As part of efforts towards monitoring the executive’s implementation of the 2012 budget, the House of Representatives has directed all its standing committees to furnish it with a detailed report of the status of all ongoing projects of ministrie...
The Damaturu local government caretaker committee chairman, Alhaji Gudama Bukar, has lamented the loss of internally generated revenue in his domain due to insecurity, a situation worsened by the state of emergency imposed in the area. He revealed this...
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has reserved judgement on the petition filed by the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),and former governor of the state, Prince Abubakar Audu. Audu is challenging t...
Niger State Government has advocated the need to embrace the initiative of the Growth Enhancement Scheme for the benefit of farmers and agricultural production in the State. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Mr. Daniel Clifford Shashere discl...
No fewer than 28 people lost their lives in various road accidents recorded across Kogi State in the month of April, the State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC) has disclosed. Michael Olapade who disclosed this while sp...
Kebbi State Governor Saidu Dakingari has threatened to sanction any contractor in the state who fails to live up to contractual agreements. The governor disclosed this during an inspection tour of some road projects in the state. He was respondin...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has described as unacceptable, the sack order given to 788 doctors by the Lagos State government, led by Governor Babatunde Fashola , calling on him to reverse it. In a telephone interview with LEADERS...
Apparently complying with a ministerial directive that open “man-holes” that dot Federal Roads in Lagos should be closed “without further delay,” the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has commenced the closure of th...
The chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Hon. Micah Jiba has called on traders at the Karu market to be patient with the council that the ultramodern market would be completed within the shortest time. The Supervisory Councilor on Special Du...
Health services are gradually being restored in Lagos State hospitals as some 373 newly-recruited doctors have started assuming duty. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited some hospitals in the state on Thursday confirmed that some o...
The National Judicial Council has unanimously agreed to pardon the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami. LEADERSHIP gathered that the council will send a letter to President Jonathan, to reinstate him as the President of t...
Mr Odein Ajumogobia, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday advised the Federal Government to develop the transport to become the backbone of the economy. Ajumogobia made the plea in a keynote address in Lagos at the launch of a ...
The remains of Olaitan Oyerinde, the Personal Secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomole of Edo, was laid to rest on Thursday in Ede, Osun, amidst tears and eulogies. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyerinde was murde...
Mr Joseph Stafford, outgoing Consul-General of the U.S. Consulate in Lagos, said on Thursday that Nigerian youths had the capacity to contribute to the country’s overall development. Stafford told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the past tw...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped in volume and value terms on Thursday as a total of 323.36 million shares worth N2.23 billion were traded in 4,247 deals. This was against the 483.89 million shares valued at N3. 82 billio...