Skye Bank has posted a gross earning of N73.3 billion in the third quarter ended September 30,2011, an 11 per cent growth over the N66.2 billion posted in the comparable period of last year.Profit after tax also rose by nearly 10 per cent to N9.4 billi...
The governors of Edo and Rivers States,Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Mr. Rotimi Amaechi have faulted the federal government on the allocation of about 73 per cent of the total budget to recurrent expenditure.The governors said this yesterday...
Women who are stressed while trying to conceive are more likely to have girls, research suggests.According to the new study , women who were under pressure at home, work or in their love lives in the weeks or months before getting pregnant had higher c...
Determined to help the unhappy, SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH writes that Kambili Osadolor-Ehima is at home with making orphans feel a sense of belonging. I could not bear the sight of the deplorable building. It was too really bad. The roof, walls, w...
Poverty, a state of being poor, has been identified as one of the factors that lead to the inherent challenges of social equality in a country like Nigeria richly endowed with natural and mineral resources. Patience Ivie Obhafuoso writes Mo...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State has dismissed a petition by Hon. Atai Aidoko, challenging the election of Senator Emmanuel Dangana as lawmaker representing the eastern flank of the state.Delivering judgment yesterday,t he ...
A Federal High Court in Jos yesterday discharged and acquitted six suspects accused of participating in the January 20 crisis in the Plateau State capital.The suspects are Alhassan Mohammed, Abubakar Samaila, Abubakar Shuaibu, Buhari Dahiru, Ibrahim Mu...
In Nigeria, the security situation in recent time has become precarious, posing serious challenges to the survival of the nation’s nascent democracy. CHRISTIANA ESEBONU writes that the recent arming of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
The federal government yesterday shunned state governors and went on to launch the controversial Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) with a series of initial steps designed to build a strong foundation for achieving the objectives of the fund as encapsulated i...
Jakartapost, the website that published story about Nigeria’s plan to build three refineries in Indonesia, last week Thursday, said it goofed, LEADERSHIP can exclusively report. A senior editor with Jakartapost, Andi Haswidi, told LEADERSHI...
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Federal Character to investigate alleged lopsidedness in the award of contracts for federal government projects across the country. The decision was reached after the House adopted the resoluti...
The Federal High Court in Gombe State yesterday granted bail to former Gombe State Governor Danjuma Goje and four others that are standing trial for alleged involvement in financial crimes and corrupt enrichment.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commis...
The Niger Delta Military Joint Task Force (JTF), code named ‘Operation Restore Hope’ has announced the arrest of over 50 persons in the three operational zones of Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states over alleged cases of oil bunkering an...