Mr Aliou Dia, the UN Regional Programme Specialist on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Eastern, Southern and West Africa, says Nigeria is a role model for disaster management in the region. He said this in Abuja on Thursday at an interactive session wi...
They were reported to have split last month after a year of dating. But yesterday Eva Longoria, 37, and Eduardo Cruz, 27, showed that their romance is very much back on as they enjoyed a tender PDA on a day out at the zoo in Los Angeles. Desperate Hous...
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday that Nigeria was safe for foreign investors and called for Western assistance to combat Boko Haram. "We are building up our security infrastructure. I can say we are on top of this problem," Jonath...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday gave ruling in favour of the National Environmental Standards Regulations and Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in a case brought against the agency by Petfaith International Ltd. NESREA had confiscated ivory work ...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Dahiru Musdapher, contrary to speculations, has not resigned his appointment, LEADERSHIP gathered. A statement by his media adviser, Mohammed Adamu noted that, “The CJN had, on 11th April, 2012, written to the...
In spite of its challenges, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has made noteworthy progress, a former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Thursday in Lagos. ``In spite of the initial slow take-off, the pace of activities ...
Gov. Umaru Almakura of Nasarawa State on Thursday signed the state’s 2012 Appropriation Bill of more than N104 billion into law. The governor, while signing the budget at the Government House in Lafia, pledged that his administration would adhere...
International organisations condemned a wave of arrests by Mali's military rulers which extended into a third day on Wednesday in spite of an agreement by the junta to restore constitutional order. The West African state has been in crisis since a ...
Alhaji Abdullahi Hassan, the Chairman of Sokoto North Local Government Council in Sokoto State, said that the council detected 1,115 ghost workers on its payroll. Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Sokoto that the ghost staff w...
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described the conviction of former governor of Delta State, James Ibori in a London court as a landmark in the global fight against corruption. A statement by Mr Daniel Bekele, Africa Director at HRW in Lagos, sai...
President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, on the death of his wife, Fatima. In a statement on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, Jonathan...
A trial judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Justice Abdul Kafarati today, adjourned sitting till May 3, 2012 to enable parties in the suit against the election of Godswill Akpabio as governor of Akwa Ibom State...
Renowned economists and public affairs commentators, Mr. Henry Boyo and Adaighofua Ojomaikre, have dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to a Federal High Court in Lagos, over revenue accruable from the sale of crude oil and other revenues. T...
A chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Major-General Lawrence Onoja, (rtd) has said that those alleging that Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, was an Islamic fundamentalist were misguided politicians out to smear the good name o...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded plans to introduce a new risk management framework known as the macro-prudential risk framework for effective management of risk in the financial sector, particularly in the banking industry, this year. C...