The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned the public against the abuse of syrups containing codeine, saying the medicine was meant for cough relief. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Paul Orhii, gave the ...
As economies across the world tackle the aftermath of the global economic crisis, international rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has attributed growth in financial system in sub-Saharan Africa to the ongoing reforms in Nige...
The heavy presence of security personnel around the Kaduna Prison was aimed at protecting the prison from a possible attack by members of the Boko Haram sect, according to an intelligence report exclusively revealed to LEADERSHIP. The report revealed t...
A 48- year- old roadside roasted yam seller, Mrs.Titilayo Akogun yesterday sustained a serious head injury in a ghastly auto crash along with her daughter, Busayo Akogun, 28, who later died in hospital as a result of the injuries she sustained in...
Indications emerged last night that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had given certain conditions to the suspended President, Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Salami, before he could be reinstated. Salami was suspended by the NJC on August 18, 201...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday condemned plans to lay off about 28,000 workers from next year as a way of cutting down on recurrent expenditure and has therefore vowed to resist the move. Deputy President of NLC, Co...
It was a gory sight in the Yenizue-Gene suburb of Yenagoa, Tuesday evening when a lorry crushed two persons on a commercial motorcycle to death, causing heavy vehicular traffic along the Sani Abacha Way in the state. The incident occurred at the ...
A senior United Nations official and the renowned singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo has urged Nigeria, UN Member States and communities to outlaw Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and raise awareness about its harmful effects, especially in African coun...
Construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has dragged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to an Abuja High Court in a N25 million suit, alleging that the regulator issued it a dud cheque, which caused the company much embarrassmen...
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that about 11,000 immigrants repatriated or refused admission recently were not members of the Boko Haram sect. The Public Relations Officer of the service and an assistant Comptroller of the Servi...
The executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof. Bem Angwe, has urged National and State Assemblies to be proactive in enacting laws that protect the rights of ordinary Nigerians. Angwe said this while receiving a delegation...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Kaduna State Chapter, has tasked Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa to engage the youths of the State positively in a way that will benefit the State’s economy and bring about a lasting peace. This was just as i...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has given an order for the arrest of more than 3,125 motorists for various traffic offences in the city within two months. A statement issued in Abuja on Monday said the FCT Minister, Sen. Bala ...
The arraignment of six dismissed police officers who allegedly murdered one Gabriel Rabo (an armed robbery suspect) yesterday failed to hold due to the absence of three of the accused persons who were reportedly sick and hospitalized. According to the ...
Zamfara State government is looking inwards for considering ways of diversifying its economic potentials in an effort to foster a sustainable and self-reliant economy. The decision was motivated by the discovery of variety of huge deposits of mineral r...