The National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for wanting to benefit from the 37 Local Council Development Areas(LCDAs) it opposed their creation. Tinubu spoke whi...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has commended the Federal Government for including health as an area to be tackled by the Economic Management Team.Speaking with newsmen in Abuja the President of the NMA, Dr Omede Idris, said the action of the Fe...
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state says the cheap labour available in the state has made it an investor’s ideal destination.The governor said this on Friday in Ado-Ekiti at the opening of a two-day economic ...
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it would soon commence random checks to determine the alcohol level in commercial bus drivers. Governor Babatunde Fashola made the disclosure at the launch of the Lagos Motor Park Health and Safety Initiative a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) might have beefed up security in Gombe ahead of the arraignment of former governor Danjuma Goje on Monday. The agency has allegedly uncovered plans by supporters of Goje to scuttle his arraignment in ...
There was a serious traffic snarl-up in some parts of Lagos State yesterday following torrential rains that lasted for hours. Motorists who groaned in the traffic were seen trying to manoeuvre through the flood that took over major roads in...
Members of the House of Representatives may tinker with Section 12 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act, 2003, to cause the ouster of EFCC chairman Mrs. Farida Waziri. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY gathered last night that if Section 12 (f) o...
Industrial action may be underway in Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Kogi, Oyo, and several other states yet to pay the minimum wage of N18, 000 to their workers. Though the derivation and federation allocation principles leave some states at a ...
Senate President David Mark yesterday lamented the sorry state of the nation’s education sector, blaming it on the inability of successive governments to give it the attention it deserved. Senator Mark stated this while speaking at the 19th...
Two Bills pending before the House of Representatives, if passed into law, would duplicate functions of the National Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC, the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC and the Vehicle Inspection Office, VIO. The Bill...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which was established to combat graft in all its ramifications, appears to have gone into inertia because of its inability to try and convict high profile Nigerians who have allegedly stolen huge sums of mo...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Sen. Robert Boroffice, said in Abuja on Thursday that the Senate would be very objective in deliberating on the proposed withdrawal of fuel subsidy. Boroffice told journalists that the outcome of th...
The Civic Duties Awareness Initiative (CIDAI), has condemned the Cross River State government over the purchase of a N13 billion ‘dead’ aircraft from the Rivers State government. CIDAI’s executive director, Mr. Emmanuel Ulayi, a...
Ita Solomon Enang, a lawyer and activist, represents Akwa Ibom North in the Senate where he serves as the chairman of the powerful Business and Rules Committee. He has made history as the longest serving legislator from Akwa Ibom State, having served a...
The recently released United Nations Environmental Programme report on oil activities in Ogoni might have achieved more than its intended outcome. While some communities are happy that the report will put some money in their pockets by way of com...