President Goodluck Jonathan has presented the 2012 budget proposal, though the life span of the current 2011 budget is still running and will elapse by March 2012. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis captures the skepticisms of the major players, and poses t...
The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Austin Oniwon, has revealed that Nigeria imports refined petroleum products from neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire as well as from Holland and England. Oniwon disclose...
Agitations against the proposed removal of subsidy on petroleum products may be in vain, as President Goodluck Jonathan had already decided on the policy long before it was introduced to the public. Niger State governor Aliyu Mu’azu Babangida sai...
The Newspaper Vendors Association, Abuja chapter, has named LEADERSHIP Newspaper as the Most Improved Newspaper in the country. The award was given to the paper during this year’s Vendors’ Week and Awards presentation ceremony. According to...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has warned that the overall effect of the proposed removal of fuel subsidy on ordinary Nigerians will be worse than the activities of the rampaging Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Bishop Kukah gave warning...
The special adviser to Kaduna State governor on Christian religious matters, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, has described the LEADERSHIP Person of the Year 2011, Gen. TY Danjuma, as a man of proven integrity. “TY Danjuma is the Abiola of the North,&rdqu...
There is an estimated 12 million persons across the world who wake up every morning without a country that they can call their own. This was disclosed by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African ...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has warned the government and those in authority against denying Nigerians the avenue to express their grievances, saying that doing so will ultimately lead to trouble. Kukah spoke yesterday a...
Two blasts rocked Jos, the Plateau State capital on Saturday, with one death and a number of injuries reported at a bar where fans watched the Barcelona-Real Madrid match. One of the explosions was said to have occurred near the outdoor bar where resid...
Travelers passing through Lokoja - Abuja highway had a terrible experience yesterday, following the blocking of the road by security agents to prevent militants from the Niger Delta from getting to their destination: the Federal Capital Territory, Abuj...
After taking a holistic look at recent events in the Northern part of the country, Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, yesterday concluded that, “Fire is on the roof of northern Nigeria and the implication is that poverty will be on the in...
The Igbo community in Kaduna yesterday closed down all shops in solidarity with their brothers who lost their lives and properties following the Wednesday bomb blast along Ogbomosho Road in Kaduna metropolis. As a result, virtually all commercial activ...
The operational managers and accountants of the attacked new generation banks in Azare town of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State were accused of masterminding last Saturday’s banks raid and robbery that took place in the area. The Com...
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Tuesday next week present the 2012 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. This is just as the House of Representatives yesterday commiserated with the government and people of Kaduna State ov...
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday, returned to Minna, Niger State after a two-month medical trip outside the country. He was accompanied by his second son, Aminu. IBB, as he is fondly called, was looking refreshed when he ...