Governor of Bayelsa State, Sariake Dickson has approved the appointment of five new special advisers. Chief Fred Agbedi, a former Director General of the Dickson campaign organisation has been slated for Special Adviser on Political Matters, Stephen Di...
Alhaji Saad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto on Thursday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to stand against instability in the country. Abubakar made the call in a seminar organised by Nigeria Women of Faith Network on ``The Role of Women of Faith in Peace Build...
The Federal Government on Thursday signed an agreement with the Japanese Government to increase water supply coverage in the rural communities in Enugu, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo and Taraba states. The agreement between the Government of Japan and the Federal...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has re-appointed Alhaji Sahabi Gada as the new Secretary to the State Government ( SSG) . Gada was the immediate past Secretary to the State Government. Wamakko, who also swore in the new government scribe...
A total of 328 medical students dropped by the University of Jos have sued the institution for alleged unjust rejection. The students are contesting the decision of the university to drop their names from the list of 478 students admitted for 200...
After spending 206 days against the 180 days as stipulated by the Supreme Court, the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal on Thursday struck out the petition of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (AP...
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said he is not bothered about the Super Eagles rankings and that his team is ready to face the Wasp of Rwanda come next Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP Coach Keshi said ‘I am not bother...
Following the rumour making rounds that Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI and Audu Maikori led record label, Chocolate City are in dispute, the news has been confirmed to be false. According to the gist making round, the Africa's numb...
The federal government yesterday approved the sum of N15 billion to supplement the N10 billion earlier approved for the public mass transit programme it introduced last month to cushion the biting effect of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians. It a...
Federal government has provided N12 billion for laboratory equipment and rehabilitation of infrastructure in 51 polytechnics in the country. The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure, made this known on W...
Mr John Haruna, the Commissioner of Police in Benue, has decried the high rate of cultism in the state. Haruna made the observation on Wednesday in Gboko, Benue, when he met with His Royal Highness, the Tor Tiv, Mr Alfred Torkula.&nbs...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday boosted by nearly one half an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia. With this development , the council is seeking to press home a military offensive against Islamist rebels in the Horn of Africa country. A r...
Two new wild polio cases have been discovered in two Fulani settlements in Bukkuyum and Bakura local government areas of Zamfara, bringing the number of new cases to five in the state. Confirming the new cases in Gusau on Wednesday, the state Immunisat...
Prof Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission would conduct a free, fair, credible and peaceful governorship election in Cross River. Jega gave the pledge in Calabar on Wednesday during an...
President Goodluck Jonathan, in this exclusive interview with JONATHAN POWER, a syndicated foreign affairs columnist and commentator, speaks on how his administration has succeeded in tackling corruption, especially on fertiliser procurement and distri...