EHIME ALEX, Lagos BudgIT, Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE Nigeria) and Paradigm Initiative (PIN) have announced to hold the fourth edition of the bi-annual pan-African New Media, Citizens, and Governance Conference (NMCG). Paradigm Initiative in a release to NATIONAL ACCORD on Friday said the bi-annual conference would hold virtually...
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By Jerome-Mario Utomi If there are two events in recent times that reinforces King Solomon’s warnings thousands of years ago that when there is no vision, people perish, it is President Muhammadu Buhari led administration’s reintroduction of a Bill which was rejected in 2018 by the outgone 8th National...
Federal Government will block flights from countries that do not allow Nigerian flights to land due to coronavirus restrictions, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Thursday. “The principle of reciprocity will be applied,” Sirika told reporters. “If you ban us from coming to your country, the same will apply...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Thursday confirmed 476 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. According to the NCDC on its official Twitter handle seven deaths were also recorded in the country. The agency said till date, 50,964 cases have been...
By LINDA ASIMOLE ELLAH Do you know your shoe size? How big are your shoes? Or How small are your shoes? How well do you know your own shoes? How comfortable are you in your own shoes? How well do you walk in your shoes? Then, where do your...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Government has approved the sum of N13.3 billion for the take-off of Community Policing initiative across the country, as part of measures being adopted to consolidate efforts aimed at containing the nation’s security situation. This approval was part of the resolutions of the National...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum said the 2020 Budget has been compromised by COVID-19 pandemic and crash in price of crude oil at the global market, which undermine the federal allocation, valued added tax and other sources of revenue. Zulum said this at a town hall...
Former Super Eagles striker and Nigerian Football Ambassador, Daniel Amokachi, has been appointed Special Assistant on Sports to President Mohammadu Buhari. Amokachi’s appointment was announced in a statement by the Media Officer to the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare. “I am pleased to inform you that Mohammadu Buhari, the President of the Federal...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State Executive Council has approved for construction two township roads in the state metropolis totaling 4.2 kilometers at the cost of N828,845,855. The State Commissioner of Works, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council Meeting held on...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos President Muhammadu Buhari has approved for reappointment Mr Joseph Chiedu Ugbo as Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company. Also, the President reappointed Messrs Babayo Shehu and Ifeoluwa Oyedele as Executive Directors respectively. The renewal is said to take effect from August 25, 2020...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joined other Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in an emergency virtual extraordinary summit over the ongoing political crisis in Mali. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, Buhari is participating in the...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 20 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods from Aug. 20 to Aug. 31. The NPA made this known in its publication, “Shipping Position”, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday. According to the publication, the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Mohammed Alhassan Sadiq, a loyalist of Yakubu Dogara, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, has resigned his position as Bauchi State Commissioner of Commerce and Industry to join him (Dogara) in the All Progressives Congress. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Dogara who represents Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday reported 593 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC stated this on its official twitter handle, noting that of the figure Plateau recorded the highest infections with 186 case. The health agency also stated that four deaths...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Chairperson of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Hajiya Yabawa Kolo has called on members of the Boko Haram insurgents and ISWAP to respect international war and humanitarian laws by not attacking humanitarian workers. Hajiya Kolo made the call while speaking at the World Humanitarian Day...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A group, concerned citizens of Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa Balewa forum in collaboration with some former aides to Yakubu Dogara, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, has accused him of betraying their trust by decamping to the All Progressives Congress (APC). NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that...
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has been honoured with a Distinguished Award by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). The award was presented to the EVC in his office in Abuja on Wednesday by ATCON President, Olusola Teniola in...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Capital Territory Administration said it is poised to put an immediate halt to all illegal mining operations within the Federal Capital Territory due to the dangers such activities pose to the health of residents in those communities. A statement on Wednesday by Anthony Ogunleye,...
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has expressed worry, amidst a rigidly imposed punishing 24 hours curfew that is about 63 days now, how armed Fulani militia invaded Unguwan Gankon village in Gora ward, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, killed two persons and burnt 7 houses. This was contained in a...