More than 65 per cent of Nigerians do not have access to the services of financial institutions, Mr Ugochukwu Okoafor, Central Bank of Nigeria’s Head of Corporate Affairs Department, says. Okoafor stated this in an interview with the News Agency ...
The police on Saturday arrested former Governor of Zamfara, Sen. Sani Yerima over alleged ``inciting’’ comments on a live radio programme run by Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Kaduna. The Commissioner of Police in the state, M...
Thompson Oliha, a former Super Eagles midfielder, on Saturday appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill its promise to the team after it won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Tunisia.
Oliha told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone on Saturday that he had yet to receive the house promised by government.
``I beg the Federal Government to fulfill its promise of giving every player in the team a house for our victory in the 1994 AFCON.
``I have yet to receive my own house which the government promised me 19 years ago; my great country has disgraced me and some members of the victorious team,’’ Oliha said.
He urged those in charge of allocating the promised houses to members of the team to release them.
``The people in charge of the allocation should please come out of their shells and give us our rightful possessions,'' he said.
According to Oliha, players that chose Lagos for their own houses were allocated houses while he and the rest who picked Abuja have yet to get their allocation.
Teams from six African countries are expected to join hosts Nigeria on Monday in Abuja for the 14th African Nations Volleyball Championship in Junior Women, an official has said. Adisa Beyioku, Secretary-General of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NV...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently before the National Assembly will transform the nation’s oil and gas industry when passed into law.
The minister was quoted as saying this at the Africa Energy Summit session during the Cambridge Energy Research Association (CERAWEEK 2013) in Houston, Texas, U.S.
A statement issued by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs, NNPC, Ms Tumini Green on Friday said that the minister was represented by the Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, NNPC, Mr Abiye Membere.
``The PIB will ensure the development of our abundant oil and gas reserves, encourage significant infrastructural development and situate the Gas revolution,
``Aside attracting new investors to the nation’s oil and gas industry, the PIB will also ensure that new fiscal regime is put in place to address all issues of equity among stakeholders.’’
It noted that the instability in the Niger Delta would be addressed by the PIB and the country's revenue would be well-managed for a balanced development of the country.
It said that the continued reluctance of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) to sincerely implement in-country capacity building to drive the local content implementation posed a big challenge to the sector.
``If after 50 years of operation in Nigeria, foreign companies are preferred to indigenous companies; it clearly shows that there is a problem. This has to change,’’ it stated.
The statement decried the non involvement of host communities in the development of their areas and stressed the need to collaborate with the host communities.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill, which has been generating a lot of controversies recently scaled through second reading at the Senate
A father was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment for causing the death of his 15-week-old daughter through oral rape. According to agency reports, Steven Deuman Jr, 26, of Traverse City, Michigan, was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravate...
The Conference of Nigeria Political Party (CNPP) yesterday raised the alarm over moves by the House of Representatives to grant immunity to lawmakers, saying that the bill for that purpose, which scaled through the second reading on Thursday, is a deli...
A few days to the area council election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is engulfed in serious crisis. Investigation by LEADERSHIP Weekend revealed that as a result of the crisis, many card-carrying mem...
A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday convicted two men who trade in cannabis, popularly called marijuana and sent each of them to a six-month imprisonment. The convicts, who had earlier pleaded guilty to one-count charge of trading in cannabis, bro...
The Kogi State command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 65-year-old woman and her daughter with 43.2kg of sativa cannabis. The commander, Mr Idris Bello, disclosed this to journalists yesterday in Lokoja. He sai...
An eight-man robbery gang met its waterloo yesterday as its members were arrested during an attempt to raid a new generation bank in Lagos. The incident occurred at Abule-Egba, an outskirt of Lagos about 2:30pm. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered that the rob...
Borno State governor Alhaji Kashim Shettima has challenged both the federal and the state government to join hands to discover the Boko Haram ghosts in order to negotiate with them. The challenge was the highpoint of the address Governor Shettima prese...
An Osogbo chief magistrate’s court yesterday ordered the remand of a 66-year-old man, Ademola Obideyi, in Ilesa prison for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. The accused was said to have committed the offence on March 2, 2013, in his house, loc...