Politics

The INEC accredited Coalition of Domestic Election Observers, has adjudged the Kebbi governorship re- run election, held last Saturday, as among the best in the country.  The group's position was contained in a communique jointly signed by its...

Many people were feared dead with several others seriously injured when a petrol tanker caught fire on Sunday evening at Ganigaku village in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa.  An eyewitness, who identifies himself simply as Baba, told newsme...

A financial audit carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has passed a damaging verdict on registered political parties: they lack transparency, prudency and proper accounting records in their transactions.. In the audit rep...

Fifteen years after he left government as a Military Administrator of Kaduna State, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), has finally opened up on why he sacked about 30,000 workers in 1997. LEADERSHIP recall that the Col.  Ali, who assumed office on August 2...

Ahead of the July 14 Governorship election in Edo State, over 1,500 Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) members in Iguobazuwa, Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State, at the weekend dumped the party for the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)....

Alhaji Saidu Dakingari,  Kebbi  Governor-elect, has said that the fresh mandate he received  in  Saturday’s election was an indication of his acceptance by the people of Kebbi. Malam Alhassan Musa, the Media Adviser ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Kebbi State Governor-elect, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari of PDP , on his overwhelming victory in Saturday's re-run governorship election. The congratulatory message is contained in a press statement issue...

The Ohimege of Koton Karfe town in Kogi, Alhaji Shaibu Lafia, has died at the age of 100 years. The foremost traditional ruler, who ascended the throne in 1970, died on Saturday night at Koton Karfe. Gov. Idris Wada described the traditional ruler'...

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) says it has trained more than 12 million Nigerians in its mandate to generate a pool of highly trained work force for the key sectors of the economy. Speaking at the 23rd Enugu International Trade Fair on Sunday,...

The Federal Government is dissatisfied with the training of ex-militants by multinational oil companies, an official said on Sunday in Lagos. Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Matters, said th...

Some communities in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have not been immunised in the last three years, a WHO consultant has said. The consultant, Emmanuel Katuga, who is in charge of Gamawa, Zaki and Gadau, said the development was due to ne...

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has accepted defeat in  Saturday’s re-run  governorship election and blamed its poor performance on intra-party crisis. ``The CPC has no problem with the result and shall not contest it in any c...

Chief  Funkekeme  Solomon, Delta Commissioner for Works, reaffirmed on Sunday in Asaba that the ministry would not pay contractors on any project unless its completion was certified by the community where it was sited. He stressed that t...

Medical doctors and some other indigenes of Imo are planning a million-man march for the abrogation of a law legalising abortion in the state. The Gender and Equal Opportunities Law was enacted by the Gov. Achike Udenwa administration. The Chairman, Ge...