Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed worry over what he called attempts from some quarters to create the impression that he is not eligible to vie for the presidency in 2015. Atiku said yesterday that those who claim to have the gift of f...
Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared that there is mutual unity, love and understanding among the Northern traditional rulers. The Sultan spoke at the commissioning ceremony of five first-class Emirs’ houses built in Dut...
An eye witness of the bomb blast that rocked a football viewing centre at Tudun Wada area of Jos, Talbat Abdulrasheed, has disclosed that the perpetrators of the blast drove in a white Mercedes Benz to commit the act. Abdulrasheed further told LEADERSH...
Unknown gunmen yesterday killed no fewer than 17 persons in three separate attacks carried out in Kogi, Plateau and Yobe states while several others sustained various degrees of injuries. LEADERSHIP learnt that the killings which took place took both t...
Market capitalisation of equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by N24 billion on Wednesday. At the end of transactions, the index closed at N7.01 trillion against the N6.982 trillion recorded on Tuesday. The All-Share Index, which o...
The bill for an Act to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act of 2007 passed the second reading at the Senate on Wednesday. The bill seeks to amend the act to compel the bank to submit its budget to the National Assembly for approval every ...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the award of more than N90.7 billion contract for strategic gas supply to various power generation plants in the country. Minister of Information, Labaran Maku disclosed this after the Co...
Alhaji Sa’ád Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, says he will only identify with and support any government that cares for the people. Abubakar made the statement when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa in Dutse...
Activities at Lagos State general hospitals were on Wednesday at a low ebb following the indefinite strike embarked on by doctors on Tuesday. Doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild, Lagos, had embarked on an indefinite strike, following the s...
Forty four inmates of the Bauchi Central Prison were on Wednesday granted amnesty by the Bauchi State Government. Mr Al-Mustapha Hassan, Bauchi Commissioner for Justice, disclosed this to newsmen in Bauchi at the end of visits to the prison. He ...
Miss Folake Oyahire, sister of allegedly murdered banker, Mrs Titilayo Arowolo, on Wednesday said that her sister's husband, Akolade Arowolo, had previously demonstrated traits of violence before her sister’s death. The News Agency of ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday announced that its sniffer dogs had discovered 16 kg of heroin, valued at N160 million, allegedly abandoned by drug traffickers. This was contained in a statement signed by the agency...
Mr Emmanuel Ayeni, the Plateau Commissioner of Police, has confirmed that five persons were killed and many others injured in a midnight attack in Riyom on Tuesday. Riyom is the headquarters of Riyom Local Government of Plateau. ``There wa...
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Wednesday remanded one Charles Ikeji, 40, in prison for allegedly raping his daughter and a house maid. The police arraigned Ikeji, a resident of Angwan Gude, in Kuje, FCT, on April 16 on a one-count ch...
The Chief Imam, Mararaba Mosque in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ali Adamu, has commended the Federal Government for the introduction of the Almajiri Model Schools. Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mara...