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The federal government yesterday maintained that it has no other option in saving the country from tottering into an economic eclipse than the removal of fuel subsidy and the deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry. It appealed to the...
Two pregnant women and a commercial motorcyclist were yesterday killed in Lagos when a commercial bus collided with a motorbike. LEADERSHIP learnt that the driver of the commercial bus took advantage of the fact that the Lagos-Abeokuta Express Wa...
Mr Muda Yusuf, the Director General of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), says the country is losing about N82 billion daily to the ongoing strike. The labour unions and civil liberty organisations started a national strike on Monday in pro...
Armed soldiers and policemen on Thursday took over the major streets in Kaduna metropolis and environs in order to ensure full compliance to the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government. LEADERSHIP checks revealed that hefty security men took ove...
Residents of Kaduna metropolis have received the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government with mixed reactions. The state government announced the imposition of the curfew on Tuesday after its Security Council meeting which reviewed the ong...
Rep Abike Dabiri-Erewa (ACN-Lagos) has urged Nigerians living abroad to impress on their compatriots back home on the essence of voting in credible leaders to govern them. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian community in India, Dabiri-Er...
The NLC has insisted that the Federal Government must revert the pump price of petrol to N65 a litre to enhance dialogue. NLC’s president, Abdulwaheed Omar, made the position known after a three-hour meeting with the leadership of the Senate. Pre...
The Nigerian High Commissioner in India, Mr Oyebola Kuku, has expressed concern over the increasing number of Nigerians in jails in India. Kuku told visiting members of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, led by Rep Abike Da...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the scheduled governorship election in Adamawa State over perceived security concerns. INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, in a statement circulated to newsmen in Abuja, said that t...
The nation-wide protests to stop the removal of fuel subsidy have led to the killings of Nigerians by anti-riot policemen. FRANCIS AGBO writes that instead of being a blessing, fuel has become a curse to the people of Nigeria. Oil. It has aromatic effe...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity Chief Emeka Wogu on Tuesday in Abuja, called on Nigerians as well as organised labour to show more understanding for deregulation policy, stressing that government was always ready to dialogue. Wogu made the call...
Rivers Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, says the removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan is to rescue the country’s economy from collapse. Amaechi stated this while addressing a rally organised by the Ni...
The Chairman, Traders Association of Mile 12 Market, Ketu, Lagos, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed, has warned that his members may increase the prices of foodstuffs and farm produce if government does not restore the subsidy on petrol. Mohammed gave t...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the Adamawa governorship election slated for Jan. 14, to Jan. 21. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday that the election was postponed because of the p...
The Federal Government has introduced a centralised commuter bus service for civil servants in Abuja to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal, the Head of Service (HOS), Alhaji Isa Sali, has said. Sali said on Tuesday in Abuja that the ge...