A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some unknown gunmen, who robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than three people have been killed by gunmen who attacked Yadagungume and Limi villages in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. One person also sustained varying degrees of injuries in the attack. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that those killed...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has come under criticism over its inability to publish its annual reports detailing operations and financial obligations since 2018. According to Premium Times, checks showed that since 2005 when the Bankers Bank started publishing details of its annual report on its website, it has...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all cabinet members wishing to contest elective posts in the 2023 general elections to resign their appointments on or before Monday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory and other stakeholders shared a total sum of N3,965,107,151.48billion as statutory allocation for the month of March 2022. The figure indicates an increase in revenue from, N3,592,846,301.74 billion disbursed in the month of February 2022...
The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clement Agba, has said that the recently inaugurated National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-2025 will provide a blueprint for Nigeria’s economic prosperity. Agba said this at the coordination meeting of the Regional Development Summit in Abuja. He said that government’s regional...
Gov. Nasir El-rufa’i of Kaduna State has called for sustained operations into terrorists’ enclaves to ensure the end of banditry and other security challenges in the state. El-rufa’i made the call at the opening of the Nigerian Army 2022 Combat Arms Training Week at Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on anti-graft agencies to monitor the funds of Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of government as the country prepares for the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba made the call in a...
….Visits Bauchi, woos APC delegates in Bauchi ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the unity and security of the lives and properties of all citizens of the country remain crucial and important to him as one vying for the office of the president. According...
Jeanne Clerk, Spokesperson, United States of America Embassy in Nigeria, says giving voice to all the governed, including the under-represented by the media, assists in reducing voter apathy during elections. Clerk, made the remark during a South-South town hall meeting with the theme, ‘’Setting Agenda for Sustainable Democratic Culture,’’...
The Presidency has dismissed Chief Roberts Clarke’s call for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by six months. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He restated that Buhari would handover to democratically elected...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has insisted that the law banning open grazing in the state is irrevocable just as he told the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore that he is prepared to meet them in court for any legal battle. Secretary-General of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has initiated processes to recover N29 billion (29 billion Naira) owed it as ground rent by land allottees in the Federal Capital Territory. This was disclosed by the General Counsel (GC) and Secretary of the Legal Services Secretariat...
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it has no intention of extending the timeline for party primaries. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the comment while speaking at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. Political parties in the country had asked INEC to...
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Tuesday pledged to provide logistics and formulate policies that would sustain piracy decline in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director-General of NIMASA, made the pledge at the Fifth Plenary of the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum/Shared Awareness...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed Oct. 12 for the arraignment of former Aviation Minster, Stella Oduah and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date following a letter from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) in...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has urged the Federal Government to pay marketers their bridging claims to enable them to begin lifting petroleum products from the depots.. The IPMAN Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of...
Three male and a female teacher of the Chrisland School Lagos, were on Tuesday docked in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly concealing a sex tape of a student. The police charged Oladotun Sotunde, 56; Elesho Tajudeen;32, Rhoda Olanipekun; 45, and Ajigboye Hammed, 41 with two...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has directed all its structures and organs to block all federal roads in protest against the continued shutdown of public universities in the country. Against the backdrop of the extension of the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),...
Political parties in the country have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the timelines for the 2023 general elections by two months. Specifically, the parties want slight changes to the primaries’ timeline, as stipulated by the electoral umpire. Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yusuf...