David Iorja

2 months ago | nationalaccordnewspaper.com | David Iorja

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abba Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, said the appointment, effective from Jan. 23, is for an initial term of four years. Aliyu has been acting as the agency’s managing director since March 2024 until the confirmation of his appointment.

Jan 24, 2025 | nationalaccordnewspaper.com | David Iorja

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have joined the government and people of Plateau in mourning the former FCT Minister, Lt-Gen. Jeremiah Timbut Useni, who died on Thursday at 81. The President extended his condolences to the family, friends, military colleagues, and political associates of the former Governor of old Bendel, Minister of Transport, and Quarter-Master General of the Nigerian Army.

Jan 24, 2025 | nationalaccordnewspaper.com | David Iorja

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. He also appointed a new managing director for the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a director-general for the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI).

Jan 19, 2025 | nationalaccordnewspaper.com | David Iorja |Abiodun Komolafe |Chidi Amuta

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja-President Bola Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the fuel tanker explosion, which caused the death of over 80 people, with many also injured. The explosion occurred on Saturday at Dikko Junction, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger, leading to the lost of many lives. President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bago Onanuga, mourned the victims and expressed his condolences to the families affected, as well as to the government and people of Niger.

Jan 19, 2025 | nationalaccordnewspaper.com | David Iorja |Abiodun Komolafe |Chidi Amuta

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent Nigeria at the 2025 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) scheduled to hold in Davos, Switzerland. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications Office of the Vice-President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.