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...
Nigerian News
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...
Oba Abdulfatai Akamo, Olu of Itori in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun, has urged Nigerians to be patient with the present administration in the country, saying President Bola Tinubu met a bad economy. Akamo said this at a news conference in his palace in Itori on Wednesday,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Saturday’s Edo governorship primaries as inconclusive. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja Morka said that the decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) in...
The Federal Government on Tuesday transferred the operations of the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant (ZHPP) to a concessionaire, Penstock Ltd. Vice President Kashim Shettima made the disclosure during the first meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) for the year 2024 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has unveiled a unified curriculum for Islamic schools aimed at countering violent extremist ideologies and helping avert young people from being radicalised by terrorist groups. At the event held at the council chamber of the Government House on...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, is set to graduate 15,460 students from its combined convocation ceremony. Among the graduating students are the University’s first set of 25 medical doctors, ATBU Vice Chancellor,Prof. Mohammad Ahmed Abdulazeez has said. At a pre-convocation press...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government on Tuesday said the state is ready and willing to go into partnership with Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN) Akwa-Ibom/Cross River State. The Cross River State Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Prince Eka Williams disclosed this when...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops on Tuesday eliminated terrorists hibernating in Yadi Forest in Kaduna State, during the deep clearance operations into remote forest general area. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Operation Hadin Kai Joint Task Force (JTF) North East Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Shaibu Wahidi, says the command will continue to partner Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development in providing the enabling environment and the protection of lives and properties of...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI, Asaba – A group of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Media Professionals have appealed to His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to end gas flaring in Ubeji Community, a sleepy Satellite community located around the...
The Federal Government says it might open the borders for cement importation, if manufacturers of the product fail to bring down the cost. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa issued the threat on Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting with Cement and Building Materials...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Government has declared Thursday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 23 as public holidays in honour of the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu died in Germany on Dec. 27, 2023 and would be buried on Friday in Owo, his hometown, according to...
Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED), a coalition of Civil Society Organisations, says excessive salt (sodium) intake can lower the lifespan of individuals.. The coalition reiterated this position on Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting on salt consumption reduction Dr Jerome Mafeni, NHED Director and Project Adviser, Campaign...