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The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has call on Nigerian to continue to believe in the power of Almighty God, who remains the unquestionable author of all human endeavour.The was contained in a New year’s message signed by the National Chairman ...
Bauchi state government is set to established a cement factory worth 36 Billion Naira in Gwana area of Alkaleri local government council of the state in conjunction with an American company. The director of press affairs to Governor Isah Yuguda, Ishola...
The political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, has described the utterances of chieftains of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in their reactions to the explosion that rocked the Catholic Church building in Madalla,...
Though a verdict foretold, the Supreme Court’s affirmation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s electoral victory early last week removes the final judicial albatross on the president’s neck. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s LOUIS ACHI writes th...
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in parts of the country following attacks from the Islamist sect Boko Haram. The measure is in force in areas of the Yobe and Borno states in the north-east, Plateau state in central Nigeria...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday pledged that there would be no hiding place for sponsors of members of the terrorist group, `Boko Haram’ which had claimed responsibilities for a number of terror attacks in the country. The president state...
No fewer than 7,000 policemen have been deployed to all the churches in Niger to protect worshippers during the New Year celebration in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Richard Oguche, said more personnel wer...
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael Zuokumor, has said that the security agencies are determined to reduce the crime rate in the territoty the barest minimum. Zuokumor gave the assurance on Saturday when he led security operatives on a joint ope...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ODO) on Saturday warned the media against misinforming the public on the Boko Haram crisis. Lt.-Col. Hassan Ifijeh, the JTF spokesman, gave the warning while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri. Ifijeh s...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is hale and hearty, the Presidency Spokesman, Mac Maharaj, said this in a statement on Saturday. The correspondent reports that the statement issued in johannesburg, became inevitable to quell rum...
A former Nigerian ambassador to Spain and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Federal House of Representatives, Dr Kingsley S Ebenyi, has condemned the persistent persecution of Nigerians by the Malaysian police. Ebenyi described as outrageo...
The deplorable security situation in Kogi State has taken another dimension, following the invasion of Ebiraland by hired assasins, killing innocent citizens at will. Investigation by LEADERSHIP WEEKEND revealed that in the last few weeks, no fewer tha...
The Federal Government appears to be overwhelmed and unable to respond adequately to the series of bombings in many parts of the country, that have claimed the lives of innocent Nigerians and their property. Against the backdrop of new threats of attac...
Despite the spate of bombings in many parts of the country, which have claimed many lives and property, the federal government has said that it does have an accurate figure of the death toll and those wounded in the attacks. The admittance by the gover...
Gov. Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State yesterday presented a budget proposal of N97.9 billion for the 2012 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly in Kebbi. The N97.9 billion budget estimate is N6.4 billion higher than the 2011 budget of N91.5 billion....