Outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has highlighted the $24 billion Dangote Petrochemicals Refinery in Lagos as a testament to Africa’s ability to draw global capital for competitive industrial platforms. Speaking at the 2025 Standard Chartered Bank Africa Summit in Lagos, Adesina emphasized the...
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By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – A tanker carrying 50,000 litres of diesel lost control near Jin-Jofes filling Station on Iwo Road in Ibadan on Wednesday night, injuring one person. Oyo State Fire Service Chairman Mr. Maroof Akinwande confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday....
By JOY ADARA , Abuja- Nigeria’s Super Falcons are ranked the best team in Africa and 36th in the world with 1630 points, according to the latest FIFA Rankings. World champions Spain top the global rankings with 2066 points, followed closely by the U.S with 2065 points. Spain, the...
Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners have mobilized $2.2 billion (about ₦3.4 trillion) to implement special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria. The outgoing President of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this in a paper presented at the 2025 Standard Chartered Bank Africa Summit in Lagos. According to Adesina,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has directed the expedited rollout of the free healthcare access initiative for low-income retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), describing it as a critical component of social protection and dignity in retirement. He also called for the prompt implementation of long-overdue...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Super Falcons player, Francisca Ordega has donated relief materials to the Yelwata IDPs taking refuge at the Ultra Modern International Market Makurdi to cushion the effect of their suffering. Making the donation on behalf of her foundation called Francisca Ordega foundation, the international...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Kogi State government has set machinery in motion to secure investments for the exploration of oil and gas resources in the state. This was the outcome of a meeting held earlier this week between Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources...
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has condemned Nigeria’s declining moral fabric, criticizing the practice of appointing individuals with tainted records to high public offices. Speaking on Channels Television’s _Politics Today_ on Wednesday, the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor expressed dismay at a society that glorifies ill-gotten wealth...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his deepest condolences to President John Mahama, the government and people of Ghana following the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, and six others. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that...
Federal Government requires ₦3 trillion to complete road projects awarded under the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) tax credit scheme. Minister of Works, David Umahi disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen. Following NNPCL’s decision to halt funding from August 1, President Bola Tinubu directed the...
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has passionately called for Nigerians to forge enduring, law-abiding political parties to steer the nation out of its democratic “wilderness.” At the launch of Ike Abonyi’s books, _The Bubbles of Nigeria’s Democracy: The Musings of a Nigerian Journalist and Wadata Wonders: Memoirs...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has discovered explosive devices and recovered weapons and ammunition in Kaduna. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Mansir Hassan, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. DSP Hassan said: “On Friday, acting on credible intelligence received, the...
Kano Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 arraigned five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue and one bank staff before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High Court sitting in Katsina, Katsina State. They were arraigned on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nafisa Abdullahi Aminu, Rukayya Muhammad Fema, and Hadiza Kashim Kalli on emerging world champions in English language communication skills and debate at the 2025 TeenEagle Global competition in London, United Kingdom. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that 17-year-old Nafisa was named the...
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025, and its three associated Bills, including the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill, collectively known as the Tax Reform Bills, into law. He...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Fuel scarcity hits Benue State as petrol stations shut down in solidarity with Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over unpaid compensation for a vandalized fuel tanker, paving the way for black marketers to hike prices. It could be recalled...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa and the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suiwaba Sa’id Ahmed, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education, have expressed immense pride and admiration to commend Miss Nafisa Abdullah Aminu, a 17-year-old student from Yobe State, for...
A hearing-impaired woman, Hauwa’u Bello, has taken her husband, Usman Shuaibu, to a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna state. Bello claimed Shuaibu gives her only N50 for food, leading to her plea for divorce. Communicating through sign language interpreted by Aisha Sulaiman, Bello stated, “We got married in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has rolled out stringent procedures for screening of exceptional Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), candidates, who are still under the age of 16 years for admission into Nigerian universities in the 2025/2026 academic session. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – African Development Bank (AfDB) has lauded the leadership of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for his administration’s commitment to advancing agriculture and food security, as Kogi State looks set to benefit from the Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme. This was disclosed during a...