The Benue State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Omadachi Oklobia recently spoke to journalists on the 2012 budget and the controversies surrounding the implementation of the 2011 Budget in Benue State. Solomon Ayado was there for LEADERSHIP. The state gov...
Northern emirs and chiefs, who met last Tuesday in Kaduna, have refuted reports in a section of the media that they met to take a position on the conviction of former chief security officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, by a La...
The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley, has denied reports that his country predicted that Nigeria would break up by 2015. The envoy, who was in Ibadan yesterday, explained that the prediction was done by a private agency t...
The Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Sudirman Haseng, has said that Nigeria can overcome the difficult security challenges that it is currently facing. Ambassador Haseng stated this yesterday when he visited the corporate office of LEADERSHIP Newspape...
A new twist to the Boko Haram saga emerged yesterday night as an unidentified caller claiming to be the spokesman of the sect, Abul Qaqa, who was said to be in the custody of a security agency, insisted that he was not the one arrested, but rather a ju...
A Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Katsina State has ordered the remand of a police corporal, Abutu Garba, in prison custody over alleged rape of a crippled mother and her daughter. The prosecuting police officer, Mr. Okoli Usman, told the court that...
FRANCIS AGBO writes on the political ambition of Mohammed Buba Marwa, governorship candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa State for tomorrow’s polls. He is respected in the country. In Borno and Lagos states where he had h...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday in Jos reiterated its resolve to put an end to the activities of the Boko Haram sect and other religious extremists. Maj.-Gen. Adamu Marwa, the GOC, 3 Armoured Division, who gave the warning in a statement, said the Divisi...
Six persons were killed on Wednesday night at Shehuri North of Maiduguri Metropolis, Bauchi State. The spokesperson of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Lt. Col. Hassan Moh'd confirmed the incident. He said investigation shows that the deceased persons m...
Football enthusiasts on Thursday in Lagos expressed shock over the death of a former Super Falcons’ player, Felicia Eze, who died in Anambra, aged 38. In separate interviews with newsmen, the fans described Eze's death as a great loss to the ...
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has advocated the establishment of anti-corruption courts to solely handle corruption cases. Mr Godwin Oche, the Head of Research and Statistics, said on Thursday in Abuja. He said such courts would s...
An oncologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr Anthony Popoola, on Thursday urged governments and non-governmental organisations to further educate Nigerians on the symptoms of cancer. Popoola said cancer was a major cause o...
Dr Yunusa Tanko, the National Secretary of National Conscience Party (NCP), has faulted the judgment of a Lagos High Court, which sentenced Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan to death by hanging over the murder of Kudirat Abiola. Tanko condem...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) secretariat is developing investment and policy briefs for states across the federation. This is in addition to developing a comprehensive labour relations programme at state level to smoothen relationship between work...
Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, has commiserated with Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, over the death of his wife, Maryam last Monday describing it as sad and shocking. In a condolence message, the Governor said that the sad...