SPDC is very disappointed that the Rivers State High Court affirmed the enforcement of the purported sale of interests in SPDC’s JV’s assets in Kidney Island and specified interests in OML 11 to the Rivers State Government. In the underlying judgement (Chief Agbara and Others v. SPDC, ), which is being enforced...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria is proposing to float degree courses for its members at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. This was disclosed by the Director, Public Relations of the University, Dr Andee Iheme, in a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD in...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Nigeria unemployment rate has risen to 27.1 per cent in the 2nd quarter of 2020 from 23.1 per cent recorded in the 3rd quarter of 2018. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Labour Force Statistics report released recently for the...
The United States and China have delayed a review of their Phase 1 trade deal initially slated for Saturday, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters, citing scheduling conflicts and the need to allow time for more Chinese purchases of U.S. exports. In the exclusive report by the medium...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A whistleblower has uncovered massive irregularities in the list of candidates writing the 2020 West African Senior Certificate Examination (WASSCE), in Bauchi State, the Ministry of Education has disclosed. The Commissioner of Education in the state, Dr Aliyu Tilde, who disclosed this in a media statement...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria’s death toll from COVID-19 has reached 973, as total confirmed cases of infection rose to 48,445 on Friday. These figures were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its Twitter handle @NCDCgov. The NCDC also disclosed that a total of...
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated an Inter-ministerial Technical Experts Committee to oversee the activities of the arms of government, ministries and agencies to boost and reduce the cost of its governance. Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, who performed the inauguration in Abuja, said...
EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna Following sustained appeals and outcry of traders who own stalls in the popular Sheikh Abubakar Kumi Central Market, Kaduna – the biggest market in the state, the state government has at long last directed the Kaduna Markets Development and Management Company (KMDMC) to reopen the facility...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has described the news of the killing of the member representing Dass Constituency at the State House of Assembly Honorable, Musa Baraza, by unknown gunmen as shocking. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Baraza, was killed by unknown gunmen late Thursday night...
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has released N5 million for procurement of anti-snake venom for the Kaltungo Snake Bite Treatment and Research Centre. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Ahmed Gana made this known in a statement in Gombe on Friday. He stated that the gesture was in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Federal Polytechnic Damaturu on Friday flagged-off the planting of 10,000 trees to combat desertification and safeguard the environment. Speaking at the occasion, the Rector of the institution, Dr Musa Kallamu, said the exercise was meant to address desertification and general climatic condition in the state. He...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Thousands of sympathizers gathered to pay their last respect to the lawmaker representing Dass Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, who was killed at his residence late Thursday night. The Clerk of the Assembly, Umar Gital, who speake in a telephone interview...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri The humanitarian community in Nigeria has called for urgent support for vulnerable people in the north-eastern part of the country, as the number of people in need of life-saving aid has risen steeply. In a release on Friday to NATIONAL ACCORD, the group stated that at...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has earmarked N2.5 billion for the development of Wawa/Zange grazing reserve in Gombe. Dr Musa Inuwa, director in charge of the Gombe office of the ministry disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe on Friday. He said the money...
*Police launch manhunt ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Unknown gunmen have killed a member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, representing Dass Constituency. The State Police Command confirmed the incident on Friday morning through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Amed Wakili. In a telephone interview, he said that...
*Says govt will continue to match policy with action Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, kicked off the remodelling of the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Ibadan, stating that the Complex will be upgraded to a world class standard. The governor, who stated this at the main bowl...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria’s total Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections increased to 48,116 with the 373 new cases recorded across the country on Thursday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced the new cases on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov at 11:39 PM Thursday night. It explained the...
By LINDA ASIMOLE ELLA We know the common saying that “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”. We so easily agree with this and may not think too much of it. This piece is here to help give us a little more thought to what it implies. Interestingly,...