Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications operator, Etisalat, has emerged winner of the ‘African Telecoms Deal of the Year 2011’ at the 13th Euromoney/Project Finance Magazine Awards in London last week. This de...
In recent months, against the background of severe challenges to the Nigerian state, proponents for the convention of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to discuss the fundamentals of continuation of the Nigerian project have apparently seized centr...
It was a moment of sober reflection in commemoration of victims of Biafran war as the Peace and Reconciliation House where the ceasefire was signed commenced its first exhibition in Amichi. CHIKA OKEKE who was in Anambra recounts the event. At the ent...
Seriake Dickson has just succeeded in overcoming an internal crisis with the ruling People's Democratic Party and getting elected as governor. Osa Okhomina, looks at the new challenges he now faces. While the people had resolved to cue into the cha...
In this interview with Chika Otuchikere, Taraba state’s commissioner for information, culture and tourism, Emmanuel Bello, noted that the state is best suited for tourism activities giving the peaceful ambience of the state. He said all the relig...
Hon. Uzor Azubuike represents Aba North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State at the National Assembly. In this encounter with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s RUTH CHOJI, he condemns calls by some sections of the country for a National Sovereign Conferenc...
The Vice Chairman of Reps Committee On Petroleum (Up Stream) Honourable Moshood Mustapha in this interview with newsmen in Ilorin Kwara State, speaks on the ongoing probe of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and shares insights on seve...
Eight suspected cultists,all below the ages of eighteen were yesterday arrested in Nyongun Village of Wadata area in Makurdi Local government of the state by men of the Benue State police command. They are Terseer Iorbee, Emmanuel Ogaba, Donald Iornum ...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has advocated an integrated approach to tackling the perennial challenges facing the nation’s three refineries so as to ensure maximum output within the shortest possible time. To ...
A clergy man, Mr. Enoch Massin, in Nasarawa town of Nasarawa state has committed suicide by hanging. Family sources and police authorities told leadership Sunday that the late Massin, an unemployed professional teacher who was sacked by his...
The Petroleum Product Pricing and Regulation Agency (PPPRA) may have put on hold payments of all outstanding monies and subsidies it owe some oil majors and importers of petroleum products as it sets to review claims of unpaid subsidies by these compan...
Worried by the challenge posed by gas supply to power generation, the Federal Government yesterday held a one day summit with gas producers with a view to finding a lasting solution to the issue. Speaking at the forum, Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nn...
The Chairman House Committee on Ethics and Privileges has described the donation of N100 million by the Central Bank of Nigeria to the victims of recent Kano bomb attack as insufficient. The Chairman of the committee, Barr. Gambo Musa Dan-Musa, told LE...
The son of the late Sergeant Sunday Badang, the Anti-bomb Squad policeman who was killed in an explosion while trying to diffuse an explosive device in Kaduna last week has told LEADERSHIP SUNDAY how his father symbolically waved him goodbye and his wi...
The Federal Government has asked motorist to embrace the new drivers' and vehicle licensing introduced by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), stating that the scheme will assist security agencies to tackle insecurity. The Minister of Information,...