By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 134 observer groups have been accredited to monitor the governorship elections which will hold in Edo and Ondo States later this year. The Commission in a statement issued on Monday by the...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has appealed to youths in the state to take advantage of the various skill acquisition programmes being introduced by his administration geared towards making them self-reliant. Governor Aliyu gave the charge on Monday in a statement issued by...
The Federal Government has launched an investigation into the complaints of land-grabbing by oil producing communities in Bayelsa against some International Oil Companies (IOCs). The Ministry of Petroleum Resources disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, adding that the companies involved are the Nigerian Agip...
Following the attack on his Republican rival Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden has stressed “the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics”. He also called on the public to “remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies.” “In America, we resolve our difference...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has ordered an immediate suspension of the July 29 plan to commence the enforcement of the e-Central Motor Registry (e-CMR). The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Adejobi said the...
The deplorable state of the nation, the hardship level, heartbreaking state of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and the Increasing Poverty Rate in Nigeria is a damning indictment of President Tinubu Renewed Hope Mandate promise to Nigerians. The further suspension of the Activities of Humanitarian affairs and all departments...
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By PAUL EJIME – Embattled Kenyan President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet in response to lingering youth-led national anger against bad governance characterised by economic hardship, insensitivity and extravagance by government officials and police brutality. “Upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and...
The Federal Government has dragged Daily Trust Newspapers before the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the Ombudsman, over its story on the Samoa agreement. A statement by NMCC on Sunday acknowledged receipt of the federal government’s complaint and added that investigation into the matter had...
Fire at a Palm Kernel Factory at Onuebonyi in Ebonyi on Sunday destroyed equipment, raw materials and other property worth billions of naira in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)’s visit to the factory revealed that all the property at the scene of the incident was...
E Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, has urged Nigerians to ensure strict adherence to the country’s building codes to avert frequent building collapse and its associated disasters. Umar stated this when she visited the site of the Saint Academy building collapse and some of the...
The Police Command in Osun on Sunday confirmed the rescue of two persons who were trapped under a collapsed building at Sabo Area of Osogbo. SP Yemisi Opalola, Police Spokesperson in Osun made this known in a statement issued in Osogbo on Sunday. Opalola said an uncompleted storey...
The Managing Director of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, was on Thursday night recognised for his “Invaluable contributions to the Nigerian energy sector and his service to humanity.” Osagie received the Award for Exemplary Leadership and Service to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the attack on former President of the United States, Donald Trump during a political rally in Pennsylvania. It would be recalled that Trump was attacked by an assassin days before he was due to accept the formal Republican nomination....
Tinubu, CDS The Arewa Concerned Citizens Forum (ACCF), has kicked against plans for nationwide protests by some persons in some parts of the country. The Kaduna-based group, in a press conference in Kaduna on Sunday, alleged that the proposed protests were being sponsored by “some individuals working against the...
.. The Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi has assured that the National Assembly would ensure full compliance by the various state governments the judgment on the financial autonomy granted the nation’s 774 Local Government Areas by the the Supreme Court Senator Karimi, who is the Chairman...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 38-year old female journalist working with The Daily Post in Bauchi State, Hafsat Abdulhamid Adebayo, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor is urgently appealing for financial assistance from the public to undergo a surgery. Adebayo, who has been bedridden for...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has inaugurated an advisory committee for the full implementation of the Local Government autonomy in the state. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Mr. Yusuf Sanda, who disclosed this in a statement issued to NATIONAL ACCORD on Sunday...
World leaders reacted with shock to the wounding of Donald Trump in an assassination attempt against the former US president at an election rally. Presidents and prime ministers globally spoke out against political violence and expressed their support for those affected by the shooting on Saturday, which killed...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) ,Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has faulted the the agitation for state creation in the South-East by some House of Representatives members, describing the proposal as a misplaced priority. Agbakoba, a former President of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), expressed the view in an interview...