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No fewer than 15 people were injured in an explosion that occurred at a hotel located in the outskirts of Gombe. The Manager of the hotel, Mr Ojiego Nelson said three persons came to the hotel at about 10.13 p.m. on Wednesday to e...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, has raised hopes of universities across the country reopening in January. Briefing newsmen in Aba, Abia, on Thursday, Wogu said that negotiations between the Federal Government and...
The Western Zone of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Thursday advised the Federal Government to liberalise importation of kerosene. Mr Olumide Ogunmade, Chairman in the Zone, said this was the only way to check mark...
A former Governor of Abia, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged individuals and corporate bodies to compliment government efforts in providing infrastructural facilities to enhance socio-economic development. Kalu made the call on Thursday whi...
The World Bank-funded community and social development project (CSDP) has doled out N30million to 13 communities in Katsina State for the provision of infrastructure. General Manager of Katsina State Agency for Community and Social Develop...
The South East Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA), Dr Abdullahi Bandele Onimode has expressed displeasure, over what he described as the appalling condition of youths in the country, regretting that some of them ...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has informed President Goodluck Jonathan that the Christian community is fast losing confidence in government’s ability to protect the rights to religious liberties and life of Christians. T...
Senator Robert Ajayi Borrofice, who represents Ondo North Senatorial District under the platform of Labour Party(LP), yesterday defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN). During the event at his ward at Oka Akoko, Borrofice said that he co...
The Acting National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, yesterday described the Christmas Day bombings in parts of the country by the dreaded Boko Haram sect as a terrorist act. Alhaji Baraje made this declara...
As the January governorship election in Adamawa State approaches, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has descibed as a sign of fear the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the CPC is planning to rig the election. In a press statemen...
A bomb explosion at an Islamic school in Sapele, Delta State has left no fewer than seven teenagers injured.LEADERSHIP gathered that the blast - initially mistaken by neighbours around the Community for Christmas fireworks - saw ...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some lawyers on Wednesday reacted to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal by the Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) against the election of President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr Adebamigbe O...
President Goodluck Jonathan has welcomed Wednesday’s judgment of the Supreme Court, which confirmed his victory in the April Presidential elections. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abat...
As part of the commission’s effort to reduce accidents to the barest minimum during the new year festivities,the Osun State Sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has release its hot lines that could be called in case of ac...
Following the recent terrorist attacks in Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, a large detachment of soldiers from different army units have been deployed to the area to ensure security of lives and property. When LEADERSHIP visited Kirikasama Ward,...