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...
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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...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerian youths to use their education and exposure to improve themselves and not see them as tickets to depend on the government. President Buhari made the call in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday. According to the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill after the National Assembly makes the necessary adjustments. He, however, said such changes must include the addition of consensus candidates, indirect primary options to the mode of selecting a candidate for an election, as against the initial...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the option of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Although he acknowledges the possibility of a political resolution, he believes the IPOB leader must answer for his actions over the years, especially while he was out...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday defended his government’s decision to source loans from China, saying anyone willing to help Nigeria’s infrastructure is welcome. According to data from the Debt Management Office, Nigeria has borrowed $2.02 billion as loans from China from 2015 and the country’s debt portfolio from China...
Family of the late Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), on Wednesday, decried the legal advice reportedly issued by the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos, over the death of their son. Mr Sylvester Oromoni, father of Oromoni Junior, in a statement made available to newsmen in Asaba, called on President Muhammadu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has released the official gazette on the proscription of banditry in Nigeria. Dr Umar Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, disclosed this in a statement issued...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he does not care about his successor in 2023, saying he has no favourite in the forthcoming general elections. The president stated this in an interview he granted to Channels television which was televised on Wednesday evening. According to him, “I am not interested in...
Members of the Olubadan-in-council have endorsed Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland. This is coming on the heels of ongoing controversy on who becomes the new Olubadan. The kingmakers on Wednesday at a press conference at Mapo Hall noted that there is no cause for alarm as...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 250 shanties, 200 makeshift buildings and 40 sawmill machines have been destroyed by fire outbreak at Oko-Oba area of Lago State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 11:40 AM. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said President Muhammadu Buhari played the hypocrite in signing the tampered 2022 budget passed by the National Assembly while declining assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill. According to Governor Wike, the hasty assent to the 2022 budget suggests that the president...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senator Margret Chuba Okadigbo, wife of late former Senate President, Dr Chuba Okadigbo as the new Chairman of the board and management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. She replaces Senator Ifeanyi Ararume who was appointed four months ago. In a statement issued...