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Sequel to allegations of hosting and bankrolling the deadly activities of the radical Islamist Terrorist group, Boko Haram, Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, Thursday, January 26, 2012 stated that the group has no operational base in his state. Yuguda...
The British High Commission in Nigeria yesterday stated that the Boko Haram sect has portends a grave danger to British interest and the global family. The Deputy High Commissioner, of the British High Commission in Nigeria, Mr. Giles Lever who stated ...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday sealed off ten petrol stations in Kaduna State for involving in sharp practices ranging from diversion and selling of fuel above the price of 97 naira. LEADERSHIP gathered that seven of the sealed f...
Election into the top positions of the AU Commission is expected to dominate proceedings at the next AU Summit. African Heads of State and Government would from January 29 to 30, meet in Addis Ababa for their biennial Summit. However, during the two-da...
The UNDP Global Environmental Facility (GEF) says Nigeria’s energy consumption can be reduced drastically if households use energy efficient fluorescent bulbs. This was contained in the 2011 GEF Project Report signed by Etiosa Uyigue, the Nationa...
Coaches at the ongoing All Stars Female Football Championship on Wednesday in Lagos advised parents to encourage their wards to take to sports to enhance their well being. The coaches said the combination of education with sports was an added advantage...
A Kaduna-based legal practitioner, Yahaya Mahmood (SAN) yesterday said the removal of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, was not the end of the matter as he could not be solely responsible for recent tragic happenings across Nigeria. In a c...
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Suleiman Kawu Sumaila (ANPP, Kano) has commended President Goodluck Jonathan over the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar as the acting new Inspector-General of Police. In a statement iss...
Former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola, has urged a Fedral High Court in Lagos not to accede to the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, to have his case transferred from Justice Charles Achibong t...
Benue State Governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam has solicited for the maximum cooperation of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to enable the Federal Government tackle the activities of Boko Haram in the country. Suswam, who made t...
Months after the April post-Presidential violence that rocked Kaduna State, the Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa is still lamenting that the incident set the State back in terms of development. He said that the“the violence has robbed the State o...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the removal of subsidy on fuel by the Federal Government was based on an agreement the government signed with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) under former President Olusegun Obasanjo to keep t...
The Northern Peoples Forum in the United States, Zumunta, has condemned the recent bomb blast in Kano that brought in its wake death and destruction. In a condolence message to the people of Kano State, Zumunta Association, USA extended its condolence ...
The American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Terence McCulley, has reaffirmed the desire of the American Government to continue to collaborate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its task of fighting economic and financial crimes. He ...
Y .Y. Sani is a consultant on metering to the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI)and has years of experience in the oil and gas industry. In this interview with SHUAIB SHUAIB, he says the oil industry is already shrouded i...