By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the Vice President and All Progressives Congress aspirant, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, after the completion of the vice president’s 2023 Presidential Bid consultations with the state Governor’s and delegates. The Vice President had visited the 36 States...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday departed to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government. A statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the three-day summit,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command (WMC) on Thursday said it intercepted 32 sacks of Cannabis Sativa with a street value of N168 million naira. The Controller of the command, Comptroller Abubakar Umar, said this during his maiden media conference on the command’s activities from February to...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the alleged pension fraud trial involving former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye until Oct. 5. At the resumed hearing in the case on Thursday, Oronsaye was cross-examined by the prosecution counsel, Mr Oluwaleke Atolagbe. The former Head of Service...
Abba Kyari, the suspended DCP, on Thursday, approached a Federal High Court for another bail plea. Kyari and three of his co-defendants, through their counsel, urged Justice Emeka Nwite to admit then to a bail because their lives in the Kuje Correctional Centre where there are being remanded were...
Farmers in Kogi and Benue expressed awe at the large sizes and number of roots produced by the new cassava varieties developed by the NextGen project—Baba-70 and GameChanger—as they pull the crop to see what was below the ground during a farmers field day/ product launch. They spoke about...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB), which is the international body responsible for the certification of quality management systems, has recertified the ITF’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification. The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari announced this...
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reportedly escaped death after aggrieved inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service. Internal documents and officials said the attack happened on Wednesday, May 4, months after Kyari was remanded following his ongoing trial...
MTN and DSTV were among 100 companies that bagged outstanding awards at the 2022 edition of the Brand Africa Award ceremony on Wednesday. Brand Africa is a non-profit intergenerational organisation that inspires a brand-led African renaissance to transform the continent’s image, by driving Africa’s competitiveness, connecting Africa, and creating...
Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday urged the Nigerian military to take the battle against bandits to their enclaves, to end the lingering insurgency in the state. Matawalle made the call in Gusau while receiving a visiting team of members of the Army War College of Nigeria on...
The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation on Wednesday joined Africans across the world to celebrate this year’s Africa Day Development stakeholders who have shown genuine commitment to advancing the continent’s causes also joined in the celebration. The Goodluck Foundation’s Communications Officer, Mr Wealth Ominabo, stated in Yenagoa that former President Jonathan...
The Federal Government says it will ban all substances that are not ozone-friendly in accordance with the Montreal Protocol Agreement, which Nigeria is a signatory to, by Jan. 1, 2023. These substances include refrigerators, air conditioners, generators, water dispensers, photocopiers, among others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the gruesome murder of Madam Harira and her four innocent children by some “unknown gunmen” and demanded for justice . The President of CAN, His Eminence, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, who condemned the act in a statement...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is in mourning over the senseless killings in Borno and Katsina states in the last 48 hours. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja, the president vowed that the perpetrators would be...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Wednesday imposed an indefinite dusk-to-dawn ban on the movement of motorcycles, tricycles and shuttle buses in eight local government areas of the state. In effect, those vehicles are not to operate in the local government areas between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Seven...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the current democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by the predominance of money politics. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,said this at a one-day colloquim on Emerging Issues that will shape the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria organised by the Centre for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The killing of a pregnant woman, Mrs. Harira Jubril and her children in Anambra State is not only callous, brutal and demeaning, but capable of creating ethnic conflict across the country and hence must be condemned by all, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Mr. Obi announced his resignation in a letter dated Friday, 20th May, 2022, and addressed to the National Chairman of the party. In the letter, Mr. Obi gave reasons for...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Management of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has described as fake the Approvals-in-Principle (AIP) quoting outrageous sums as allocations to some institutions that are not even beneficiaries of such funds. This was disclosed In a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD on Thursday...