Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon has urged Nigerians to give more time to the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, toward resolving the various challenges confronting the country. He added that it was too early in the life of the administration to begin to resolve all the inherited crisis in different...
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Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Wednesday said the late former Governor of the state, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, would be remembered for his good deeds, especially standing for truth and justice. Aiyedatiwa stated this during a special court session held in honour of the late former governor at the...
Residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday paid their last respect to the late former Governor of the State, Rotimi Akeredolu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that students lined up at the major road side in the state capital to wave to the motorcade...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspect who claimed to be a pilot for allegedly collecting N1.02 billion in Kaduna under false pretence. EFCC’s spokesman Mr Dele Oyewale, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that a petitioner claimed that the suspect was...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly raping a 14-year old girl in Kwara State.. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Umar Mohammed told newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin that the 14-year old reported on Feb. 19 that the...
Lagos State Police Command has arrested two fake soldiers, who allegedly threatened to kill a man with jack knife while fighting. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday, said that the suspects were in police custody since Monday. Hundeyin said...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration will construct Gwagwa, Karimo to Deidei road, to ease traffic congestion. Wike made the pledge while inaugurating the construction of access road to Saburi 1 and 2, in Abuja Municipal Area Council...
Senate has urged the Federal Government to stop its planned increase of electricity tariff via the planned withdrawal of electricity subsidy. The upper legislative chamber made the call through a motion it adopted at plenary on Wednesday in Abuja. The motion was captioned, “Planned Increase in Electricity Tariff...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS), has call on the organised labour to embrace dialogue and negotiation against its planned protest slated for Feb. 27 and Feb. 28. The Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A financial consultant, Mr Abba Adaudu has charged State Governments to urgently come up with palliatives to cushion the effects of the current food crises in the country. Addressing Newsmen in Abuja, Mr Adaudu said the measure would also complement Federal Government’s efforts...
The plan by Rep Nicolas Mutu (Delta-PDP) to open his defence, on Wednesday, in the alleged N320 million money laundering charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) suffered setback at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The matter, which was listed as number one...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr Kelechi Ohiri, as the Director-General, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). The confirmation followed the presentation of report by the Senate Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary) during plenary session. Presenting the report, chairperson of the committee, Sen. Banigo Ipalibo (PDP-Rivers West) recalled that...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has determined May 29 as the date for this year’s national and provincial elections. The president has consulted with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the election date and convened a meeting with all nine provincial premiers to discuss the state of readiness...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to increase its gold reserve storage to substantial levels. The lawmaker made the call on Wednesday when the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and other Financial Institutions...
A businesswoman, Adenike Lawal on Wednesday sought from a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan the dissolution of her one-year-old marriage to her estranged husband, Muslim, on grounds that he is a drunk and a wife beater. Lawal, who resides in Okota area of Lagos State added...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Failure of the management of the Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the institution, the strike embarked upon by the union has continued. Speaking exclusively with NATIONAL ACCORD in his...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State socio-cultural organisations comprising Tiv, Idoma and Igede have rejected Pulaku initiative as a measure to end the herders/farmers crisis in Nigeria, particularly in the affected parts of the country. The Chairman of the Benue State socio-cultural organisations, Mr. CP Iorbee Ihagh...
TURN Plastics Recycling Foundation, an environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO), has urged celebrities to use their profile to promote environment-friendly behaviour among the citizenry. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Ihuoma Njemanze, its Project Coordinator, said notable personalities and celebrities a major role to play in...
Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has demanded N1bn damages from Senate President Godswill Akpabio for defamation. Emefiele’s lawyer, Matthew Burkaa, in a notice to the Senate President dated February 19, 2024, faulted a “we don’t know what to charge Emefiele with”...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is watching the skies on Wednesday, with European Remote Sensing satellite ERS-2 due to descend to Earth. The ERS-2 was launched in 1995, following on from its sister satellite, ERS-1, which had been launched four years earlier. At their time of launch, the...