The heightened security coverage of police in NigerState recently as a result of attacks on its men and formations paid off Friday night as the police nabbed two gun men at NITECO junctio, Tunga Minna. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY learnt that the two men were nab...
As the war against pension scam gathers momentum, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY can authoritatively report that the chairman of the Pension Reform Task force, Abdulrasheed Maina, was offered a princely sum of N1.4 billion as bribe to halt his reforms. Maina, who i...
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Sen.Bala Mohammed has said that his administration this year, has been able to protect lives and properties of the FCT residents to the tune of N253 million from fire disasters, and added...
The Director-General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has called on all Northern governors to contribute towards the revival of one of the region’s oldest tabloids, the New Nigeria Newspapers (NNN). Run...
A Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) report may have revealed a proposed 50-year tax-waiver for companies seeking investment in the oil and gas sector. A member of the board of Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiat...
Contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, which mandates the third tier of government, otherwise referred to as the local government areas, with a definite term for its elected officials, findings by LEADERSHIP SUNDAY have indicat...
The attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has assured of his support to the Nigerian Bar Association’s initiative to investigate and expose some retired judges, serving judicial officers and se...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela successfully underwent hernia surgery yesterday, a family member told CNN yesterday. Mandela was "comfortable" and in "a satisfactory condition" Saturday, said the current South Af...
No fewer than ten people had been killed following Friday night's attack on the Gombe Divisional Police station by unknown gunmen. The state Commissioner of Police , Mr. Orubebe Ebikeme who confirmed this in a telephone interview ...
The people of Bakassi yesterday protested against their exclusion from the Cross River gubernatorial election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. At a news conference in Calabar, the leader of Bakassi people, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, said thei...
In its bid to ensure effective service delivery within a period of time, the Kwara state government has introduced what it terms ‘performance contracting’ in the state civil service. In the new arrangement, it is very clear that it would no...
It is a truism that whatever one labours hard to get, he guards jealously. This is exactly the case of Hon. Mashood Mustapha, a House of Representatives member, representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Asse...
Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have clashed in a heated debate in the US state of Arizona days before two states hold key primary elections. A resurgent Santorum came under attack from his rivals over healthcare, earmark spending and voting to raise the...
At least 26 people have been killed in a suspected al Qaeda car bombing in Yemen hours after the nation's new president vowed to continue the fight against the terror group. Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took an oath of office, which formally removed lon...
ICRC spokesman Sean Maguire says, "There are still grave needs in Baba Amr and Homs" (Amateur video purportedly shows recent shelling in Homs) In a report by the BBC, the Red Cross says it is resuming its attempts to rescue more Syrians trapp...