The National Environmental Standards and Regulatory Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has expressed its determination to implement environmental laws. The agency stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mr Sule Oyofo, the agency’...
The Network for Civil Societies on Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN) has called on government at all levels to take urgent steps to boost water and sanitation conditions in the country. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Shem Adah, the Organisa...
An Environment Consultant, Mr Sulaiman Daudu, has cautioned telecommunication operators against violation of environmental standards in Nigeria. The warning followed National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) misunders...
Managing Director of Unity Bank, Ado Wanka, said in Kaduna on Saturday that the insecurity in the country was hampering business growth. Wanka, who was represented by a director in the bank, Alhaji Gimba Hassan, made the statement at an event to ...
The PDP in Abuja on Saturday re-assured Nigerians that it would not shield any of its members indicted by the petroleum subsidy probe. ``The party is determined not to shield anybody who has a case to answer in the mismanagement of the petroleum subsid...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has called on members of Boko Haram (Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Wal Jihad) to embrace dialogue. Sambo made the call while speaking with journalists shortly after he inaugurated Almajirai Model Boarding Primary School ...
In its determination to entrench transparency and accountability in the downstream sector, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has hammered NIMEX Petroleum Ltd, an oil trading company from Switzerland. The Executive Secretary...
The Federal Government should consider the late Rashidi Yekini for a post-humous award, the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) said on Saturday in Abuja. SWAN National President, Saidu Abubakar, in a condolence message, said the award would s...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has called on adherents of all religions in Nigeria to embrace peace and live in peace with one another. Sambo made the call on Saturday in Abuja, when he received the national executive officers of Nasrul-Lahi Fatih Society...
Last week we wrote on how to know when you are ready for marriage, but here are some experts (not mine) who advise on how to be the woman a man will take down the aisle. Blessing Ukemena writes Be a woman any day, any whereTake pride and dignity in you...
The 50th birthday celebration of the Chairman, Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, last week, turned out to be a forum where top-echelon members of the nation’s political intelligentia soberly reflected on the seve...
Ahead of the next general elections, many traditional rulers who have been stridently pitching for constitutional roles may have decided to bite the bullet and openly play the political game. Taking the recent endorsement of Governor Adams Oshiomhole o...
One crucial area that has become a source of concern to the Borno residents in recent times is the pitiable condition of the motherless babies and vulnerable children at the Fatima Ali Sheriff Orphanage Home, Maiduguri which the state government throug...
The imposition of state of emergency on Suleja and the resultant curfew are causing the residents untold hardships. Mairo Muhammad Mudi in this report examines the situation in the once peaceful town. Suleja is one of the fastest growing cities in Nige...
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo yesterday stated that the attainment of the country’s national goals and objectives, especially in the education sector cannot be complete without taking into account the plight of over 9.5 million Almajirai. ...