The activities of the Boko Haram sect have attracted another international condemnation as top members of the United States Congress warned that the federal government should take a decisive action on the deadly issue that has caused international emba...
Some financial experts on Sunday attributed the rising unemployment rate in the country to poor corporate governance. They agreed, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, that sound corporate governance was a veritable to...
The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has warned Nigeria against cassava export, saying the country would not get full value from the export. The IITA Station Manager, Mr Olusegun Adunoye, made this known in an interview wit...
Motorcyclists have continued their operations in Jos and Bukuru metropolis of Plateau in spite of the ban by the State Government on May 4. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Government on May 4 banned commercial motorcyclists from...
The National Environmental Standards and Regulatory Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has expressed its determination to implement environmental laws. The agency stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mr Sule Oyofo, the agency’...
The Network for Civil Societies on Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN) has called on government at all levels to take urgent steps to boost water and sanitation conditions in the country. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Shem Adah, the Organisa...
An Environment Consultant, Mr Sulaiman Daudu, has cautioned telecommunication operators against violation of environmental standards in Nigeria. The warning followed National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) misunders...
Managing Director of Unity Bank, Ado Wanka, said in Kaduna on Saturday that the insecurity in the country was hampering business growth. Wanka, who was represented by a director in the bank, Alhaji Gimba Hassan, made the statement at an event to ...
The PDP in Abuja on Saturday re-assured Nigerians that it would not shield any of its members indicted by the petroleum subsidy probe. ``The party is determined not to shield anybody who has a case to answer in the mismanagement of the petroleum subsid...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has called on members of Boko Haram (Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Wal Jihad) to embrace dialogue. Sambo made the call while speaking with journalists shortly after he inaugurated Almajirai Model Boarding Primary School ...
In its determination to entrench transparency and accountability in the downstream sector, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has hammered NIMEX Petroleum Ltd, an oil trading company from Switzerland. The Executive Secretary...
The Federal Government should consider the late Rashidi Yekini for a post-humous award, the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) said on Saturday in Abuja. SWAN National President, Saidu Abubakar, in a condolence message, said the award would s...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has called on adherents of all religions in Nigeria to embrace peace and live in peace with one another. Sambo made the call on Saturday in Abuja, when he received the national executive officers of Nasrul-Lahi Fatih Society...
Last week we wrote on how to know when you are ready for marriage, but here are some experts (not mine) who advise on how to be the woman a man will take down the aisle. Blessing Ukemena writes Be a woman any day, any whereTake pride and dignity in you...
The 50th birthday celebration of the Chairman, Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, last week, turned out to be a forum where top-echelon members of the nation’s political intelligentia soberly reflected on the seve...