on Friday, but Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the sum was not enough to meet the needs of the American people. Trump said later that Pelosi was only interested...

Hurricane-related shut-ins curb 82% of oil, 59% of natural gas output in U.S. Gulf of Mexico, regulator says

Bode August 29, 2020

The United States energy companies on Saturday continued to restaff offshore oil and gas production facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Interior, Reuters reported. The data showed that there were 122 facilities that were reoccupied as of midday. Crude...

Sanwo-Olu visits helicopter crash scene, promises to rebuild damaged structure

Bode August 29, 2020

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday visited the scene of the Quorum Aviation helicopter crash at Opebi for an on-the-spot assessment. The ill-fated chopper on Friday crashed into a fence in-between two residential buildings. Sanwo-Olu, who met with some residents of the affected buildings, promised that the state...

Group commiserates with Gov. Makinde over mother’s demise

AFENET, LSTM donate 60 antenatal, other medical equipment to Oyo govt

Bode August 29, 2020

….commends partners on human capacity devt in health sector EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Oyo State government, on Friday, received medical equipment comprising 60 antenatal and postnatal treatment equipment as donations from the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Oyo State branch and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom....

Nigeria saves $2bn on LNG Train 7 through local content dev’t – Board

Bode August 29, 2020

Nigeria has saved $2 billion on Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for Nigeria LNG Train 7 Project through the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act implementation. Mr Simbi Wabote, executive secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), disclosed this in a statement signed by its Corporate Communications...

Nigeria records 77.88% drop in capital importation in Q2

Bode August 28, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The National Bureau of Statistics said total value of capital importation into the country stood at $1.29 billion in the second quarter of 2020, trailing the downturn in business activities occassioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a data released on Friday, NBS stated that the figure...

Crystal Palace signs Eberechi Eze on £19.5m deal

Bode August 28, 2020

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of QPR forward Eberechi Eze on a five-year deal for £19.5 million. The highly-rated England Under-21 international started every Championship game and scored 14 goals for QPR last season. Eze will boost Roy Hodgson’s misfiring attack ahead of the new campaign. Only relegated...

Lagos helicopter crash left two dead, one injured – NEMA

Bode August 28, 2020

Two persons killed, one injured in a helicopter crash on Friday belonging to Quorum Aviation into a building at Salvation Road, Opebi area of Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to...

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Akwa-Ibom NUJ boycotts Fani-kayode press conference

Bode August 28, 2020

The state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Akwa Ibom State has mandated its members to boycott a press conference planned for former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. In a statement on Friday, the chapter asked journalists not to attend any activity organised by the Fani-Kayode...

NSE appoints new Product Advisory Committees

Bode August 28, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the appointment of its cycle two Product Advisory Committees across different product lines – Equities, Fixed Income, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Derivatives. In a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Thursday, the NSE said the Committees are made up...

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Paradigm Initiative to host DRIF21 as a multi-country festival

Bode August 28, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has announced to hold the 8th edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) between the April 12 and 30, 2021. According to a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Friday, PIN said the DRIF21 would be a distributed multi-country festival of in-person...

X-raying the global federal discord

X-raying the global federal discord

Bode August 28, 2020

By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI There are roughly 25 federal countries in the world today, which together represent 40 per cent of the world’s population. These countries as documented by Wikipedia, the world’s information power house, include some of the largest and most complex democracies – India, the United States of America (USA),...

How I escaped petrol tanker explosion with my family – FedPoly Chaplain

Bode August 28, 2020

ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Chaplain of the Overcomers’ Chapel, Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, Pastor Ben Gin, has said he “miraculously” escaped with his entire family, the tanker explosion on Wednesday night. NATIONAL ACCORD had earlier reported that three people scooping fuel were reportedly injured on Wednesday after a fallen petrol...

Ndume clarifies statement on 70 elders killed by Boko Haram in Gwoza town

Bode August 28, 2020

SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Senator representing Southern Borno and Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume, has cleared the grey areas over a report credited to him that 70 Elders were killed in his community, Gwoza town of Gwoza Local Government Area in Borno state by Boko Haram...

WASSCE: Over 200 students miss ongoing exam over principals’ infractions in Bauchi

Bode August 28, 2020

ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State government has said that about 200 final year students whom it paid for their West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have missed taking the exam. The Commissioner of Education in the state, Dr Aliyu Tilde, in a statement issued to journalists in Bauchi...

India records 77,266 new COVID-19 cases, 1,057 deaths in single day

Bode August 28, 2020

India’s COVID-19 tally reached 3,387,500 and deaths reached 61,529 on Friday, showed the latest data released by the Federal Health Ministry. As many as 77,266 new COVID-19 cases and 1,057 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours. Still, there are 742,023 active cases in the...

Nigeria records 296 new COVID-19 cases

Nigeria records 296 new COVID-19 cases

Bode August 28, 2020

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 296 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday, added that only one death was recorded in the country. It said till date, 53,317 cases had...

Pedestrians and the Challenges of Road Use (Part 1) By LINDA ASIMOLE ELLAH –

Bode August 28, 2020

A foreigner once told me that she dreads walking on the streets in Nigeria, not out of fear of thieves or kidnappers, rather she dreads the manner and style of driving she sees on our roads. In many of our busy cities, one walks on the road with so...

Driver’s Licence: FRSC warns officials against extortion

Bode August 27, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned its personnel against extortion or any other sharp practices that could tarnish the image of the corps. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, in an interview on Thursday in Abuja, said that FRSC would not...