By EDDY OCHIGBO Kaduna – Lack of efficient and prudent treasury management in the country have been identified as the source of fraud and sharp practices in nation’s public and private sector. Dropping the hint during a breakfast meeting with correspondents in Kaduna during the week, the Registrar and...
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President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday, to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50). The event is to hold from March 3 to March 4 in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a...
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has officially declared to run for President in 2023. Sowore is expected to contest on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC). He was the party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election. “SOWORE FOR President,” the activist posted on Facebook on Tuesday. Sowore...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined members of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), the Christian community, particularly clergymen in Nigeria and abroad, in celebrating with Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on the auspicious occasion of his 80th birthday, March 2, 2022. President Buhari also felicitated...
The Federal Government on Monday announced that Air Peace and Max Air may begin the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine on Wednesday, The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this during a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Onyeama said the evacuation will...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said for Africa to achieve the desired level of attainment, issues such as poverty, socio-economic rights, environmental and sustainable development alongside concerns about democracy and unconstitutional changes of governments, have to be dealt with. Prof. Osinbajo gave the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends and professional associates of founder and Executive Chairman of Complete Communications Ltd, Dr Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase, whose vision and diligence transformed sports reporting and inspired a generation of media entrepreneurs. President Buhari also commiserated with...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has published the Notice of Election for 2023 general elections, in compliance with extant provisions of the law. The commission disclosed this in it daily bulletin issued by the Director of Voter Education, Victor Aluko, in Abuja on Monday. The commission stated that...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – A national stakeholders’ summit opened in Abuja on Monday with participants calling on the National Assembly to accelerate the passage of the Critical National Infrastructure Bill under consideration. They expressed the belief that when passed into law and assented to, the bill would help...
Executes over 10,000 projects nationwide By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund), Kashim Ibrahim-Imam on Monday disclosed that between 2019 and 2021, the fund has disbursed over N300 billion as interventions fund in about 226 tertiary institutions across the country...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Attorney General of the Federation amd Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has been accused of playing numerous roles in a deliberate effort to destabilize the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto State. Expressing their disappointment with Malami’s open endorsement of one of the...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – A bomb has exploded, in Kabala West, a suburb of Kaduna in the wee hours of Monday. Community Leader of Kabala West Alhaji Badamsi Salisu told NATIONAL ACCORD that the incident occurred at Dorino Hotel, a popular spot in the area. “The bomb exploded...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Olori Janet Afolabi, CNN award winning journalist,Publisher and Queen of Apomu Kingdom in Osun state, has joined the league of authors. Her authorial debut is titled ” The Masters Who Trained Me”. The book was launched on February 24 at the Alapomu Palace Hall...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Monday said the Nigerian Embassies in Romania, Hungary and Poland have received over 256 stranded Nigerians from Ukraine, while awaiting the arrival of 200 more in the coming days. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, disclosed...
Parents of Nigerian students in Ukraine have protested at the Russian Embassy in Abuja, calling for peace in the Slavic nations. “Peace,” the parents, who carried placards, echoed as they sued for a resolution between Ukraine and Russia. “We don’t want peace in Ukraine,” one of the protesting parents...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to block all federal government roads in Oyo from Tuesday, if the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike continues. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a section of NANS members from Zone B made the threat on...
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has secured N600 million loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria to establish a commercial poultry farm to boost eggs and chicken production. Prof. Mikhail Buhari, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Technology and Innovation, stated this on Monday while speaking with newsmen. Buhari said that...
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed on Monday appointed Alhaji Nuhu Wabi as the 10th Emir of Jama’are. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new Emir succeeded Alhaji Ahmadu Wabi III, who died at the age of 84 on Feb. 6, after 52 years on the throne....
President Muhammadu Buhari says rising crude oil prices present a great opportunity for Nigeria, especially with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari said this on Monday in Abuja, while declaring open the 5th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES)....
The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja fixed May 27 for judgment in a suit by former Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, seeking to stop his probe in an alleged N96 billion fraud and fraudulent sales of valued assets belonging to Rivers State. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who led...