By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officers (CEO) for the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC). The President in a statement on Friday by his Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga,...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Arewa Youths Initiative for Energy Reforms (AYIFER), has urged Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to do everything possible to bring Kaduna Refinery back into operation. National Coordinator of the group, Mr Bashir Al’Amin, stated this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja....
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Zone C Executive Council, has urged members on compliance with the two weeks strike following industrial disagreement with the Federal Government. The union’s Zonal Coordinator, Mr Adekunle Masopa made this known during a media conference at Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) in...
A lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, on Friday, retracted the alleged defamatory statements made against Umar Damagun, acting National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, the acting National Secretary. Adeyanju, in a letter dated Dec. 6 written from his law firm, Deji Adeyanju & Partners, and signed...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, has said the Federal Government has taken practical steps to revamp the Nigerian economy over the past one year. Cardoso said this on Friday in Abuja, at Bankers’ Committee Retreat, with the theme: “Contract and Commitment to National...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspected gunrunners along Zaria – Jos Road. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, added the police also recovered eight locally made pump action guns, one local pistol and 65...
The Federal Government has said the Livestock sector contributes about 30 per cent of the rural economy and 10 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the agricultural sector. The Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Maiha, stated this at the closing of the technical workshop...
An editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Gregory Maduakolam, has been kidnapped. A statement issued by the management of the agency in Abuja said Maduakolam was kidnapped in Owerri on Thursday night. NAN reports that the specific location of the incident in the Imo capital, however, could...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Former Secretary to the Benue State Government, Professor David Salifu has hailed Governor Hyacinth Alia for the establishment of the Benue Public Service Institute. Professor Salifu spoke with NATIONAL ACCORD in Makurdi after delivering a paper during the training workshop/ induction of the...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The organizers of Built Environment and Building Materials, (BEBM) exhibition has extended the closing date for entry for eligible participants on the 2024 edition of the Prince Shaibu Abubakar Audu Essay competition, from 5th to 16th December, 2024. According to the organizers, this is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A two-day roundtable discussion workshop organized by Stand to End Rape (STER), a non-governmental organization, has brought together journalists, civil society organizations, community, and religious leaders in Borno State to discuss ways to increase women’s participation in politics. The workshop, held at Amada YAnnex...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Ikenga, a Superintendent of Police, said two security...
Nigerian music superstar David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has released a new single “Funds”, featuring ace singers Odumodublack and Chike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hit single, released on Friday, is a dynamic blend of Afrobeat and contemporary sounds, with each artistes bringing their...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has dismissed the reports alleging that permission had been granted to France to establish an expeditionary military base in Nigeria. Musa faulted the insinuation that the recent visit of President Bola Tinubu to France where a lot of bilateral agreements...
The remains of Nigeria Actress, Mrs Elizabeth Evoeme, better known as Ovulera, was on Friday laid to rest in her home town, Umuaba Okpu-umuobo in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government in Abia. Evoeme was born on Dec. 1, 1942 and began her career in a drama group called,”Ndichie” and other...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, set aside the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), suspending Mr Muhuyi Magaji, the Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). A three-member panel of justices, in the lead judgment read by Justice Umaru Fadawu, also ordered...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has pledged continued support to infrastructure development for the judicial arm of government. Wike stated this at the inauguration of the construction and furnishing of Office Annex for the Body of Benchers, in Abuja on Friday. He pledged...
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) on Friday assured host communities in the Niger Delta of getting jobs to grow Nigerian content. SPDC’s General Manager, Nigerian Content, Olanrewaju Olawuyi, said this at the panel sessions of the 13th Practical Nigerian Content Forum organised by Nigerian Content Development...
The Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, has said that no fewer than 9,000 young lawyers would be called to Bar as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in 2025. Awomolo made this known tat the inauguration of the construction and furnishing of...
Tension is building in Kano as policemen have allegedly barricaded the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II’s palace, restricting him from attending a royal ceremony in Bichi Local Government Area. The event was to feature the presentation of a staff of office to a new District Head of Bichi....