The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says one body was recovered and seven persons were injured in the fire that engulfed Balogun Market in Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, said that...
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The Nigeria Customs Service handed over 1,165 cartons of fake Analgin injections seized at Onne Seaport in Rivers to NAFDAC on Tuesday. The drugs were discovered in one of the 26 containers impounded at the port. Also seized at the port were 24,860 gallons of 25 litres and 10...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced a plan to construct three integrated villages for the resettlement of Nigerian refugees displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in 2014. Over 20,000 refugees were reportedly displaced by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in Borno, Yobe and...
Thirty-five persons were killed in two auto crashes that occurred in Kebbi on Sunday and on Monday. FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Yusuf Aliyu-Haruna, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Binrin Kebbi on Tuesday that 40 other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that four people were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed. Confirming the incident to NATIONAL ACCORD, on Tuesday, he said that five other people sustained various...
The Winner of the Public Affairs Category of the Spokesperson Communication Awards(SCA) 2022, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, has been appointed the Public Relations Coordinator of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Vienna, Austria. Dr. Gwandu is a media and communication expert with over a decade of professional experience...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he clocks 71, March 29, 2023, with history beckoning to lead the country from May 29th. The President congratulatory message in contained in a...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Africa can take full advantage of the global complexities we see today and indeed thrive in the face of the uncertainties and disruption through knowledgeable leadership which is committed to good governance.” This was the submission of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN at a...
Dr Kola Oredipe, the New Media Director to the Bayelsa Governor, has attributed the peaceful atmosphere experienced in the state during the recently held elections to the disposition and personality of Gov. Douye Diri. Oredipe spoke in Yenagoa at a media parley held at the Secretariat of Federated Correspondents’...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The representative of the Ideato North State Constituency, at the Imo state House of Assembly Mr Arthur Egwim, has died following some health-related issues. Speaker of the house, Mr Emeka Nduka (APC Ehime Mbano), confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
Bauchi State recorded 7,806 cases of tuberculosis in 2022, Dr Sani Mohammad, Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria said on Monday in Bauchi. He made the declaration at a news conference to mark the 2023 World Tuberculosis Day. Mohammed, whi represented...
Leaders of Sari and Akore communities in Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of Ogun on Monday appealed to Gov.Dapo Abiodun to save their communities from incessant attacks by suspected land grabbers. They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ota . The community...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers says it will issue Certificates of Return to the Governor-elect, Deputy Governor-elect and State House of Assembly members-elect on March 29. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr .Johnson Alalibo, made this known on Monday in a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its efforts to ensure the successful implementation and promotion of Transitional Justice Programme in the North East Nigeria , Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development in collaboration with UKAID have organized a second phase of the North East Transitional Justice Network...
The Governor of Ogun State, Mr Dapo Abiodun, on Monday said that the state would take over the burial of Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya, to give him a befitting farewell. Abiodun said this during his condolence visit to the family at the late Diya’s residence in 31 Adekunle Fajuyi St.,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – To mark his 71st birthday, President-elect, Bola Tinubu has directed that special prayers and thanksgiving service be held on Wednesday March 29, 2023, instead of the yearly birthday colloquium. The special prayers will be held in Lagos and in other parts of the country....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, says the Federal Government has released N15 billion to the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo-led Repatriation and Settlement Committee to ensure safe return of all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their homes. Zulum, who is also the Vice Chairman of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has scheduled Saturday April 15, 2023 for all outstanding supplementary elections. This is arising from the Commission’s meeting held Monday in Abuja, where it decided that all outstanding Governorship, National and State Assembly supplementary elections will take place...
Farmers in Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government Area (LGA) on Monday appealed to the State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, to enforce the anti-grazing law against invaders of their farms. The Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Ido-Ekiti chapter, Mr Oluropo Dada, made the appeal in an interview...