Flashback: Stéphanie OKEREKE weds Linus IDAHOSA
Flashback: The Wedding of Stéphanie OKEREKE & Linus IDAHOSA took place in the magnificient venue of Abbaye de Cernay (Paris, FRANCE) on 21st April 2012.
Jonathan Among 38 Heads Of State To Address UN General Assembly
President Goodluck Jonathan has been listed among first 38 Heads of State that will speak at the general debate of the UN General Assembly commencing on Sept. 25. In a provisional list of speakers for the General Assembly 67th ses...
UN High-Level Session Will Be Busiest Ever —Ban
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says world leaders will have wide range of pressing global challenges to tackle at the General Assembly 67th session in New York on Sept. 25. No fewer than 120 world leaders are expected to take part in the general...
Nasarawa Govt Donates 33 Patrol Vehicles To Police
The Nasarawa State Government has donated 33 Toyota vans worth more than N300 million to the Police Command in the state. Gov. Tanko Al-Makura, said while making the presentation that the gesture would assist the police toward mak...
PDP Plans Zonal Reconciliation Committees For Aggrieved Members
The Peoples` Democratic Party (PDP) says it will set up zonal reconciliation committees to ensure that aggrieved party members return to the fold. This is contained in a statement signed by the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tuku...
Yakowa Delivering On Mandate Despite Security Challenges – Adamu
Hon. Saidu Adamu is the Kaduna State Commissioner for Information and Home Affairs. In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he affirms that the state government is making effort to address salary irregularities in the state. He explains why the state g...
Why Jonathan Withdrew Taraba Deputy Gov’s Award
LEADERSHIP investigation has revealed that the withdrawal of the national honour awarded to the Taraba State deputy governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, by President Goodluck Jonathan may not be unconnected with the impeachment notice hanging on the...
Fulani Cattle Breeders, Tiv Farmers Hold Peace Summit
Fulani cattle breeders and Tiv farmers from Benue State yesterday held a peace summit in Abuja to end the protracted conflict between them. The summit, which was organised by the Women Environmental Programme (WEP), brought together critical stakeholde...
Nigeria Loses $4bn To Bonga Oil Spill
A bill that seeks to put in place harsher punishment for companies responsible for oil spillage in the country scaled second reading at the Senate yesterday even as Nigeria will lose over $4 billion as a result of the Bonga oil spill. This was revealed...
‘TY Danjuma Deserves The Person Of The Year Award’
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, yesterday, in Abuja said that the “LEADERSHIP Person of the Year 2011 Award” conferred on Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), by LEADERSHIP Group, it was well deserved....
N350m Monthly IGR Unacceptable – Niger Gov
Niger State Governor, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has described as unacceptable, the N350 million monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) recorded by the state’s Board of Internal Revenue. This, he said, was against a monthly revenue target ...
IBB, Ekwueme, Tambuwal, Govs For Blueprint Public Presentation Today
All is now set for the public presentation of Blueprint newspaper today. The event scheduled to take place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre is billed to mark the first anniversary of the newspaper which hit the street as a daily publication on S...
Moves To Impeach Tambuwal Failed
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yesterday, survived moves by some federal lawmakers to rally other members to pass a vote of no confidence on the former’s reign as Speaker, LEADERSHIP reports. Wednesday’s dev...
Bauchi Attack: Yuguda Donates Food, Money To Families Of Deceased
Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, has donated food items and an undisclosed sums of money to the families of the victims of last Sunday’s attack which claimed nine lives in the Zango area of Bauchi metropolis. The money and food items according ...
Fire Service Warns Against Building Houses In Flood Routes
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has cautioned Nigerians not to build houses in flood-prone areas and waterways in order to avoid flood disasters and other related incidents. Speaking yesterday at a three-day workshop for the Controller-General and...