Bode, Author at National Accord Newspaper

FBI, DHS announce probe of Chinese hacking of COVID-19 research

Bode May 14, 2020

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency on Wednesday said they were probing attempts by Chinese government-aided hackers and others to target U.S. organisations conducting research on vaccines, treatments, and testing related to the coronavirus pandemic. The FBI and CISA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, said in the statement. “These actors have been...

Nigeria’s total COVID-19 infections now 4971 as NCDC records 184 new cases

Bode May 14, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 184 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4,871. The NCDC also said that six new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total...

COVID-19: OPC donates N3m to South West states, Kwara, Kogi

Bode May 14, 2020

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Wednesday donated N3 million for food and procurements of essential items to patients of the deadly COVID-19 disease across the six states of the South West and Kwara and Kogi States. The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, who is...

Shagadi was a grassroots mobilizer, political giant – Agba

Bode May 14, 2020

By PAUL ADAJI – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has paid glowing tributes to prominent Edo politician, late Alhaji Usman Shagadi, describing him as a grassroots mobilizer and political giant. Prince Agba, reacting to the passing of the Edo-born politician on Wednesday,...

Tinubu hails Gambari’s appointment as President Buhari’s new CoS

Bode May 13, 2020

By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Former Lagos state governor and national leader of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has described the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari as a laudable one. In a statement issued...

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Senegalese engineering students design machines to fight COVID-19

Bode May 13, 2020

Senegalese engineering students are throwing themselves at the West African state’s growing coronavirus problem with inventions such as automatic sanitiser dispensers and medical robots. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are...

Ex-Labour Party scribe says Gambari’s experience ‘ll impact Nigeria

Bode May 13, 2020

A former National Secretary of the Labour Party, Dr Kayode Ajulo, said in Lagos on Wednesday that the new Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, would bring his robust international experience to bear in the affairs of Nigeria. Ajulo made the announcement in a...

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Nigeria records 146 new COVID-19 cases, as CBN offers N100bn grant for local vaccine

Bode May 13, 2020

By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria has recorded 146 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total infections to 4,787 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new cases in a tweet on Tuesday, just as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced its readiness support...

[UPDATED]: Gambari ‘appointed’ new Chief of Staff to President Buhari

Bode May 12, 2020

There are feelers that President Muhammadu Buhari may have settled for one-time Nigeria’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR, as his new Chief of Staff. NATIONAL ACCORD could not immediately confirm this. Although Younews and a number of other online platforms carried the story,...

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Buhari appoints 42 Ambassadors; seeks Senate confirmation of Chairman for Law Reform Commission; NDIC senior officials

Bode May 12, 2020

By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a list of 42 nominees to the National Assembly for confirmation as Ambassadors. A formal request for the confirmation of 42 career Ambassadors-designate is contained in a letter dated May 6, 2020 and sent to the Senate on Tuesday....

PHOTONEWS: Zainab, Agba, others at a meeting of Economic Sustainability Committee on Monday

Bode May 12, 2020

From left, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Silva; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba; and, Minister for Agriculture, Alhaji Adamu Nanono, at a meeting of the Economic Sustainability Committee chaired...

COVID-19: FRSC arrests 396 vehicles for social distancing violation

Bode May 12, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Road Safety Corps has arrested a total of 396 vehicles conveying over 2,422 passengers in the general operation area of its 12 Zonal Commands across the country, for indiscriminate violation of Presidential directives on physical distancing in vehicles. According to Bisi Kazeem, the Corps...

Lockdown: First Bank takes transactions to the palms of Nigerians

Bode May 12, 2020

Global disruptions caused by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have made individuals, organisations and countries to think out of the box to be able to survive in the various aspects of life. It has made them to make necessary adjustments. In Nigeria, in an effort to curb the spread...

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Delta State PDP Chairmanship: Sapele political leaders insist on zoning formula

Bode May 12, 2020

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Sapele have insisted that the chairmanship of the party in Delta State must come to Sapele Local Government Area according to the party’s zoning formula. Arising from a meeting in Elume on Sunday, the party leaders said...

COVID-19: Catholic Bishops offer 425 clinics as isolation centres

Bode May 12, 2020

The Catholic Bishops have volunteered over 400 of their clinics across the country as isolation centres for persons infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this on Monday in...

COVID-19: Two 500-bed isolation and treatment centers ready in FCT, Borno

Bode May 12, 2020

By GRACE AUDU (Abuja) and SADIQ ABUBAKAR (Maiduguri) – The 500-bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center located at the Idu District of Federal Capital City was on Monday officially commissioned by the Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello. The commissioning ceremony, witnessed by many stakeholders, followed the...

One person infected 533 with coronavirus at Ghana fish factory – President Akufo-Addo

Bode May 11, 2020

A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast late on Sunday. Ghana’s health authorities reported the outbreak at the industrial facility late on Friday, but did...

Again, NCC denies licensing, deployment of 5G network in Nigeria

Bode May 11, 2020

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – For the second time in one month, the Nigerian government denied on Monday, insinuations that it had issued Fifth Generation (5G)mobile network licenses with the owners already deploying the mobile network in parts of the country. Early last month, the Minister of Communications &...

COVID-19: ABU scientists produce 4-in-1 sanitizing machine [VIDEO]

Bode May 11, 2020

Videolink: https://youtu.be/L9J6Qph9NScA team of eight engineers from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State, have fabricated an Automatic 4-in-1 Sanitizing Machine and another Intensive care ventilator for COVI-D-19.Those who developed the machines, PRNigeria gathered, include Dr. Kaisan Muhammad Usman, Dr. Kabir Ahmad, Dr. Yusuf Sule Dambatta, Engr. Yau...

All masks, no fireworks: Shanghai Disneyland in muted reopening after coronavirus closedown

Bode May 11, 2020

Thousands of visitors streamed into Shanghai Disneyland on Monday for the first time in three months, as the Chinese park became the first reopened by Walt Disney Co after the coronavirus pandemic brought the Magic Kingdom to a standstill. Mickey Mouse joined familiar Disney characters welcoming the crowds, the...