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The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godwswill Akpabio has called for meaningful development and a chance to satisfy the aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta region, for a total overhauling of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)....
The Akwa Ibom State resident pastor of the Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Emeka Namoko, has stated that despite security threats posed by the Boko Haram sect and other ethno-political challenges threatening the unity and sovereignty of Nigeria, the nati...
The minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina, has stated that the federal government is currently working on a national policy on aging which is expected to drive the mainstreaming of issues of older persons in the country. Maina,...
Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of the nation’s 51st independence anniversary to embrace a new spirit of patriotism, sacrifice and commitment towards strengthening the unity, socio-economic and poli...
All is set to airlift a total number of 3,000 pilgrims from Yobe State to Jedda to perform this year’s hajj exercises. The Chairman of Yobe State Pilgrims Commission (YSPC), Barr. Usman Ibrahim Al-Arab, who disclosed this to j...
The Niger State government has expended the sum of N24.09billion in payment of pension related commitments between 2007 to date. The director-general of the Pension Board, Alhaji Benu Yahaya, disclosed this yesterday in an interview with LEADERSHIP WEE...
In line with the spirit of this year’s independence celebrations, the Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has granted prerogative of mercy to 42 prisoners in the state who were serving jail terms for various offences. ...
The Jigawa State government has paid over N101million as a subsidy for the accommodation fees of the state intending pilgrims at the Holy Land. The executive secretary of the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Sani Alhassan Muhammad, revealed this in an int...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday set aside its subpoena directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) chairman, Prof. Atahiru Jega, to appear before it with some el...
Thirty-six state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors forum yesterday met in Abuja over matters arising from the payment of minimum wage, sovereign wealth fund, petroleum subsidy and other issues. LEADERSHIP gathered that the Minister ...
Kaduna State Governor, Mr Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa yesterday urged the chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the State, Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro Coca-Cola to seek knowledge and be better informed on national issues instead of exhibiti...
Worried about the negative effect of another long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), the House of Representatives yesterday moved to end the union’s on-going one-week warning strike. Adopting the resolution...
Women numbering about 70 yesterday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against the list of chairmanship candidates released by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The women described The Nation newspaper of Monday 26, in which...
As Nigeria celebrates her 51st Independence Anniversary, the Obong of Calabar ,His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V), has called for the immediate convening of a national conference to discuss the Nigerian project. &ld...
Again, the Abia State nominee to the recently dissolved board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr Alloysious Nwagboso who was rejected by the Senate last time may yet face re-nomination challenges. His nomination has ...