The participation of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 election in disregard of his party’s constitution that allows for power to rotate between the north and the south may have made some top northern leaders within the Peoples...
A bill that would have empowered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’ efforts to seize assets acquired by individuals through corrupt means, and to establish an agency to manage same has been buried by the National Assembly since ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered the National Universities Commission NUC to bring an end to violence which he said has reduced the quality of degrees from most universities. The president who gave this order yesterday during...
The Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, has stressed that contrary to reports in the media, the state governors were not against the Sovereign Wealth Fund. According to him, the method of implementation was the problem. The governor also urge...
Former Lagos State governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied having any link with the dreaded al Qaeda terrorist network.In a chat with an online publication, Tinubu, who is also the leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), dismissed the claim conta...
In a bid to revamp failed privatised enterprises in the country, the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Privatisation yesterday stormed Lagos State to investigate the failed enterprises. Chairman of the committee Senator Ahmed Lawan revealed this when h...
Kogi and Benue states indigenes constitute 22.2 per cent of the total workforce of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), a situation that violates the Federal Character principle. Investigations by LEADERSHIP show that out of the 465 workers engaged by ...
Former chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) Idris Kutigi yesterday opened up on the protracted crisis of confidence between former CJN Aloysius Katsina-Alu and suspended president of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Salami. In an exclusive interv...
The United Nations office in Nigeria has officially released the names of those who died in the August 26 suicide bombing of its office. It confirmed that 23 persons died and 116 were injured. This was disclosed by the resident coordinator of UN...
Following a report by an international Hausa radio station that Muammar Gaddafi’s head of security service, General Youssef Dbiri, had relocated to Kaduna State from Yobe State where he is said to have maternal root, a robust manhunt for Dbiri&rs...
The House of Representatives may today announce the Leader of the House and complete the membership of the body of principal officers.LEADERSHIP also learnt that Hon Mulikat Akande-Adeola will be the announced as the Leader of the House. She had ...
The Senate has begun the process of a holistic review of the 1999 Constitution as it named a 47-member Constitution review committee.As expected, the panel is headed by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The list co...
Mixed reactions have trailed the dissolution of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the sack of its managing director, Mr Chibuzor Ugwuoha.President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday approved the implementation of a recommendation...
Extra troops yet to arrive - Criticised by many for his inability to ensure security in his state, Governor Jonah Jang is still hopeful that peace will be restored to Plateau State. But he does not pretend to be God who can end the crisis that has kill...
The federal government, through the Department of State Security Services (SSS), yesterday arraigned eight members of Boko Haram before an Abuja chief magistrate court for allegedly conspiring to detonate explosive devices in five places at various tim...