All Progressives Congress flagbearer for the Sept. 19 governorship election in Edo, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu has said that the turn of Orhiomwon Local Government Council to produce the next governor of the state is now. The APC candidate made the assertion on Saturday during electioneering campaign at Iyoba Ward...
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…says Justice should focus on socio-economic rights of people EHIME ALEX, Lagos An effective synergy among the three arms of government including representatives of the legal profession would be a useful approach to confront the urgently required reform of Nigeria’s administration of justice system, and such collaboration is in...
The number of new people confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in Germany spiked again on Saturday at a rate not recorded since late April. Over the last 24 hours, health authorities across the country recorded 2,034 new cases. This brings the total number of infections so far...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that children above 11 years should wear face masks wherever adults wear them, such as in crowded settings, as a tool against COVID-19 The UN health and children’s agencies stated this in a guidance document for decision makers that was published...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Government, on Friday, distributed food items to over 3,000 households in Dusuman Ward, Jere Local Government Area of the state. The distribution was carried out by the State Palliative Committee set up by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, while the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The All Progressives Congress in Bauchi state has called on Governor Bala Mohammed, to urgently tackle the security challenges threatening the existence of citizens of the state. The APC Publicity Secretary, Adamu Jallah, who made the call in a media statement made available to journalists...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 340 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that four deaths were also recorded. The health agency said that with this new figure, Nigeria now...
The burial of late Elder Ude Jack Ohakwe, father of Investigative Journalist, Publisher and founder of Pointblanknews.com, Jackson Ude, has been scheduled for September 4, 2020, in his country home, Amurie-Nkporo, in Ohafia Local Government of Abia State. Elder Ohakwe died peacefully in his sleep on March 11, 2020, at the...
By PEDRO AZUOGU Corruption As An Enterprise In Nigeria – Both the American Heritage Dictionary (1981) and the Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary (2010) described corruption as an act of being corrupt. Corruption derives it’s meaning from the Latin word corruptus which in itself means tainted, decomposed, putrid, perverted, depraved, deteriorated,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, has called on the state police command to set machineries in motion to get rid of criminal elements, including cultists and land grabbers. According to a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Friday, the Speaker gave...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor of Diffa Province in Niger Republic, Alhaji Isa Lamin on Friday led a delegation, consisting of traditional rulers, chiefs of security establishments, and cabinet members, on a solidarity visit to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum in Maiduguri. His Excellency, Governor Lamin said he was in Maiduguri...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an Exploration and Production subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said it has plan to boost its gas supply to the domestic market by 600million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d) in the next three to five years....
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has decried a systemic abuse of the pioneer incentive scheme instituted by the Federal Government. A statement issued by Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, director of communications and liaison department at the FIRS, stated, while noting that this has led to tax...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized and destroyed 19,234 kilograms of Nicotine and illicit substance intercepted from drug traffickers, couriers and users within the state, in line with constitutional provision of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Chairman, National Drugs...
The National Population Commission (NPC) has on Friday reiterated its readiness to conduct a reliable and accurate census. Dr Eyitayo Oyetunji, Acting Chairman, NPC, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Oyetunji asserted that the Commission has ready qualified personnel and facilities for...
African leaders have in strong term condemned the Tuesday military coup in Mali during which President Ibrahim Keita was seized by mutinying soldiers. The leaders who included Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his counterparts from South Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda and Mozambique among others also demanded the immediate release...
The Federal Government in partnership with other stakeholders has pledged to remove all barriers and misconceptions that hinder self-esteem, dignity and safety of women and girls while menstruating. A report by the News Agency of Nigeria said the concern was the thrust at a one-day Validation Meeting for Institutionalising...