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  By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – …Four others jails for human trafficking A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Jabi, has sentenced an Abuja-based public servant, Mr. Francis Yusuf Kyamang of SS Quarters, Jikwoyi,  to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece and further assaulting the victim...

By OUR CORRESPONDENT Enugu State Executive Council (EXCO) has approved the payment of N30,000 as the new wage for the state workers with effect from February 2020. This followed the submission of the report of the joint committee of labour and the state government set up by Governor Ifeanyi...

*Says N2m up for grabs every quarter, N100,000 Monthly shopping allowance EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Tuesday launched the ‘UBA Bumper Account’, a hybrid account, targeted at transforming the lives of its customers. According to the bank in a statement...

Right,  Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba; Regional Senior Partner West Market Area, PricewaterhouseCoopers Nigeria, Mr Uyi Akpata; and, Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, during a visit to Pilot Science Primary School, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, after...

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has expressed delight over the decision by Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) to invest  1.6 billion dollars in the Nigerian market. Pantami spoke when the Board and Management of MTN paid him a courtesy visit in  Abuja on Tuesday, according to...

Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde (second right); his wife, Tamunominini (right); Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinola Ojo (middle); Chairman, Oyo State Internal Revenue Service, Prince John Adeleke (second left) and Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammed Nami during the Oyo State Stakeholders Tax summit held at Ogunlesi...

Less than 48 hours after Cotte d’Ivoire became the first African country to test a suspected Coronavirus case, Kenya Airways on Tuesday confirmed that one of its passengers who had travelled from the Chinese city of Wuhan to Nairobi had presented coronavirus-like symptoms and was rushed to hospital on...

Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda among other countries have started implementing surveillance and screening at airports with the aim of detecting possible coronavirus cases. The surveillance and screening exercises are targeted especially at travellers arriving from Wuhan in China where the outbreak began in December, according to an allafricnews.com...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  To keep pace with technological innovations and applications in the financial services, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has established a new “FINTECH AND INNOVATIONS UNIT” to align with contemporary trends in advanced economies. According to NDIC in a statement on Tuesday to NATIONAL ACCORD, the...

Mining mogul Patrice Motsepe has apologised for a remark he made at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, where he told US President Donald Trump at a dinner that “Africa loves America”. “Africa loves America. Africa loves you. It’s very, very important. We want America to do...

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari,This open letter was actually intended to be an appeal to the service chiefs to turn up their letters of voluntary retirement after they have served their mandatory two-year tenures, and another two years of extension, which expired last year.Since their stay in office is at...

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said no one in government should be afraid of audit if they have done the right thing. The President, therefore, encouraged public servants to see audit as a means of improving their performance and not as a threat....

As a measure to increase revenue generation to the nation’s federation account, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has expressed strong concern for the development of the solid mineral sector. Mr Elias Mbam, chairman of the commission, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja,...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) announced Tuesday to launch its Growth Board on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at The Exchange in Lagos. In an official statement to NATIONAL ACCORD, NSE stated that the launch of the Growth Board provides issuers with the opportunity to leverage on the Exchange for...

If there is one thing that negatively had impacted on the Igbo race since after the Biafra war which ended fifty years ago, it is lack of unity among the Igbo people, the breaking of Igbo solidarity, the disintegration of the Igbo nation. Before the Biafra war, there was...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The bail applications of former attorney-general and minister of Justice, Muhammed Bello Adoke and others will Thursday, January 30, 2020 be ruled upon after Justice A.I. Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gwagwalada, Abuja on Monday, January 27, 2020 adjourned hearing on the trial....

The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Internal Revenue Service (OYSIRS), Aremo John Adeleke, has said that the State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, is determined to take the state from poverty to prosperity by boosting the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Adeleke stated this while speaking to newsmen in Ibadan ahead of...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has urged Gov.  Abdullahi Ganduje to reconsider his government decision on the creation of additional Emirates in Kano State. The Oba made the call on Monday in Kano during a courtesy visit on Gov. Ganduje at the Government House. “I am very...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba said Monday that the Federal Government had made tremendous progress in her effort to reposition the economy of the country. Prince Agba said while receiving Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nigeria, Yutaka Kikuta in his...

Chinese officials on Monday announced that the death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 80, with nearly 2,800 cases confirmed in mainland China and several dozen more in countries such as the United States, Australia and Japan. With over 57 million people in 15 cities across China on lockdown,...