The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York elected Nigeria along with 17 other countries into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new ECOSOC members will serve for three years with effect from Jan.1, 2021....
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Zimbabwe’s government says it will increase civil servants’ wages in the light of economic challenges worsened by Covid-19. The finance minister said that with immediate effect, salaries and pensions would be increased by 50%. These are paid using the local currency introduced last year. In addition, all civil servants...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 587 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17, 735. The NCDC announced this on Wednesday through its official Twitter handle. It said that as at June 17, the 587 new confirmed...
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York, elected four new nonpermanent members into the Security Council for a two-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2021. India and Mexico clinched the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean seats in the powerful council. Ireland and Norway each...
Dan Foster, a popular broadcaster and host of The Morning Show on Classic FM, Lagao has been reported dead. His colleague confirmed the news of his death on Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES reports Foster was said to have been ill. He worked with numerous radio stations including Cathy Hughes Radio...
There was apprehension in Iree community of Boripe local government area of Osun State, when as 21year-old female student of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Miss Faderera Oloyede was found dead in her boyfriend hostel room. Though circumstances surrounding her death was still sketchy as of the time...
The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Oyo State Chapter, Rtd. Col. Joshua Akinyemiju has urged parents to teach their children sex education and encourage their female ones to dress modestly. Akinyemiju gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ibadan, while reacting...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Nasdaq has welcomed the inclusion of the African Development Bank, one of the world’s largest issuers of social bonds, in the Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network (NSBN). The announcement came on Wednesday and was contained in a release by APO Group made available to NATIONAL ACCORD. The...
Jerome-Mario Utomi Nigerians and particularly the people of Niger Delta-a region with increasing social difficulties and laced with no good survival record in 2015, thrusted upon President Muhammadu Buhari an important destiny. First, to complete the process of democratization of the nation which has taken over 16 years, as...
American statesman and ebullient lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, hit the bull’s eye when he asseverated that “truth is generally the best vindication against slander.” As a lawyer myself, I am consensus ad idem with Lincoln’s cerebral beatification or, if you like,...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 31 COVID-19 related deaths, the highest number of fatalities, according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC). The centre also confirmed 490 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17,148. The...
Edo Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday in Benin announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shaibu made the announcement during a press briefing, saying that his resignation from the ruling party took immediate effect. “It is with pain that I am leaving the APC I...