President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of Prof. Promise Okpala as Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO) for the second term. A statement signed by Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of...
Mines and Steel Development Minister Mohammed Sada says the quality of Maiganga coal deposit in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State is good for power generation Sada told newsmen on Friday that ``the quality has been already proven to be good en...
“I believe Madrid could lose La Liga, because Barcelona is also fighting and we have not won anything. We have never said that we had won it already. Our rivals also have a lot to play for and we cannot solely live off being eight or 10 points ah...
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shelled the battered city of Homs on Saturday, opposition activists said, the first bombings since a ceasefire began two days ago. The UN Security Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on a Western-A...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Friday advocated for the second stanza of national anthem to replace the regular prayer made by the two religious bodies in public places. Mr Mike Omeri, director general of the agency, made this call in...
The security situation in the country has assumed another dimension, with gun-wielding men firing at hapless Nigerians who were travelling home on Good Friday, WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. But for God’s intervention, some travellers who were going ho...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said Nigeria would overcome its daunting security and development challenges with unwavering faith in God and renewed commitment to national cause. Jonathan stated this at the second Presidential National Prayer ...
Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the FRSC, has identified indiscipline on the part of motorists as a major cause of road accidents in the country. Chidoka, who made the remark on Saturday in Abuja during the FRSC’s month...
Afghanistan's government on Saturday appointed Salahuddin Rabbani, the son of slain statesman Burhanuddin Rabbani, to replace his father and lead the country's High Peace Council charged with reaching out to Taliban insurgents. Former President...
Three-time Governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim, who is now a Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Lands and Urban Development, in this interview with Soni Daniel and Ruth Choji, takes a look at the issues that informed...
Burdened by myriads of challenges in the manufacturing sector, a delegation of the Ikeja and Apapa chapters of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) yesterday visited the state governor Babatunde Fashola SAN to seek greater support to manufact...
To check capital flight, the federal government will soon issue a white paper barring civil servants from travelling abroad for medical treatment. Worried by the trend, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu disclosed yesterday in Abuja tha...
Recreational gardens and parks in the capital territory have been hijacked by criminals who now use the facilities for their nefarious activities, LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s investigations have revealed. The gardens, which were leased to private operat...
The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mallam Mohammed Garba, has promised that the forthcoming elections into the union’s national executive would be free and fair. The president stated this while receiving members of the Ga...
Vice President Namadi Sambo and the minister of power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, have urged foreign investors from the United States of America to invest in Nigeria’s power sector, saying they have a lot to gain. Speaking at the plenary session of the Un...