Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to the Kogi State House of Assembly. The proposed budget estimates for the 2026 fiscal year is ₦820,490,585,443 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Billion, Four Hundred and Ninety Million, Five Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty-Three...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja
The judgment creditors (Peter Orngu and 13 others) and Tiv traditional rulers from the Sankera and Kwande axis of Benue State, North-Central Nigeria, have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office, over the alleged fraudulent collection of N8 billion by Hon. Eze Nwa of Rhemalaw...
Edo State House of Assembly has issued a one-week ultimatum to Hon. Natasha Irobosa Osawaru, the lawmaker representing Egor Constituency, directing her to appear before its Committee on Ethics and Privileges following her recent spotlight in a viral social-media video. The summons was announced during Tuesday’s plenary, where Speaker...
FCT Police Command, acting on credible intelligence and supported by digital forensic reconstruction, has arrested four (4) members of a notorious armed robbery and car-snatching syndicate. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. She said the recoveries were...
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, has formally handed over the affairs of the Party to the new National Chairman, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN. Addressing an enlarged meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC), and other Party officials after the hand over, ...
The GBP/USD pair has always carried a certain influence in the global currency market. It’s not just another price point on a chart. It reflects how two major economies respond to pressure, growth, political change, and global uncertainty. When the pair rises or drops, traders often use it as...
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday in Abuja, donated N200 million to the Nigerian Legion, assuring that the government will give more attention to the well-being of the military, injured officers, and the families of fallen heroes. The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, and the Deputy Speaker of...
Tension rippled through parts of Akwa Ibom last week after a false report claiming that female students of a secondary school in Oron had been abducted spread rapidly across social media. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that what began as a rumour soon snowballed into statewide panic before the government stepped...
A prosecution witness, Alvan Gurumnaan, in the ongoing trial of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, and Henry Omoile, over an alleged $4.5bn fraud, has told Justice Rahman Oshodi of Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos that Omoile did not make his...
Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CCSO) on Tuesday openly reversed its earlier position on allegations of fraud and abuse of office levelled against the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr. Adebowale Adedokun, and the agency’s Chief of Staff, Mr. Olanrewaju Obasa. The press conference, held...
The trial of Akindele Akintoye, Platforms Capital Investment Partners Limited and Duport Midstream Company Limited continued on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court Abuja, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its fourth witness. Akintoye and the two companies are...
ECOWAS moves to strengthen specialist training in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Region
ECOWAS moves to strengthen specialist training in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Region
A major regional initiative to strengthen specialist pharmaceutical training across West Africa is underway in Lomé, where experts from ECOWAS Member States are meeting to align, validate, and finalise Training Curricula in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The five-day workshop, holding from 1 to 5 December 2025 has been organised...
Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) has expressed its full readiness to partner with the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, to ensure safer school environment across the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Aisha Garba stated this during a courtesy visit to the Commission by the Chief of Air Staff...
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud has said that the historic maiden edition of the Nigeria International Airshow underscores President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to repositioning critical sectors as engine for national growth, job creation, and international competitiveness. Mahmoud made this assertion at the maiden edition of the...
Commandant of National Defence College (NDC) Rear Admiral Abdullahi Ahmed has asked for the support of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to deepen the College’s research capacity and curriculum overhaul in response to evolving security challenges in Nigeria as well as integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Ahmed who is...
In a bold push to confront the roots of violent extremism in Borno State, the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development on Tuesday convened a high-level dialogue bringing together members of the She Builds Peace (SBP) Network, security agencies and key government institutions. The meeting, held at the Hajja...
It was joy and upliftment as members of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF) Staff Fellowship visited Kuje Correctional Centre on Tuesday bringing hope and succour to inmates. According to the coordinator of the group, John Oleka, the visit was in partnership with the Fund as part of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. General Musa, 58, on December 25, is...
A five-day regional workshop to harmonise specialist training curricula in Mental Health and Medical Entomology for the ECOWAS region has ended in Lomé, Togo. Organised by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the workshop, which was officially opened on 24 November 2025, brought together experts, academics, professional bodies, regulators,...
The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria has listed the Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, and two governors in its Book of Infamy, while honouring the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi. The Book of Infamy was unveiled by Vice President Kashim...