Three men said to be bricklayers lost their lives yesterday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, when a two-storey building under construction collapsed at about 11am, trapping 12 of the builders, including the site engineer. Nine of the trapped workers...
Despite the many problems plaguing the European Union (EU), Serbia is seeking Nigeria’s support to become a full member of the organisation This indication was given by the Serbian Ambassador to Nigeria, Rifat Rondic, when he visited LEADERSHIP c...
Barely one week after about four primary schools within the Maiduguri Metropolis of Borno State were razed down by suspected Islamic fundamentalists known as Boko Haram, another round of arson attack was yesterday night unleashed on two private schools...
Wide ranging debates in the House of Representatives yesterday pushed for greater financial autonomy for Local Government Authorities (LGAs) as federal lawmakers insisted that such autonomy would spur accelerated development of rural areas. The resolut...
Following the unexpected presentation of the acting Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar to the World Civil Defence Day Celebration yesterday, the love lost relationship between the officers of the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Securi...
The Kwara State Government has commissioned the N 42.5 million Ohan Bailey Bridge project along Ilorin-Igbeti road, even as he assured Kwarans that it will continue to upgrade deplorable federal roads in the state to enhance economic activities of the ...
The Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, is to give mass burial to about 37 unclaimed corpses deposited in the hospital. Head mortician of the hospital, Mr. Sylvester Gendaga, who disclosed this to LEADERSHIP, said, that the cumbersome a...
An official at the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Yusuf Bado Mok yesterday denied speaking on behalf of the AGF, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN) over his readiness to back the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)...
The Port Harcourt zone of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if oil servicing companies in Rivers State refuse to recall their sacked workers. Chairman of the zone, Comrade ...
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank Governor (CBN), says the apex bank is planning to compel banks to open special branches for persons with disabilities nationwide. The CBN governor made this known on Thursday, in Abuja, when the Joint ...
Pastor Ishaya Izang of COCIN Church, Tilde-Fulani, Toro Local Government, Bauchi State, has described as “very shameful and embarrassing’’, an alleged attempt by some members to bomb the Church. The members, who allegedly attempted to...
The value of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday rose by 46 per cent as the market indices also improved by 0.35 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that investors staked N3.8 billion on 556.22 million shares e...
Amb. Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, on Thursday in Abuja, assumed office as the new President of the ECOWAS Commission. He takes over from the immediate past president of the commission, Amb. Victor Gbeho of Ghana. Speaking at the handover ceremony, which ...
INEC on Tuesday tasked political parties to imbibe internal democracy and strengthen the polity. Alhaji Haliru Tambuwal, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kaduna State, gave the charge during a stakeholders’ forum ahead of the Saturday ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Thursday that it had prevented a Pakistani drug cartel from coming into Nigeria with 13kgs of heroin worth N120 million. The spokesman for the NDLEA, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, said this in a statement...