Chief Ernest Shonekan, who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died. He died on Tuesday, January 11, at a hospital in Lagos. The news of his death was confirmed to Channels Television by the Ogun State government. Shonekan was the...
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PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Asuquo Ekpeyong Foundation (AEF) in partnership with Cross River State Women Emancipation Initiative (CRWEI) has disbursed N50,000 to 1,000 women, who are engaged in micro & small businesses in the state.. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the beneficiaries, who were selected from the 196 administrative...
Mr Kola Balogun, Chairman, Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), has called on the Federal Government to grant licences to selected indigenous companies to sell prepaid meters directly to consumers. Balogun made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United Nations (UN) has condemned the recent attacks that claimed the lives of scores of residents in Zamfara State. The UN Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the appalling attacks in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric. Mr. Guterres also...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that in 2021, it recovered the sum of N152, 088,698,751.64, (One Hundred and Fifty-two Billion, Eighty-eight Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-one Naira, Sixty-four Kobo). A statement from the agency on Monday also stated that the...
Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mustapha, also known as Mompha, was arrested on Monday, January 10, 2022. According to...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Government has dismissed the report making the rounds that the state has recorded 38 fresh Wild Polio Virus (WPV) cases. The Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), Dr Rilwan Mohammed, made the clarifications in a statement on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said its servers were not breached but are fully optimised at the highest international security levels as the custodian of the most important national database for Nigeria. NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that some social media reports have alleged...
Over 2 million jobs have been retained or created through the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) programmes, reports indicate. The reports were presented at the first meeting of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) in 2022 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu...
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd has announced the shutdown of 504MW Alaoji Power Plant following the vandalisation of TotalEnergies NOPL Line on Jan. 7. Mr Emmanuel Ojor, Head, Communication and Public Relations, NPDHC, made the announcement in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos. Ojor said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Mysterious fire has razed one of the newly commissioned ultra modern mega technical secondary schools built by the administration of Governor Babagana Zulum located at Ruwan Zafi Custom Area of Maiduguri Metropolis on Monday . It would be recalled that the educational edifice was...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has felicitated with his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on his 56th birthday. Governor Ortom in a goodwill message to Tambuwal on Monday, described him as a diligent, focussed and a result oriented political leader. The governor said Tambuwal...
The National Leader of the All progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest the presidential election in 2023. He, however, declared that he has yet to inform Nigerians of his intention to succeed the President. Tinubu stated this on Monday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Monday assented to the increased of N269,696,860.00 budget for the fiscal year 2022 Appropriation Bill that was passed into law by the Borno State House of Assembly. The initial budget proposal of N267,921,484.00 has now been increased...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The meeting took place today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which agenda could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, is believed to...
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have held a protest at the National Assembly complex over unpaid allowances. The workers occupied the NASS complex on Monday morning chanting songs of solidarity and displaying various placards. Among other demands, the workers want the full implementation of the...
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission’s (NiDCOM) said on Monday that the South Africa police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Olusola Solarin, a Nigerian on Dec. 12. Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency...
Passengers were stranded in Kano on Monday following a one week strike embarked on by tricycle operators. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development reduced traffic gridlock normally being experienced in the city as a result of high number of tricycles. Most of the passengers were...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has sent letters to states to alert the authorities on the disturbing trend of Lassa fever outbreak in the country. In its latest situation report on the disease published recently, the agency revealed that a total of 102 infected people...
DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled the former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Sen. Iyiola Omisore and the entire Omisore family on the passing of their father and Olu of Ayepe-Olode, Oba David Omisore. The president condolence message was contained in a statement issued by presidential...