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Muhammad Sanusi, emir of Kano, says fathers who send out their children to beg for alms should be arrested. Sanusi spoke on Thursday at a conference Future Assured Initiative, the non-governmental organisation of Aisha Buhari, the first lady, organised in collaboration with the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) The...

By PHILIP IKPONKO, Abuja – Two major agencies under the federal Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy are set to flout an e-fulfillment centre for e-services, e-commerce, e-governance and e-agriculture.  They are  the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which have already indicated their readiness to...

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja advised Christian and Muslim leaders, and preachers generally, in the country to give more attention to issues that strengthen the family, and build society, describing them as “custodians of our values and of social ideals’’. Speaking at the...

·       Accuses Edo governor of political vendetta against Agba By OUR CORRESPONDENT The Uneme-Uzanu community in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State has challenged the decision of the Edo State Government to issue a gazette ceding the community’s land to another community-Igiode- in a purported bid to resolve...

A World Bank bond designed to deliver funding to help the world’s poorest countries to tackle fast-spreading diseases has lost half its value as the coronavirus outbreak in China, a report accredited to Reuters has stated. According to the report the outbreak has fanned fears that investors could face...

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSAN) has urged the public sector to imbibe the same corporate governance code as the private sector. ICSAN’s President, Mr Bode Ayeku, told newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday that this would help in achieving the desired economic development of the nation. Ayeku said there...

The South East Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (SECCIMA) has called on the South-East governors to join efforts and develop seaports to enhance the economy of the zone. Mr John Udeagbala, former president of SECCIMA, made the call at the investiture of Mr Humphrey Ngonadi as the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Oyo State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Barr. Temilolu Seun Ashamu, said the state has already begun efforts towards achieving independent power supply in the next few years. Ashamu who disclosed this recently according to a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD, seeks the support of the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils a sum total of N647.353 billion as federal allocations for the month of January 2020. This was disclosed in a statement by Hassan Dodo, Director of Information, Ministry of...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced publication of the maiden edition of a comic book, StockTown, to further promote financial literacy in the country. According to a statement by The Exchange on Wednesday, the book, available in both print and digital formats, can be downloaded...

Benchmark Brent oil prices rose for a seventh consecutive day after demand worries eased with a slowing of new coronavirus cases in China and supply was curtailed by a U.S. move to cut more Venezuelan crude from the market. Reuters reported Wednesday that Brent (LCOc1) was up by 81...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved two members for the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from three to five. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, confirmed the approval in a statement on Wednesday. The five members of the committee are...

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to put its house in order before tendering evidence in the trial of Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido. The EFCC has accused Lamido of 43 counts amended charge bordering on...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday directed that the five months outstanding salaries of contract workers of the Oyo State Waste Management Authority (OYWMA), owed by the sacked contractor, West AfricaENRG, be paid within the next 24 hours. In a statement signed by his...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Folasewa Olatunde, a second-year doctoral student at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, has been selected as the pioneer fellow for the newly introduced Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) at Paradigm Initiative.  Announcing the selection in a statement on Tuesday, Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director...

Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi ll, audacious, courageous, fearless and outspoken, is not a happy man, and he was not afraid to say so. Sanusi was not happy, not only with the existing state of affairs in North, but also with leaders in the North who, he accused...

The Alliance for Rights of All Minorities in Iran (ARAM) said in a Twitter post on Sunday that Iranian authorities are threatening to destroy the historic tomb of Esther and Mordechai in the city of Hamedan, 200 miles west of Tehran, in favor of constructing “a consular office for...

Lady Kitty Spencer, the niece of the late Princess Diana of Wales, is converting to Judaism to marry Jewish fashion tycoon Michael Lewis. It will be the second marriage for Lewis, a South Africa native whose fortune is estimated at about $100 million. Spencer is a 29-year-old model, Lewis...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Paradigm Initiative, in partnership with Policy Alert and other local stakeholders, has hosted a digital rights workshop in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. According to a statement on Tuesday, the workshop was focused on understanding and navigating the policy and regulatory landscape related to digital rights and...

Sleeping with your phone near you can be harmful for your body functions and tend to limit the production of many significant hormones. Place the phone several feet away from your bed if you’re not going to switch it off. It has become a trend, especially for young people...