Dr. Vincent Furo is the President, Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA), as well as the Deputy Treasurer, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA). In this intervie...
As more journalists continue to fall victims of brutality in Lagos State, members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos Chapter, yesterday staged a peaceful protest to the office of the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to register the...
With barely 24 hours to Sallah, the business of black market operators of petroleum product is booming again in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following the scarcity of fuel that is rocking the city. During a trip round the city, LEADERSHIP observ...
Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubukar III yesterday expressed displeasure over media reports allegedly exaggerating issues concerning the North and Islamic religion in the country. The Sultan made the oberservation yesterday when he hosted media...
The Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his predecessor in office, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, now the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are set to slug it out with each other over the soul of the UNESCO centre sited in ...
The I Mechanised Division, Nigerian Army Headquarters Kaduna yesterday distributed suicide bombers’ vehicle stoppers to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI), Kaduna State chapters, to be used in their plac...
The Federal Government is set to sign Performance Agreement Contract with all ministers to enhance the quality of service delivery to Nigerians. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, made ...
Nasarawa State government yesterday formerly signed a contract worth N2.1 billion, for the digitalisation and upgrading of facilities at the state owned media outfit, Nasarawa Broadcasting Service (NBS), located in Lafia, the state capital and its boos...
The kidnapped High Court Judge of Delta State, Justice Marcel Okoh yesterday regained his freedom from the kidnappers’ den after spending over a week in their custody. Justice Okoh was kidnapped by unknown armed gunmen last Tuesday while travelin...
No fewer than four persons, including a suspected former councillor, were killed yesterday in renewed cult clashes that occurred in different parts of Enugu State. This was just as the abductors of the Vice Chancellor of the Enugu State University of S...
The Federal Government has laid off over 3,000 workers at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), leaving only 500 that possess the minimum entry qualification of first degree or a higher national diploma (HND). The exercise, LEADERSHIP gat...
Niger State Police Command has assured the protection of lives and property of the residents of the state throughout the Eid –El Fitri celebrations. The state Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Desire Nsirim, in a statemen...
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has said that security was a vital ingredient that would engender peace and transformation in any society. He posited that his administration would do everything humanly possible to combat crime in the state, even as h...
Niger State government has given the contractor handling the construction of a N1.4 billion bridge across River Shiroro two weeks to step up work on the construction of the bridge or have the contract revoked. The overseeing Commissioner of Works, Dr Y...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday said it had taken possession of an illegal oil bunkering vessel suspected to be carrying 300 metric tonnes of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil commonly known as diesel and its crew arre...