The federal government has said there is no truth in the story making the rounds that it plans to transform Arik Air into a national carrier, but said it is perfecting the legal framework for the establishment of a national carrier. According to Joe Ob...
Authorities of the Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday intervened in the flagrant abuse of the N141 price per litre of fuel fixed by the Federal Government following the removal of subsidy and shut down two filling stations in Yenagoa ov...
When Ibrahim Abutu woke up on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, he had no idea that death was lurking around the corner. The 35-year-old businessman, from Benue State, never bargained for what befell him that fateful day right inside his sitting room...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to treat as a joke, its threat to proceed on a prolonged massive strike with effect from Monday. The labour movement said in Abuja that it would not compromise on its de...
Tragedy struck yesterday in Gombe when gunmen attacked a church in the state capital, killing about six people and wounding several others. Pastor Johnson Jauro of the Deeper Life Christian Church in Nasarawo within the Gombe metropolis said the ...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded that the Presidency immediately reverses fuel prices to N65. It added that indefinite general strikes, mass rallies and street protests be held across the country with effect from Monday 9, ...
From Lagos to Abuja, Benue to Kano, Bauchi to Kwara, Oyo to Kogi – the story is the same: A groundswell of mounting protests, like a bushfire, has continued to ravage the country, a fallout of Federal Government’s subsidy removal. The prote...
Prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have risen in most markets across the country following the recent announcement of fuel subsidy removal. At noon yesterday in Lagos, many c...
Some officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos have joined in the protest against fuel subsidy removal. LEADERSHIP gathered that no less than 300 policemen joined the march from Oregun to Alausa, the seat of government in Lagos. The policemen were ...
As the reality of the Federal Government’s fuel subsidy removal begins to hit Nigerians across the country, LEADERSHIP investigation has revealed that worst hit, for now, are the millions of travellers who departed their immediate zones (duty pos...
The National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi (rtd), has assured southerners living in the northern part of Nigeria of their safety, following a three-day ultimatum issued by Boko Haram for them to vacate the north or face attacks. In a statem...
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida has condemned removal of the erstwhile fuel subsidy regime by President Goodluck Jonathan, stating it was ill-timed. He also strongly indicted the country’s leaders for failing in their respons...
Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been accused of abandoning the path of accountability, following his administration’s review of projects initiated by the immediate past governor of the state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, the Sardaunan Kano. K...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday made real his threat to crush Boko Haram – he declared a state of emergency in 15 selected local government areas of Borno, Yobe, Plateau and Niger states, even as he ordered for the closure of Chad and Niger...
Expectations that the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) will emerge this year in the person of Justice Alooma Mukhtar may not materialize afterall, as the Presidency has finalized arrangements to send an Executive Bill to the National Assembl...