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EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has regarded as “completely FALSE” the speculation making the rounds on the social media that coronavirus can be transmitted through broiler chickens. The NCDC, in a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Tuesday, while dismissing the rumour, called on the...

When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of leaving China, even if that were possible. “No matter what happens I don’t want to take the sickness back to Africa,” he said from his...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says based on evidences available on Coronavirus (COVID-19), it has developed documents providing guidance for management of public health events at points of entry and during mass gathering. WHO stated this on its official twitter handle at @WHO, in which the organisation urged governments...

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of the application filed by former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha to March 2, 2020. Mr Ihedioha approached the apex court with an application to reverse itself on the judgement sacking him from office as governor. The Supreme Court had fixed...

Headed goals from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire earned Manchester United a 2-0 win at Chelsea on Monday. The win put them back in the hunt for a top four 2019/2020 English Premier League (EPL) finish. In a high tempo, if often scrappy game, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has explained that constitutional amendment is needed before Nigerians in diaspora can be allowed to vote. Gbajabiamila said this at the Diaspora Voting Stakeholders Workshop in Abuja. He said that millions of Nigerians, who resided outside the country, had as much...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Oyo State Government on Monday inaugurated Park Managers in 33 local governments across the state. Also inaugurated are two Disciplinary Committees, to intervene whenever conflicts arise between the State Government and Park Managers on the operations of the parks. Contained in a statement signed by...

Bulgarian Police, on Monday stopped a truck carrying 15 migrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan in its refrigerated trailer and arrested the two Greek drivers. The Interior Ministry in Sofia said that the lorry, Hungary bound, had arrived from Greece and was intercepted at Vidin, on the border with...

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) says West African region is in need of 50 million dollars to strengthen the capacity of member states, especially weak countries that lacked capacity to diagnose or contain Coranavirus (Covid-19). Director-General of WAHO, Prof. Stanley Okolo, made this known to newsmen on Monday in...

From MICHAEL JEGEDE, Abuja – Former Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for ordering the forensic auditing of the activities of the interventionist agency from inceptionto date. Buhari has been widely applauded by various groups...

A Federal Court in Lagos has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to introduce a new witness in the ongoing trail of alleged N2.2bn fraud against Ayo Fayose and a firm, Spotless Investment Limited, News Agency of Nigeria reports Monday. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke was reported to...

JOHN ONAH,  Abuja The Federal Government has threatened to sanction the leadership of any higher institution involved in admitting candidates without prior approval of the board or outside the established platform – Central Admission Processing System (CAPS). The Minister of Education, Mallam Adam Adamu who disclosed this said that any...

For about three decades, between the 1970 and 2005, he was a remarkable figure at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. Yusufu Bala Usman was the left leaning history teacher who caught Nigeria’s attention with his Marxist – Leninist interpretation of history. Within a short time of arrival at ABU,...

JOHN ONAH, Abuja As the first phase of the world Bank-funded African Centres of Excellence (ACE) project winds down, centres from 53 Universities located in 12 West African countries are set to converge in Abuja to strengthen implementation and impact of the project. A joint statement by Mrs Adebukola...

By Omoshola Deji Abraham Lincoln described democracy as “government of the people, by the people, for the people” during the American civil war in 1863. His notion later became the often quoted definition of democracy and a benchmark of rating its success globally. More than a few nations have...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Paradigm Initiative has urged the government of Ethiopia to reconsider its “unfortunate” regulation and accept the reality that hate speech cannot be combated by regulating speech. In a report on Monday, it stated that regulating speech will only fuel rights violations and could lead to greater...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of necessity, review and evolve new security measures in tackling the new waves of criminal attacks on communities in the country. A statement signed by its National President, Dr Pogu Bitrus...

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning,  Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, presents an award to actor, Jide Kosoko, at the Legends of Nollywood Awards held at the Banquet Hall of the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, on Saturday. Minister of State for Budget and National Planning,  Prince Clem...

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba (second left); acting Director General, Centre for Management Development (CMD), Mr Bitrus Daharbi Chinoko (left) and top officials of the ministry on a tour of facilities at the CMD, Lagos, on Friday. Right, Minister of State for...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Oyo State Government has cautioned some leaders of the suspended National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state to desist from carrying out the threats of violence issued in a video, which has gone viral in the last 24 hours. A statement on...