A coalition of civil society and Non-Governmental Organisations for justice has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate suspension of the implementation of the new driver’s license and plate numbers pending the determination...
The United States government, government of Belize, United Nations, the Commonwealth and other groups have shown concerns on the death of the Nobel Peace prize Winner, Wangari Maathai who died on Monday, 26th of September 2011 in Nairobi. The Kenyan No...
A serious crisis might have started brewing in the Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) over the recently concluded primaries of the party for the December 2011 Local Government Elections. The ruling party purportedly held its prima...
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA), Chief Arthur Maduekwe, has stated that patronage was key to the survival of the sector. He made this submission when the association paid a visit to the Minister of St...
The first pre-independence concert being organised by the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation will now hold in Lagos, the corporation has disclosed. The new venue was announced in Abuja by the Director-General of the Corporation, Otunba Olusegun R...
The President of Veterinary Council of Nigeria, Prof. Gabriel Ogundipe, has expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of service delivery of resident Veterinary Doctors in the country. He called on them to upgrade their skill level so as to meet the e...
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), has called on entrepreneurs in Nigeria to take advantage of the large economic base in the country to drive national economic growth and development. The Chairman of NESG, Mr. Folusho Philips, who stated this ...
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has advised mobile phone subscribers to ensure they registered their SIM cards as the registration ends today. NCC Head of Media, Mr Reuben Muoka, gave the advice yesterday in Abuja, in an interview with the ...
The governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the readiness of his administration to partner with construction gaint, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in the area of road construction. Governor Aregbesola stated this in Osogbo yesterday during ...
The Nasarawa State Government has warned that it will no longer tolerate any act of sabotage or vandalisation of public facilities. Governor Tanko Almakura gave the warning while inaugurating an electricity transformer at Angwan Lambu in the Keffi Loca...
Shareholders of Honeywell Flour Mills Plc yesterday at the company’s 2nd Annual General Meeting approved the company’s dividend of 13kobo even as the company is set to commission its two new production lines in 2012. The production line wil...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has stated that contrary to speculations in some quarters that it was only the former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu it singled out of the 15 ex-governors the bureau indicted four years ago, the CCB insisted yesterday...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an Abuja-based contractor, Chinyere Achigbu, owner of Hardcore Builders Limited over his alleged failure to complete a project for which the owner had paid over 90 per cent of the contrac...
The federal government has expressed worry over the dearth of structured staff training in the power sector. Consequently, the Ministry of Power has been directed to restore the structured training programmes for workers in the sector as soon as possib...
A cross section of Nigerians at the weekend in Lagos, urged the federal government to come out and clear the air on the fuel subsidy policy. Prominent Nigerians who spoke to LEADERSHIP at separate interviews differed on the way they perceived the polic...