BY RICHARD ABU, Keffi – The Tukur Buratai Research Centre, in conjunction with the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has raised N223 million for its research and development programmes. The fund raising and ground breaking ceremony, which took place at the Snake Farm located near Gora, KM 40 along Abuja-Keffie...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, over the passing of former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan. Tinubu’s condolence is contained in a statement issued by his Media...
Abuja – As schools reopen in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHADMSD) with technical support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), announced it would be taking to the next level, the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), launched by the Federal Government of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has congratulated the children of Borno State as Governor Babagana Zulum, has signed the Borno State Child Protection Bill into law on Monday. The UNICEF Communication Officer, Borno State, Folashade Adebayo, gave the commendation on Tuesday in statement made available to journalists in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Hon. Umar Kadufur has attended a meeting hosted by the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibanjo who is also the chairman of the National Boundry commission at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Vice president and all...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Transparency Nigeria Group (TNG) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately dismiss Mr Ademola Ademise, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Wema Bank PLC, a tier-3 lender quoted on the NGX. A statement issued on Tuesday by TNG Communications...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window with Nigerians in the Diaspora to support direct investments in the country. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of a compendium entitled...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has received with profound sadness the news of the death of a great statesman and former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesman, Mr....
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has filed an application at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to unfreeze his bank account. He is also seeking an order of the court to strike out his name and that of...
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...
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...