The Benue State government has invited a team of agriculturalists from Iowa State University in the United States to assist her in the establishment of demonstration farms in four locations in the state. This was disclosed to LEADERSHIP by the State Go...
The three commercial banks nationalised last month, Spring Bank, Afribank, and Bank PHB, are currently facing identity difficulties. Investigations by LEADERSHIP revealed that customers of the bank, particularly the illiterate class, are worried that t...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the regulatory reforms adopted by the apex bank during the financial crisis out-stripped that of other countries.Deputy Governor Financial System Stability, Kingsley Moghalu, who made this remark in Lagos...
Comrade Samson Ugwuoke emerged the National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) at the union’s second Triennial Delegate Conference held recently at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. He spoke with jo...
Recently, the Gombe State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), embarked on a warning strike to protest the state government’s refusal to implement the new minimum wage across board. In this interview with BLESSING UKEMENA, Abubakar Sadi...
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has apologised for the incident that led coach Samson Siasia to drop him.The Lille shot stopper was alleged to have instigated a player revolt against the team’s travel plans to Madagascar last week and so...
Sports minister, Suleiman Yusuf yesterday redeemed his pledge to reward medal winners with additional bonus. The minister yesterday morning splashed dollar on athletes that have won medals for Team Nigeria. The Badminton team that won gold got 12,000 d...
For the first time in the on going games, the organisers yesterday released a medals table that has Nigeria on the 8th position with one gold, three silver and four bronze.South Africa has taken an early lead with a total of 46 medals with 20 of them b...
Real Madrid ace, Cristiano Ronaldo has a vision of winning the Champions League as he underlines his ambition at the Santiago Bernabeu.The 26-year-old won the trophy in 2008, when Manchester United beat Chelsea in the Moscow final, but was a loser the ...
From a professional perspective the time for lesser pilgrimage, Umrah starts as soon as the Saudi authorities commence the issuance of visas, and stretches to, very nearly, the beginning of the hajj proper by which time Umrah shall be closed for that y...
The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that a whopping sum of N350 billion was spent on rice importation annually.The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Bukar Tijiani, who said this at a rice transformation value chain ...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, (AMCON) has said that the bond it had issued so far was four per cent of the nation’s nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP).Managing Director of AMCON, Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi, who made this remark in La...
The minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged staff of her ministry to adopt efficiency and effectiveness in handling their official functions in order for them to deliver of the present administration’s Transformation Agenda. Okonj...
The federal government yesterday said it would achieve 95 per cent development of hydropower potential capable of producing up to 10,000 Mega Watts of electricity by 2015.This is part of efforts geared towards achieving the goals set by the...
The National Council of Ogoni Youths (NYCOP) has threatened to embark on a non-violent mass action against the federal government if it fails to begin the implementation of the report of the United Nations’ Environmental Programme (UNEP) on envir...