Agitations against the proposed removal of subsidy on petroleum products may be in vain, as President Goodluck Jonathan had already decided on the policy long before it was introduced to the public. Niger State governor Aliyu Mu’azu Babangida sai...
The Newspaper Vendors Association, Abuja chapter, has named LEADERSHIP Newspaper as the Most Improved Newspaper in the country. The award was given to the paper during this year’s Vendors’ Week and Awards presentation ceremony. According to...
Children generally look forward to holiday seasons. To them, it is an opportunity and freedom to engage in those activities which are pleasing. CHIBUNMA UKWU, however, writes that the holiday should not be left to the children alone but shared with par...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has warned that the overall effect of the proposed removal of fuel subsidy on ordinary Nigerians will be worse than the activities of the rampaging Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Bishop Kukah gave warning...
The special adviser to Kaduna State governor on Christian religious matters, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, has described the LEADERSHIP Person of the Year 2011, Gen. TY Danjuma, as a man of proven integrity. “TY Danjuma is the Abiola of the North,&rdqu...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday adjourned indefinitely, to deliver its judgement in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against an ex parte decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja which warned the party of the cons...
There is an estimated 12 million persons across the world who wake up every morning without a country that they can call their own. This was disclosed by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African ...
The Senate President, Senator David Mark, has tasked Benue indigenes to foster peaceful coexistence even as he said that “it is the foundation for the attainment of socio-economic development,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report...
A 25-year old pregnant housewife, Nike Simeon, in the early hours of Saturday, allegedly caused the death of her husband, Garba Ibrahim, 40, at Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the wo...
A 34-year-old Pastor, Mrs Agboola Oladuni, yesterday, appeared before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court charged with criminal trespass and an attempt to commit crime. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the accused person was arraigned on a...
The immediate past Minister of Sport, Mr. Yusuf Suleiman and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Sokoto State has said he is not a stooge of President Goodluck Jonathan. He has also assured of new policies designed...
The Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) yesterday told President Goodluck Jonathan to stop playing politics with the issue of fuel subsidy removal. The forum in a media conference with selected journalists in Kaduna stated that “President Goodluck Jonathan ...
Lagos State Governor Babarunde Fashola (SAN) and his Ogun State counterpart, Ibikunle Amosun have agreed to set up a joint committee on tax collection in other to avoid boundary related issues. The joint committee between the two states includes Lagos ...
A 43-year-old evangelist, John Nwodu, has pleaded with a Grade B Customary Court in Alakuko, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage to his estranged wife, Sandra. The complainant, who owns and oversees a church (name not disclosed) explained to the court that...
There was anxiety yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on whether or not the trial of the former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala and two others would begin today as directed by Justice L. Abass. The two other accused persons facing charges of c...