Slumped against the bloodied legs of a revolutionary fighter, this is the picture which Libyan rebels say confirms that deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed. The former Libyan dictator was reportedly found cowering in a hole in the gro...
The dream of providing an effective mass transport scheme for residents of Abuja and its environs has run into trouble.Investigations by LEADERSHIP showed that out of the 192 Marcopolo brand of Mercedes Benz buses procured for the scheme by the Abuja U...
A coalition of youth groups in the north, the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), yesterday alleged that some powerful northerners were the masterminds of a plot to cause disaffection between President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. AYF nation...
Nigeria and the United States yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that would enable independent power producers in the country to access up to $1.5 billion facility to purchase equipment and services from the United States. The facilit...
President Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved all federal government boards and parastatals. To this effect, he has inaugurated the Committee on the Composition of the Boards of Federal Government Parastatals chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo. Jonatha...
In a bid to address the rising wave of kidnapping and hostage-taking across the country, members of the House of Representatives have taken steps to prescribe death by hanging as a penalty for the crime in Nigeria. The lawmakers took this decision duri...
The federal government yesterday shunned state governors and went on to launch the controversial Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) with a series of initial steps designed to build a strong foundation for achieving the objectives of the fund as encapsulated i...
Jakartapost, the website that published story about Nigeria’s plan to build three refineries in Indonesia, last week Thursday, said it goofed, LEADERSHIP can exclusively report. A senior editor with Jakartapost, Andi Haswidi, told LEADERSHI...
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Federal Character to investigate alleged lopsidedness in the award of contracts for federal government projects across the country. The decision was reached after the House adopted the resoluti...
The House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters has disclosed that efforts were on to amend the section of the constitution that vests the power to appoint the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the presiden...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday refuted claims made by the auditor-general of the federation, Samuel Orkura, that the corporation has not audited its account since inception, saying that the corporation has up-to-date audit...
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 ...