Hundreds of flights at Frankfurt Airport in Germany were cancelled on Thursday due to winter storm that forced the airport to briefly suspend take-offs and landings. More than 300 of about 1,000 scheduled flights for Thursday at Frankfurt Airport were cancelled, a spokeswoman for airport operator, Fraport, said...
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The Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday filed an amended 20-count charge against the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele in an FCT High Court. EFCC dragged Emefiele to court earlier on six counts bordering on alleged breach of procurement procedure in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has disclosed that the agency would boost its intervention projects in higher institutions in Plateau in line with the state preeminent status in North-Central zone. Echono made this known on Wednesday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, who had his governorship election earlier annulled by the appellate court but reversed by the Supreme Court, has called for justice and fairness for the sacked lawmakers in the state He was reacting to question from journalists when...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum of Borno has attended the third day funeral prayer of his late Spokesman, Isa Umar Gusau which was organized by the family of the deceased at the residence of late Isa Gusau’s elder brother, Alhaji Babangida Umar. Officials...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director Network for CSOs Borno State (NECSOB), Ambassador Comrade Bulama Abiso, on Wednesday said the network has received a formal approval from the Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC) to observe the forth coming LG Councils election in the state....
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Tuesday inducted 24 new members into the institute just as the Minister for Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris inaugurated its 2023-2025 Governing Board. Among those inaugurated as members of the institute were the former spokesman for the House...
Patron Board of Trustees Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), Hon. Sam Onuigbo, has said it is crucial for Nigeria to accelerate its adoption of renewable energy to mitigate climate change. Onuigbo, a former federal lawmaker said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Multi Stakeholders National Consultative...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) certificate of a mining company indicted for Tuesday’s explosion in the Bodija area of Oyo State showed some foreign names as owners. Makinde, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday...
British head of state King Charles III will attend hospital next week for a corrective procedure to treat an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday. “In common with thousands of men each year, The King has sought treatment for an enlarged prostate,” said a palace statement....
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has called on the people of the state to remain calm over the explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening in Ibadan. Makinde, while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan, said that his government would do everything possible to provide succour to everyone affected...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has approved a 100 per cent hazard allowance for medical doctors and other health workers in the state to boost their morale. The governor announced this on Wednesday, during a courtesy visit by pioneer medical students of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba and...
The Minister of Solid Minerals and Development, Dr Dele Alake has directed Mine Officers of the ministry to investigate the Tuesday night explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, to help unravel the cause. Alake gave the directive on Wednesday in Abuja. “I have directed the ministry’s mine officers who...
Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Mr Sanusi Garba, has said the Federal Government will continue to subsidise electricity to ease the financial burden on Nigerians due to economic challenges in the country . Garba said this during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. “Government has decided...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan, which left about three persons dead and 77 others injured. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the explosion, which occurred on Tuesday evening at Bodija area of the Oyo State capital, also destroyed at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the February 3, bye-elections to fill vacant seats in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state Houses of Assembly. The vacancies were created as a result of the resignation and...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of renewal fees for the Group Life Assurance for federal government workers. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Wednesday at the end of the first 2024 meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to pay a woman, Mrs Mary Kajo, the sum of N100 million over the arrest, unlawful detention, torture and alleged death of her husband, Mark Kajo. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, also ordered the police...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the Killing of two of its personnel by armed bandits in Kebbi State. The Kebbi State Command’s Spokesperson, DSI Abdullahi Isa, disclosed this in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. He said: “On a sad...
Some medical doctors in the health sector have identified family ties and age as part of major factors holding back some doctors from migrating out of Nigeria to practise abroad. The doctors made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...