A literacy guidebook designed to train journalists on spotting and countering authoritarian export in Nigerian Media space was yesterday unveiled in Abuja, Nigeria with participants raising alarm over Chinese role. At a training workshop for journalists as part of the unveiling, guest speakers and participants described the guidebook as...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Board of the newly incorporated Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to ensure strict compliance with Corporate Governance principles that place premium on doing business with the highest ethical standards, integrity, and transparency. Inaugurating the Board chaired by Sen. Margery Chuba Okadigbo, the...
Presidential aide, Garba Shehu, has reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari’s desire to finish major projects across the country before handing over power in 2023. He made the remark on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, noting that that is the major preoccupation of the government....
The Gombe State Coordinator, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mr Hassan Mustapha, has said the Federal Government was addressing youth unemployment in the state. Mr. Mustapha, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Gombe, said the government was concerned about...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has commended some Local Government Councils chairmen, who are adjudged to be amongst the most performing chairmen in the state. Governor Ayade gave the commendation in an event that took place at the state executive council chambers, Governor’s Office...
“…Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit….” (Mathew 1:20) Christmas: A Co-parenting Act with a Mission The Christmas season has been around the corner and for those who are Christians, we...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Government has warned that it would seal any filling stations hoarding petroleum products in the state . The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Danladi Atu gave the warning in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Jos, the...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Some unknown gunmen on Thursday attacked the Ideation South Police Division in Imo with explosive devices and freed suspects detained at the station. It was gathered that the gunmen used explosive to destroyed the administrative office of the division, the office of the Divisional...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again reiterated the commitment of his administration to address the nation’s security challenges before he leaves office in 2023. The president gave the assurance during an interview session televised by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Wednesday. President Buhari expressed optimism that the security challenges...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Thursday said that the UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year. The agency’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices, averaged 125.7 points – a 28.1 per cent...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has received His Spiritual Eminence, Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, Grand Khalifa, Jamiyyatu Ansarideen (Attijaniya) Worldwide, as the state hosts the fourth Nigerian World Maulid celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, with the theme “The prophetic solutions to questions of humanity”,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur has assured that the present government is ever ready to continue to map out programmes that will impact on the lives of widows and orphans of the fallen heroes and legions in the state. Alhaji Kadufur gave...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration for heeding his call and finally labeling bandits wrecking havoc on citizens across the country as terrorists, but said “this is not enough.” He then called on the President to be...
The Ebonyi State Police Command have arrested two suspects in connection with the disappearance of the remains of one Mrs Grace Orjiokoro, an 80-year-old-woman from a mortuary in Afikpo South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Loveth Odah, the command Public Relations Officer said this when she...
A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s displeasure with the performance of the power sector is an indictment on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The group advised the president to scrap NERC, which is the power sector regulator and move its responsibilities to...
Three people were killed and nearly 30,000 displaced after flash floods hit Indonesia’s Aceh province, an official said on Thursday. More than 11,000 homes were submerged by the floods that followed heavy rain in North Aceh district on Monday, said Abdul Muhari, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency....
Police have finally released list of qualified candidates, dates, venues and requirements for the 2020 Police Constables Recruitment Training. This is contained in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
By MARK JANG, Jos- The Plateau State Police Command on Thursday said it have commenced an investigation into an incident that occurred on Jan. 1 in Jos where a young lady was killed and her mutilated corpse was abandoned in a hotel. The police spokesman, ASP Ubah Ogaba, disclosed...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Mr. Linus Obogo, The Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has described as untrue a report by an online media (Not NATIONAL ACCORD) circulated by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that his principal withdrew #100billion from the state...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed a re-trending video of an alleged incident involving an out-bound passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja Lagos sometime in August 2017. The NIS spokesman, Amos Okpu, disclosed this to NATIONAL ACCORD on Wednesday in a...