Mr Yemi Odusanya, the Regional General Manager, Access Bank Plc, Lagos, who was kidnapped on April 22 regained his freedom on Thursday after the family paid N25 million ransom. A reliable police source, who pleaded anonymity told the News Agency of Nig...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has urged South-South governors to adopt investment strategies that would translate to economic growth and development. Oshiomhole made the call in Asaba on Thursday at the second South-South Summit organised by the region....
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 22 to hear Sen. Bukola Saraki’s application to stop the police from investigating a N21 billion fraud allegation against him. Justice Gladys Olotu adjourned proceedings on the matter on Thursday due t...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday in Abuja condemned the bomb blasts that rocked newspaper houses in Abuja and Kaduna, saying the attacks were ''tragic and cowardly''. The Secretary of the congress, Mr Owei Lakemfa, who said...
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has urged Nigerians to drop lingering clamour for national conference, saying it is no longer necessary in view of emerging democratic liberties. In place of the conference, he called for regional groupings, which would, rat...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has approved a project worth 80-million-dollars for Nigeria, says Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development. Adesina disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while ans...
President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his administration’s commitment to addressing factors militating against the implementation of revolutionary programmes in the South-South region. Jonathan, represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo, ga...
Sen. Mohammed Ndume, an alleged financier of the Boko Haram sect, has said the State Security Service (SSS) drafted `frivolous’ terrorism charges against him. Ndume’s counsel, Mr Rickey Tarfa, therefore, told the Federal High Court in Abuja...
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has advised the Federal Government to allow all states of the federation to be fiscally independent. The CITN Registrar, Mr Jayeoba Abayomi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursda...
College students held demonstrations in several U.S. cities on Wednesday to mark the day total U.S. student loan debt was expected to reach one trillion dollars. Some of the demonstrating students burnt loan documents and others demanded a right to ``d...
Inadequate sanitation impacts on everybody; from the greatest to the least. But, in spite of all these, a 5-day programme convened by the African Leadership Forum suggests sanitation coverage in Nigeria is extremely low. pembi stephen-david writes. In ...
As political tension mounts in Edo State ahead of the July 14 governorship election, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, challenged the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate, Major General Charles Airhiavbere(rtd) to explain...
Osun State, known for its peaceful atmosphere, has been engulfed in a battle of supremacy between the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). SEFIU AYANBIMPE analyses how the high wire politics in the state has taken...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has said that the party has yet to anoint any candidate for the 2015 presidential polls. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday, the National Publicity Secretary, Rotimi Fashakin, remarked that t...
The spokesman for the Special Task Force on Jos crisis,Captain. Mdahlelya Markus said that the Tudun Wada explosive went off at about 9.45 pm as viewers were coming out of the centre after watching the ongoing European Champions League match between Ch...