The Police in Jigawa have discovered the corpse of a three-year-old child, identified as Aminu Bukar, who went missing on Jan. 14 in Guri Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Police Public Relations (PPRO) in the state, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this in a statement he issued...
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he UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday warned that no fewer than 1.5 million children were not receiving life-saving treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa. The number represents almost half of the estimated 3.6 million children in urgent need, who are not being reached in time...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Chapter has congratulated Isa Gusau, Special Adviser to Governor Babagana Zulum on his graduation with distinction in Masters Degree in Media and Public Relations (PR) from University of Leicester, United Kingdom. NUJ Chairman, Comrade Bulama Talba, gave...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Executive Chairman of Karu Local Government Council, Mr. James Thomas has charged residents of the area to embrace the use of good water and maintain good hygienic environment to avoid the spread of contagious diseases. The chairman gave the charge today while speaking...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the federal government to reconsider the plan to remove oil subsidies for the interest of the workers. Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, NLC chairman in Ebonyi, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abakaliki....
The Organisation of Muslim Unity (OMU) has appealed to the Federal Government not to remove fuel subsidy because of spiral adverse economic effects on citizens. The group however advised the govtnment to come up with a robust plan for economic sustainability. The OMU National Publicity Secretary, Dr Hadi Atanda,...
The frequent killing of Nigerians in South Africa over the years has attracted concerns among Nigerians globally, with its nationals seeking an end to the causal slaying of their compatriots. Their concerns stem from the fact that relationship between Nigeria and South Africa, both African economic giants since independence...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has explained that thePermanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) issued by the Commission in 2011 and after do not need any revalidation for use in subsequent elections. In a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD in Abuja on Friday, Mr....
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Kaduna State residents of the resolve of the Nigerian Armed Forces, under his watch, to crush terrorists and criminal gangs operating in the State and other parts of the country. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Friday, said the...
A deal would enable Britain to practice the free trade it has long preached and represent recognition by a G7 economy of the benefits of African unity, writes President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria Two years after the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, my country Nigeria and her...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of the five-year-old school girl Hanifa Abubakar whose body was discovered in a shallow grave in Kano after near two months of fruitless search. Tge President condolence message was contained in a...
Gunmen have kidnapped the Commissioner for Industry, Trade, and Investment in Bayelsa State, Federal Otokito. Police authorities in the state confirmed Otokito’s abduction on Friday in a statement, barely a day after the incident took place. The Police Public Relations Officer in Bayelsa, Asinim Butswat, revealed that the commissioner...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is proposing a $50 billion trust fund for Nigeria and other low and vulnerable middle-income countries. In a blog post published on Thursday, it explained that the fund was targeted at helping countries in that category to build resilience and sustainability. “A proposed $50-billion...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission has identified some flash points ahead of FCT council elections. To this end, the commission has concluded arrangements to invite the FCT Commissioner of Police for dialogue on how...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on the international community to support Africa’s efforts in combatting climate change, containing the COVID-19 pandemic, fighting terrorism, as well as curbing poverty. Osinbajo, who raised these concerns on Friday in his virtual address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022, said that...
The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of a private school, Noble Kids Academy, in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state, where abductors of a pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, were said to have killed and buried her remains. Five-year-old Hanifa was abducted late last year and one...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The North-East legislators under the All Progressives Congress (APC), have passed a vote of confidence on the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee under the leadership of the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni. The lawmakers passed the vote during a special meeting held at the...
Pubs, popularly called beer parlour, is a thriving business in Nigeria which attracts patronage from a huge number of clients on a daily basis. A trip to some beer parlours in Lagos by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday revealed that men are the major customers when...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has traced the prevailing calm in Cross River to Governor Ben Ayade’s relentless support to the state’s police command. The IGP who spoke yesterday at the State Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar, during a courtesy...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Goods worth several millions of naira were on Friday destroyed during a fire incident that occurred at the Potiskum grain main market in Yobe State. Residents told our correspondent on phone that the fire began as early as around 3:00 am which attracted the...