The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has assured that by 2022, Nigeria would have the largest Fifth Generation (5G) coverage in Africa. Pantami gave the assurance at the auction of the 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) spectrum organised by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday in Abuja....
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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has advised that the 2021 Finance Bill must be tailored towards enabling an efficient tax system that works for every Nigerian. This was the position of the FIRS as canvassed by its Executive Chairman , Muhammad Nami during...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Zonal Executive Committee of National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), has called on the Federal Government to expedite action in reconstituting the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). NAWOJ also condemned the deplorable state of roads in the zone, and called on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, turned back unvaccinated staff members from its headquarters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the exercise, which started at about 7a.m., saw staff of the anti-graft agency without COVID-19 vaccine cards or evidence of being vaccinated being turned back...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The 36th teleconference meeting of the 36 state governors under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 15th December, with focus on agriculture, education and security strategies, topping the agenda for discourse. The Head of Media and...
A Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( LPG) tanker, exploded at a filling station, on Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, Anambra, on Sunday night, setting vehicles and buildings on fire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the LPG tanker which exploded at about 7.30.p.m., spread fire to two other filling stations and...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government is set to upgrade all existing infrastructure in the Ministry of Finance as a leading agency and gateway of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The State Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpeyong, disclosed this on Monday during a routine sanitation exercise with...
CORDROS Securities Ltd has reminded all its esteemed client that the MTN offer to retail investors is still open and will close at 5:00 pm tomorrow. Offer Price: The Offer is priced at N169.00 per share Offer Incentive: The Offer includes an incentive of 1 free share for every 20 shares purchased...
US Embassy – A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in another state to represent the sending state/organization officially in the receiving state. In practice, a diplomatic mission usually denotes the resident mission, namely the...
OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, the people of Ogbomosoland and the immediate family of Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewunmi, Ajagungbade 111, over his demise. Tinubu described Oba Oyewunmi...
The Presidency has said that tackling the scourge of banditry and terrorism remains Federal Government’s first priority, as President Muhammadu Buhari holds the victims and their families in his thoughts and prayers. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has confirmed that 20 people have died while seven others sustained various injuries in multiple crashes that occurred on Sunday. The Sector Commander, FRSC Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, confirmed this to NATIONAL ACCORD on Sunday night. He said that...
A pastor, Peter Taiwo and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo have been arrested for allegedly conniving to defile a 16 years old choir member of the church in Alaja Oke, Saje area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 43-year-old, Onuoha Friday, with one million capsules of Tramadol on Dec. 10 along Lagos-Benin expressway. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, said the operatives also had two major arrests in...
The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, Sen. Kola Balogun and Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari and Chief Sharafadeen Alli, have extolled the virtues of the late Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomoso, who joined his ancestors on Sunday at 95 years. They made the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has given assurance that the implementation of the report of the Debt Review and Project Development Commission which he set up last year would not be an instrument for witch-hunt. Governor Ayade, who stated this while receiving the...
The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, has performed the groundbreaking for the construction of 11 megawatts Hybrid Power Solution in a bid to address the unstable power supply in the state. Governor Makinde, performing the ceremony within the state Secretariat Complex in Ibadan, said that the project...
Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC – Nasarawa South) has called on Nigerians to invest in grassroots sports. Al-makura gave the advice while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Lafia at the finals of the Tanko Al-Makura (TAAL) Unity Cup football competition. The former Nasarawa governor said that sport was a veritable...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari and the people of the state over the killing of the state’s Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Rabe Nasir. Dr. Nasir was...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to investigate the N10 billion funds budgeted to the National Assembly said to be missing. The SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole...