Members of House of Representatives seem to be on a war path over the proposed probe of the operations of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) under Mr Mele Kyari. A group of members of House on Saturday placed adverts in three national dailies, urging the Joint Committee...
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The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most. Rev. Adewale Martins, on Saturday appealed for an end to the nationwide protests to save the economy. Martins made the plea in a statement signed by the Church’s Director of Social Communication, Rev. Fr. Anthony Godonu. He said that the prolongation of...
The Chief of Defence of Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has urged the media to stop giving undue publicity to the #EndBadGovernance protests by some groups. “I noticed that all the stations were hooked up to the protests the other day. “The media should not do this. This...
The nationwide End-Hunger Protest, also known as the End-Bad-Government Protest, has officially begun and is sweeping the country, causing deaths and damage in its wake. And there’s the worry that the worst might yet come. Due to the ethnic profiling that a president’s spokesperson brought into it, which...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has flayed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his failure to address the nation despite the crippling nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest by Nigerians. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba. Hon. Ologunagba...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – There was absolute calm in Benue State and people went about their normal activities as there was no protest in the state over the hardship experienced in Nigeria by Nigerians. Checks by NATIONAL ACCORD revealed that the absolute calm in the state was...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour, Employment, and Productivity, Senator Diket Plang, has expressed his admiration for the leadership of various youth groups and their members in Plateau State for maintaining a peaceful atmosphere during the first two days of protests...
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has detained 108 suspects allegedly involved in vandalising government and public properties during the nationwide protests in the state. The State Commandant of the corps, Mohammed Lawal-Falala, disclosed this on Saturday while parading the suspects...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – As the nationwide protest entered day three, Lokoja the Kogi State capital and and other places have Remain peaceful as residents refused to join other states in the the planned nationwide protest. Both citizens and the government have given reasons why Kogi State...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has alleged that 95 per cent of the youths that participated in Thursday’s violent protests in Maiduguri were children under 14 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zulum made this known in a broadcast to the people of Borno where...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum over the weekend inaugurated a committee of government and labour officials to work out measures and advise the state government towards the implementation of new national minimum wage for workers in Borno state. The committee, made up of...
The Borno Police Command said it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross area in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, who disclosed this on Saturday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara chapter, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for sponsoring attacks on its members in the name of peaceful protests. The State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris, made the allegations at a press briefing in Gusau on Friday. Idris further alleged...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has not suspended or halted Arik Air’s flight operations, which continued as scheduled and did not affect the airline’s ability to operate remaining fleet. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Michael Achimugu, the NCAA Director of Public...
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) is concerned with the statement by the elder statesman and former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, linking his birth to witchcraft. At a recent event in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Obasanjo noted that witches and wizards were responsible for the mother’s long pregnancy and delay in...
By PAUL EJIME – The decision by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) directing the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) to sell crude oil to local refineries in Naira, the local currency instead of the US dollar is expected to make petroleum products more available in the oil-producing country which...
No The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), says it has disbursed more than N2.5 billion institution fees to 12 schools across the country. The Spokesman of the Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that 22,120 students benefited from the exercise. According to Ayitogo, the...
The role of mentorship or expert coaching is invaluable when it comes to skill development. Mentorship is an approach of training and developing people, where more experienced person (mentor) shares his/her understanding and experience with less experienced person (mentee). For instance, Mark Zuckerberg (Co-founder of Facebook) was a product...
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, has appealed to Nigerians to suspend the nationwide protest tagged ’Endbadgovernace’ against the current government. Shuaibu made the call in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Lizzy Okoji, on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The police in Kogi have said that the caretaker chairman (CTC) of Kabba/Bunu local government area, Mr Zacchaeus Dare-Michael, has escaped from his kidnappers’ den. Dare-Michael was on Friday reportedly kidnapped by some gunmen on the Kaba-Okene road while on his way home. He was said to have...