Managing Director of the National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC), Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, paid a courtesy visit to the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Head Office in Maitama District, Abuja during the week. Picture above shows the Director-General of BPE ,Mr. Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi (right) presenting a...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state governor, Ahmed Aliyu has inaugurated the state monitoring committee and local government coordinators to ensure the unhindered sales of it’s 55 percent discounted grains and others. Addressing them at the Government Chamber on Monday, the governor disclosed that those appointed were on...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has flagged off construction of the 20KM Obajana-Uro-Aku rural road linking parts of Lokoja and Adavi local government areas off the state. The project is part of interventions by the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) supported...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, on Tuesday said the country’s foreign reserves rose by 12.74 per cent to $39.12 billion as of October 11. Cardoso stated this while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Banking Regulation. The apex bank boss noted that the...
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has accused the Libyan Football Federation of deliberately mistreating the Super Eagles in the North African country. Players and officials were stranded for hours at a Libyan airport on Sunday and denied access to food and the internet as they prepared...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Tuesday said being a state governor at this time in Nigeria is not a fanciful job, given the gamut of allegations against governors over local government funds. Soludo made the assertion at a news conference in Awka, to clarify the new State Economic...
The Federal Government is to overhaul the Alau dam in Maiduguri with special focus on raising its reservoir level and fixing damages resulting from the Sept. 9 disaster, an official has disclosed. Director, Dams and Reservoir Operations, in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Mr Ali Dala,...
A former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has urged the incumbent Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to use his offices to reclaim the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and expand waterway transport system. Fashola gave the advice at the 2024 Lagos Physical Planning Summit on Tuesday. He emphasised the...
The World Bank has said it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty for nearly half the world. According to the Bank’s new Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report released on Tuesday, this accounts for people who live on less than 6.85 dollars per day. A statement issued...
The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Philémon Yang, has said Africa would need $194 billion dollars in additional financing annually to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Yang, said this at a joint debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s development at the ongoing 79th...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied arresting a presenter, while on air, or disrupting lawful activities at Urban Radio 94.5FM, Enugu on Monday The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Tuesday said contrary to the claim of the radio...
The Police Command in Imo says it has dismantled an armed robbery syndicate terrorising residents of Owerri North Local Government Area of the state. Its Spokesman, Mr Henry Okoye, in a statement on Tuesday, attributed the feat to enhanced security measures to tackle violent crimes, especially at night. “On...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – On October 5, 2024, the United Evangelical Church (UEC), Adankolo in Lokoja, Kogi State, was filled with joy and laughter as friends, relatives, parents, siblings and dignitaries gathered to witness the union of Offor Callistus, the News Editor of NATIONAL ACCORD Online Newspaper, and...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that efforts to fully recover the national grid are almost complete following a partial disturbance on Monday. The disturbance occurred at approximately 6:48 p.m., prompting immediate recovery efforts. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, in a statement on...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) on Tuesday said that the internal crisis rocking the party had been resolved. The forum’s Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed, stated this in an interview with newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after the forum’s meeting. Mohammed said that stakeholders within...
The crisis seems to be brewing between Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State and his political godfather, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, with the former allegedly refusing to sack two top government functionaries as directed by the latter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered in Kano on Tuesday that the...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court on Tuesday issued an interim order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), from arresting former defence minister Lawal Batagarawa over a land dispute. Justice Yusuf Halilu, who issued the order, also barred the EFCC from inviting, harassing, intimidating or threatening...
An Ikeja High Court has ordered an online activist, Vincent Otse (alias Very Dark Man) to remove defamatory posts against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and his son, Folarin, also called Falz. Justice Matthias Dawodu also ordered VDM to bring down the alleged defamatory video which he...
The National Vice Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West Zone, Chief Kamorudeen Ajisafe, has said the crisis rocking the national leadership of the party will not stop its victory in the November governorship election in Ondo. Ajisafe, who made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of...
The House of Representatives has condemned the alleged inhumane treatment of the Super Eagles and the delegation by the Libyan Football Federation/Libyan Government. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Kabiru Amodu (PDP-Zamfara) at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. Moving the motion earlier, Amodu said...