Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-Cares), which will be implemented with a 750-million-dollar World Bank facility. The vice president performed the inauguration on Thursday as prelude to National Economic Council (NEC) meeting which he chaired at the State House Banquet...
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Chief Whip of the Senate and a former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has declared ahead of the 2023 general elections that though he is ready for the campaigns and capable of leading the country, he is not desperate to become president. While fielding questions from...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Bultmann has said her country plans to partner Borno State Government on the development of agriculture, education, and the resettlement of IDPs. Amb. Bultmann announced this on Wednesday when she paid a courtesy visit to Governor Babagana Zulum...
Posters of Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike have flooded parts of the nation’s capital, Abuja. The posters, which carried Wike’s bold picture and name, surfaced on Monday. They were strategically posted on public infrastructures like traffic kiosks, airports, Asokoro and the Federal Secretariat. The posters were sponsored by “Northerners For...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated 10 governors, including Governor Babagana Zulum and some Federal officials as members of the National Blue Economy Project Committee. Governors of Rivers, Lagos, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River, Bayelsa, and Edo States, as...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, on Monday in Abuja, received Air Commodore Halima Musa, first female Kogi indigene to have attained such rank in the Nigerian Air Force. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. The...
The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Police Service Commission (PSC) , Mr William Alo, has lost his 10-year-old son, Mathew, to a domestic accident which occurred in his Abakaliki residence. A statement by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations in PSC on Saturday in Abuja,...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – The new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iorchia Ayu on Tuesday inspected some of the properties belonging to the party in Abuja. Senator Ayu, who was accompanied by other members of the National Working Committee (NWC) inspected all the rooms...
INEC say it has started the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the FCT ahead of Area Councils elections scheduled for Feb. 12. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday...
Some women from Nigeria’s 19 Northern States have declared their support for the 2023 presidential ambition of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The group, under the aegis Yahaya Bello Network (YBN), made their known on Tuesday when they visited Bello at the Kogi State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja. Hajiya Hadiza...
Speech by President Muhammadu Buhari at the signing into law of the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill on Friday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. PROTOCOLS I am delighted to sign into law today the 2022 Appropriation Bill as well as the enabling 2021 Finance Bill....
Three drug traffickers wearing uniforms of security agencies to escape scrutiny have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with over 427 kilograms of illicit drugs in Borno State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on...
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has said that the Southeast has a right to produce Nigeria’s next president because the people have a better understanding of Nigeria as a whole. Ikpeazu made this assertion today after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the...
There was pandemonium at the entrance of the Court of Appeal, Abuja as staff are barred from accessing the court premises with their vehicles. Security personnel at the entrance said they were directed by the court’s President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, to lock the entrance gate to prevent staff, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) that the Federal Government would take appropriate measures to improve access to foreign exchange for importation of raw materials and machines that are not available locally. The President gave the assurance on Wednesday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has debunked social media reports that there was looting at Next Supermarket, Abuja, which was engulfed by fire on Sunday. Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, made the clarification in a statement issued to NATIONAL ACCORD in Abuja....
The Federal Government has introduced a suite of digital Tokens to replace the aging NIN slip and polycarbonate card. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami said this at stakeholders workshop on the National Identification Number (NIN) Tokenization Solution organised by National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Residents of the Federal Capital Territory have been assured of their safety during the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, gave the assurance following the monthly FCT Security Committee meeting which was held on Tuesday,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. Speaking to State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, the governor said he updated the president on security development in Kaduna state where about 40...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The maiden edition of the latest annual Badminton competition ended in Abuja at the weekend with the sponsors, Impex Air, promising to sustain the tournament as part the new airline’s contribution to the growth and development of the game in Nigeria. Speaking during the...