A support group, Nigerian Youths for Atiku (NYFA), says internal disputes within Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not determine former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s fortune in the 2027 general elections. The group, which has been throwing its weight behind Abubakar, the 2023 PDP presidential candidate, stated this in a statement...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has withdrawn from the local government election scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22. This is contained in a letter dated Feb. 17, signed by the APC state Secretary, Alao Kamoru, addressed to the Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC). A copy...
A new World Bank report has revealed a steady rise in the adoption of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to promote green and resilient development. This was stated in a press release obtained from the World Bank on Thursday by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)....
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prevail on Gov. Ademola Adeleke not to go ahead with the conduct of the Saturday’s local government election. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the appeal in a chat with...
A New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yusuf Galambi, has defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Reading the defection letter at the plenary on Thursday in Abuja, the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, quoted the defecting lawmaker as saying that his defection was hinged on...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has assured that the Nigerian Army would continue onslaught against bandits until they eliminated them to enable Nigerians live in peace. He stated this while speaking to Journalists, after he paid an operational visit to the 17 Brigade of the Nigerian...
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo. The Registrar of the University, Mr Adetunji Bakare, stated this on Wednesday at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Sokoto state has warned fruit sellers to refrain from using calcium carbonate and other harmful chemicals to preserve fruits. The warning was issued by the State Coordinator, Mr Abdusalam Lawal, during a public awareness campaign against the...
Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian militant group had set up a stage at the handover site, where numerous cheering onlookers gathered alongside dozens of hooded and masked militants in uniform. Four black coffins were displayed...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has affirmed his administration’s preparedness to synergies with the army to combat the war against pipeline vandalism and destruction of oil pipelines in the state. Fubara made the remark when Maj-Gen.Emmanuel Emekah, GOC, 6 Division, Nigerian Army paid him a courtesy call in Port...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Government has earmarked twenty percent of the 2025 budget of N550.1 billion amounting to one hundred and ten billion (N110 billion) naira on infrastructural development in the state. Addressing journalists in Makurdi on Wednesday during budget breakdown, the Director General...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Director, Research and Publication, Benue Public Service Institute, Makurdi, Dr. Mark Nyitse, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the establishment of North Central Development Commission (NCDC), describing it as important for the development of the region. Speaking exclusively with NATIONAL ACCORD in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has expressed sadness over the death of the District Head of Adavi local government area, Alhaji Salihu Ozi-Salami who died on Wednesday at his home town in Ogaminana, Adavi local government area of the state. Governor Ododo described...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday adjourned until April 15 the alleged defamation suit against Instagram celebrity Martins Otse, also known as Verydarkblackman (VDM). A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin, popularly known as Falz, had filed the defamatory suit against VDM. Falana filed...
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a one million dollars investment to equip one million Nigerians with Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills. The Managing Director, Microsoft Nigeria and Ghana, Ms Ola Williams, said at a Microsoft AI Tour media briefing in Lagos that the AI skill training would reach one million Nigerians...
Azania Omo-Agege, Interim President of the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), says the federation will not support any move aimed at promoting transgender boxing in the country. Omo-Agege said this on Wednesday in Abuja, while expressing concerns over the proposed visit of Boris Vandervorst, President, World Boxing Federation (WBF), where...
Agitation for creation of Ogoja state from the present Cross River on Wednesday in Calabar, gained momentum following a public forum organised to harmonise position and demand for the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forum was organised by the Old Ogoja Province People’s Initiative....
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has banned 60,000 litres petroleum tankers from operating on Nigerian roads, effective March 1, to mitigate truck-in-transit incidents. Authority Chief Executive, NMDPRA, Mr Ahmed Farouk, announced the ban on Wednesday in Abuja, while briefing newsmen shortly after its Stakeholders Technical...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday mourned former Federal Commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, describing him as a “true defender of the people”. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja, said the death of the nationalist and elder statesman, was...
MTN Nigeria on Wednesday appointed the winner of the 2024 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee competition, Ikenna Ikechukwu, as its one-day Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ikechukwu, a 15-year-old student of Glorious Covenant School in Rivers State, emerged the winner of the competition,...