Ahead of the next general elections, many traditional rulers who have been stridently pitching for constitutional roles may have decided to bite the bullet and openly play the political game. Taking the recent endorsement of Governor Adams Oshiomhole o...
One crucial area that has become a source of concern to the Borno residents in recent times is the pitiable condition of the motherless babies and vulnerable children at the Fatima Ali Sheriff Orphanage Home, Maiduguri which the state government throug...
The imposition of state of emergency on Suleja and the resultant curfew are causing the residents untold hardships. Mairo Muhammad Mudi in this report examines the situation in the once peaceful town. Suleja is one of the fastest growing cities in Nige...
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo yesterday stated that the attainment of the country’s national goals and objectives, especially in the education sector cannot be complete without taking into account the plight of over 9.5 million Almajirai. ...
This certainly is not a good time for the Federal Road Safety Commission, especially the Corps Marshall, Mr. Osita Chidoka, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY can now reveal. Apart from the fact that the National Assembly is probing the printing and distribution of new...
The Bayelsa state commissioner, Chris Olakpe yesterday accused some persons in Bayelsa state suspected to be secret cult leaders in the state of threatening his life over the on-going clamp down on members of various cult groups in the state. According...
Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday denied the allegation made against the party by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that it masterminded the Friday’s killing of his principal private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde, and the pre...
Practicing journalists in and around Abuja metropolis have removed stickers and identification cards from their cars for fear of any attack by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY investigation shows that most of the media workers who had so...
The Bayelsa state government yesterday moved against construction firms suspected to have colluded with the past administration of Chief Timipre Sylva to allegedly collect over N7billion road contracts in the state, declaring the road contracts termina...
Former director-general of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC),Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga has insisted that the future of Nigeria lies on its youth group, not oil and other mineral resources even as he stressed the need for youth development. Gen...
Efforts at settling the inter-communal clash between Oko-Anala and Oko-Amakon in Oshimili South Local Government Area, Delta State, suffered a setback mid-week as police arraigned three for murder before an Asaba Senior Magistrate Court. The communal c...
A Bayelsa-based human rights group, Bayelsa Citizens Vanguard, yesterday faulted the decision of the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson to arrest and prosecute over 25 senior staff of the state civil service. The arrest was over their alleged...
The national publicity secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ((ACN), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has again challenged the federal government on its seeming inability to effectively address the problem of insecurity in the country. Alhaji Mohammed spoke...