By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Government has announced the suspension of its Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie and the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Damian Lawani over allegations of “grave official and financial interactions”. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Musa Ikhilor,...
Offor Callistus
President Bola Tinubu has notified the Senate of an increase in the proposed 2025 budgetary estimates from the N49.7 trillion he presented on Dec. 18, 2024 to N54.2 trillion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu announced the increase via a letter forwarded to both chambers of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has recognised Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the authentic National Secretary of the party. The BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, disclosed this after the BoT meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja. Wabara said the recognition followed the recommendations of the Taminu Turaki-led committee...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Imo State Police Command has arrested three suspected ritualists with a human skull, a native hen and white garments on the Okigwe – Umuahia express way. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Henry Okoye, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Owerri. DSP...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) is currently meeting as part of efforts to address the lingering leadership crisis rocking the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the closed door meeting currently holding at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja is chaired by the...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has budgeted 2.5 billion dollars in the 2023 to-2027 Nigeria Country Strategy Plans (CSP) geared towards achieving zero hunger and improved nutrition across the country. Head of Programme, WFP, Mr Seriene Loum, said this at the Co-creation workshop organised by the organisation...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has paid a condolence visit to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan today, over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. He was accompanied by former Governors Okezie Ikpeazu and Samuel Ortom as well as Senators...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a private visit en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. In Addis Ababa, President Tinubu will join African leaders at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 38th Ordinary...
President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years. National Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Mannir Bature, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Bature said the Coordinating Minister of Health...
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said it arrested one person in connection with the Sunday attack by suspected hoodlums on Amagu village, Nkalaha community in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs Adaku Uche-Anya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Senate on Wednesday at plenary paid glowing tribute to late Sen. Jeremiah Useni, who died on January 23 at the age of 82, following a prolonged illness. Useni was born on Feb 16, 1943 in Langtang, Plateau state. Useni came to national limelight in Nigeria when he was...
The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory, Commodore Rotimi Oderemi, has said the Nigerian Navy has rid Calabar water channels of piracy, smuggling, militancy and oil bunkering. Oderemi said this during his handing over on Wednesday in Calabar, adding that the development had...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, on Wednesday, said that the military must leverage technology, enhance intelligence-sharing, and strengthen interagency cooperation to stay ahead of all security threats. Musa said this at the opening of the 2025 CDS Joint Task Force Commanders Conference with the theme:...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday, said that the second phase of the Adiyan Water Works when completed would provide 70 million gallons of water daily to residents. Sanwo-Olu said this during an inspection of the Adiyan water works in Ogun, disclosing that work on the project had...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Personal Assistant Domestic (Northeast), office of the Vice -President Kashim Shettima, Comrade Mahmud Muhammad, has expressed commendation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for graciously approving the sum of N80 billion for the immediate reconstruction and expansion of the Alau Dam, Konduga local government...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Mr. Michael Oglegba is the Honorable Commissioner for Finance Benue State. In an interview with a select media houses in his office in Makurdi where NATIONAL ACCORD was represented by TYAV SAM TYAV, the finance expert spoke about the challenges hampering the full...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Communities Development Association (CONECDA) Youth Wing has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for assenting to the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) Bill, describing it as a long-overdue step toward addressing the region’s developmental challenges. In a statement signed by...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A sad incident occurred on Tueday, February 4, when a police constable attached to Mada Station Division of the Nigerian Police Force, in Nasarawa Eggon local government area of Nasarawa State, shot and killed himself. The police constable identified as Dogara Akolo Moses, who...
At least 17 students of an Almajiri school have lost their lives in a fire outbreak that engulfed their school in Kauran Namoda, Zamfara State. Intelligence sources according to Zagazola Makama reports revealed that the tragic incident, which occurred on the night of Tuesday lasted for about three hours...
Dr Agbo Major on Tuesday emerged as the new National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convention which held at the RockView Hotel in Apapa, was attended by delegates and officers of the party at national and state...