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Hon. Ahmed Aliyu Wadada, a former three-term member of the House of Representatives from Nasarawa State recently spoke with newsmen in Abuja on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)in the state. CHIBUZO UKAIBE was there for LEADERSHIP. ...
The Niger State Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Umar Shuaibu has chided the Niger State government on its N9 billion bond projects saying that the initial N6 billion bond taken by the state government was not properly accou...
Sen. Liyel Imoke, the flag bearer for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the April 14, 2012 gubernatorial election in the state has been presented with the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) nomination form. Presentin...
Mrs Helen Enahoro, widow of the late Anthony Enahoro is dead. She passed on in Lagos on Saturday, at the age of 79. LEADERSHIP gathered that Mrs Enahoro had a protracted battle with cancer. The widow died only a year and a month after her husband, the ...
Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi was elected the African Union Chairman on Sunday, taking over the one-year post from Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, officials said. "I want to congratulate the new chairman of the African ...
Against the backdrop of the unfolding political scenario in Kogi and four other states, the former governor and Action Congress of Nigeria ( AC N) candidate for the December gubernatorial elections in the state...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the African Union summit, where he is expected to be elected as the new chairman of the Union, a position that had already been zoned to West Africa. The president who arrive...
The House of Representatives Committee on Water Resources has called for a review of the Federal Government’s water policy in order to develop a sound and workable water supply arrangement with the states and local governments. The Chairman House...
Senate Committee Chairman on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said the five Governors sacked by the Supreme Court judgment should accept the verdict in good faith. Saraki speaking to airport correspondents at the Presidential L...
A member of the House of Representatives, Prof. Ini Udoka, has faulted the suggestion by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka that Nigerian legislators should operate on part time basis to save costs. Speaking exclusively to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND on the iss...
The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Rivers chapter, has appealed to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to provide relief materials for the victims of the Bonga oil spill in the state. The Chairman of the association, Dr...
Gov. Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State says the government will collaborate with the Abuja Market Management Limited (AMML) to effectively and efficiently put to use the Lafia Modern Market. A statement signed by the Director of Press, Iliyasu Yakubu a...
The Ekiti West Local Government Area in Ekiti State has commenced aggressive infrastructural development of its towns and villages. The Chairman of the council, Mr Sola Fakunle, said the council Headquarters on Thursday that his administration had buil...
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has adjourned to Feb. 22 a suit filed by the Attorney-General of Enugu State against the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and six congress officials asking them to call off the current strike by workers. The six...
The police in Enugu have advised the residents to shake off the phobia of bomb attacks and face their daily activities. Reacting to Wednesday's stampede at the Ogbete Main Market in Enugu, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, sai...