EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Government has inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) on Macroeconomic Framework and Growth Diagnostics for the Development of Nigeria Agenda 2050 and the Medium Term National Development Plan (MTNDP 2021-2025). Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, carried out...
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From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has appointed a new Shehu of Bama but with a condition that the monarch resides amongst his people rather than operate from Maiduguri. The new Shehu of Bama is Umar Ibn Shehu Kyari Ibn Umar Elkanemi,...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi After watching a video of racial intolerance, maltreatment and breach of the World Health Organization (WHO), procedure suffered in the hands of Chinese authorities by some blacks that allegedly had COVID-19 infection in Guangzhou, aside from being left lost in the maze of high voltage confusion,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ethiopian Airlines, the Largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, said it has unveiled a mobile app and chatbot-assisted shipment tracking service to elevate cargo customers’ experience. In a statement on Monday to NATIONALACCORD, the airline said the mobile app, which...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Restricted by government’s regulations on social gathering as a way to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the old boys association of St John’s Grammar School, Ile-Ife, said it have devised an electronic poll system to elect its new executives. The association stated this in a statement on...
Federal government has confirmed receipt of $311 million looted by former Head of State, late Sani Abacha, during his dictatorial regime. In a statement on Monday by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Umar Gwandu, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said...
Davido has landed another international collaboration with American base rapper Nicki Minaj. The Nigerian Afropop singer announced the feature when he tweeted “OBO X NICKI MINAJ prod by SPEROACH!! BARBZ”. He, however, did not disclose when the song will be released but he also announced a new album “A...
Super Eagles player, Alex Iwobi, turned 24-years-old on Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 according to MyNigeria reports. The former Arsenal star burst into stardom under the tutelage of the Gunners gaffer, Arsene Wenger, since his youth days. He played for the senior team for four years from 2015 – 2019....
Actress Funke Akindele and other celebrities on Sunday took to their various instagram pages to celebrate actress, movie director and producer, Genevieve Nnaji, who turned 41. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Genevieve Nnaji won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role...
Nigerians are notoriously forgetful, or they have very short memory. As they used to tell us, if you leave your bed unkempt and go out in the morning, when you come back in the evening, you will definitely come back to meet the same unkempt bed, since it will...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received commendation for his decision to implement the Stephen Oransanye report prepared in 2014, which was rejected by past government. The report main focus is on merging of various government agencies to cut cost. The President’s awakened decision is believed will help block wastes and...
THE TIME IS NOW – CORRECT THE INTEREST RATE The economic fallout from the coronavirus may present the best, most pressing case for revising the CBN’s high interest rate policy. The undue rates penalise domestic investment and consumer borrowing. This reduces both aggregate domestic supply and, to a lesser...
The Nasarawa State Government on Sunday evacuated 788 Quranic education pupils (Almajiri) to their states of origin to guard against further spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking at the flag-off of the exercise in Lafia, Gov. Abdullahi Sule said the evacuation was a decision reached by governors of...
The Kaduna State ICT Hub has granted financial resources for the production of ‘sophisticated’ ventilators whose prototype was fabricated by Dalhatu Usman, a 200-Level student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.The Chief Executive Officer of KAD ICT Hub, Engr. Yusuf Bashir, said the firm provided the fund and...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Over 5,000 vulnerable persons, many of them widows and the aged in Bolori 1 and 2 wards, were beneficiaries of food palliatives, authorized by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum. The ward distribution, started on Friday and continued on Sunday, has reached close to 10,000 persons...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has reiterated his commitment to enforce ban on interstate travel in the territory. “I must caution and warn that anybody who, for any reason, flouts the directives of government and is arrested, the...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – Barely 24 hours after the death of the Emir of Rano in Kano State, Dr. Tafida Abubakar Ila, two other prominent traditional rulers in Northern Nigeria also died today. They are the Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State (another first class traditional ruler...