Three-time Governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim, who is now a Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Lands and Urban Development, in this interview with Soni Daniel and Ruth Choji, takes a look at the issues that informed...
Burdened by myriads of challenges in the manufacturing sector, a delegation of the Ikeja and Apapa chapters of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) yesterday visited the state governor Babatunde Fashola SAN to seek greater support to manufact...
To check capital flight, the federal government will soon issue a white paper barring civil servants from travelling abroad for medical treatment. Worried by the trend, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu disclosed yesterday in Abuja tha...
Recreational gardens and parks in the capital territory have been hijacked by criminals who now use the facilities for their nefarious activities, LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s investigations have revealed. The gardens, which were leased to private operat...
The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mallam Mohammed Garba, has promised that the forthcoming elections into the union’s national executive would be free and fair. The president stated this while receiving members of the Ga...
Vice President Namadi Sambo and the minister of power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, have urged foreign investors from the United States of America to invest in Nigeria’s power sector, saying they have a lot to gain. Speaking at the plenary session of the Un...
Condemnation has continued to trail the threat reportedly issued to President Goodluck Jonathan by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Shiek Abubakar Shekau, saying that the nation’s security apparatus should not discard the comment with a wave of...
Heavily armed robbers, on Thursday stormed a first generation bank at Mbari Street, Owerri and made away with some undisclosed sum of money, shooting and injuring four officials in the process. The incident, according to an eyewitness account, occurred...
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has promised that his administration would pay more attention to the agriculture sector. In a telephone interview with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND shortly after an award in the United States of America in recognition...
The controversy that trailed the suspension of four courses in the University of Abuja has taken a worrisome dimension, as members of the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have slammed a vote of no confidence on the vice ch...
The Nigerian Bar Association has renewed its quest for the emergence of true federalism in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Ikeja branch, Lagos chapter, Mr. Adegbamigbe Omole told journalists yesterday, that the annual Law week of the Branch, slated for ne...
The power sector unions, yesterday suspended plans to embark on strike, over what they term as the insensitivity of the government to the plight of its members. The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), and National Uni...
Governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has joined several Nigerians to commiserate with the acting inspector-general of police, Alhaji Mohammad Dahiru Abubakar over the death of his mother, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar. In a condolence mess...
The recently introduced conditional cash transfer programme of the Katsina State government, which sought to provide financial support to female children, has led to an increase in the enrolment of girls in schools across the state, the special adviser...
After seven years and six children,Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally engaged. Robert Procop, a private jeweller for the couple, today revealed he designed an engagement ring for the actress under the actor's guidance. And Brad's spokeswo...