Condemnation has continued to trail the threat reportedly issued to President Goodluck Jonathan by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Shiek Abubakar Shekau, saying that the nation’s security apparatus should not discard the comment with a wave of...
Heavily armed robbers, on Thursday stormed a first generation bank at Mbari Street, Owerri and made away with some undisclosed sum of money, shooting and injuring four officials in the process. The incident, according to an eyewitness account, occurred...
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has promised that his administration would pay more attention to the agriculture sector. In a telephone interview with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND shortly after an award in the United States of America in recognition...
The controversy that trailed the suspension of four courses in the University of Abuja has taken a worrisome dimension, as members of the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have slammed a vote of no confidence on the vice ch...
The Nigerian Bar Association has renewed its quest for the emergence of true federalism in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Ikeja branch, Lagos chapter, Mr. Adegbamigbe Omole told journalists yesterday, that the annual Law week of the Branch, slated for ne...
The power sector unions, yesterday suspended plans to embark on strike, over what they term as the insensitivity of the government to the plight of its members. The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), and National Uni...
Governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has joined several Nigerians to commiserate with the acting inspector-general of police, Alhaji Mohammad Dahiru Abubakar over the death of his mother, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar. In a condolence mess...
The recently introduced conditional cash transfer programme of the Katsina State government, which sought to provide financial support to female children, has led to an increase in the enrolment of girls in schools across the state, the special adviser...
After seven years and six children,Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally engaged. Robert Procop, a private jeweller for the couple, today revealed he designed an engagement ring for the actress under the actor's guidance. And Brad's spokeswo...
Weekly maritime activities ended on Friday with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) pledging to develop deep seaports in Lekki in Lagos State and Ibaka in Akwa Ibom. Mr Omar Suleiman, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), made the pledg...
The FRSC has warned motorists violating traffic regulations between Mogadishu Cantonment and Karu bridge along the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi highway to desist from the act or be arrested and prosecuted. Mr Narth Ugboh, the FRSC Unit Commander at Nyanya, gave ...
The Petroleum Equalisation Fund Management Board (PEFMB) on Friday said it had commenced monitoring distribution of petroleum products electronically across the country from April. Mr Goddy Nnadi, the General Manager (Customer Services) in ...
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have detained former prime minister and presidential election front-runner Carlos Gomes Junior in West Africa's second military power grab in a month, political and diplomatic sources said. “Carlos Gomes Junior and t...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has evolved modalities to give loans to cassava farmers in the country through various commercial banks. Mr. James Olatunji, an offi...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said North Korea's long-range rocket test on Friday was deplorable, in direct violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874, and threatened regional stability. ``Despite its failure, the launch of a so-called app...