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Minister of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike says he is committed to addressing the challenges facing basic and secondary education sub sectors under his purview. In this interview with FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO, the Minister declares that it...
Barely 24 hours after Minister of Finance, and coordinating Minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala blew the whistle, alleging that some strange projects were miraculously sneaked into the 2011 budget, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the...
A United Nations Under Secretary, Prof Ibrahim Gambari has said that permanent ceasefire and lasting peace in Darfur was an achievable goal even as he urged all sides to the conflict to build on a recent peace agreement between the Government and one o...
In this report, the trade of words between ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the House of Representatives over the latter’s insistence that the lower House speakership returns to the South-West comes under the spotlight. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE report...
Barr. Kabiru Dodo was recently accused by the Taraba State governor, Danbaba Suntai of betrayal. The governor alleged that Dodo had secretly recorded their conversation with a recording pen. In this interview with JOHN MKOM, Dodo bares his mind on the ...
Honourable Gabriel Suswam, the Executive Governor of Benue State bares his mind on his stewardship in the state that prides itself as the Food Basket of the nation, while admiting difficulties in the implementation of the minimum wage. SOLOMON AYADO wa...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the House will stick to the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the choice of the House Majority Leader. The PDP had already zoned the post to the South-West....
The resolve by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to embark on fresh party registration exercise has been hailed as a step in the right direction. How strategic is this and would it be devoid of the encumbrance of the past? STANLEY NKWOCHA write...
The recent defection of Prince Abubakar Audu, former Governor of Kogi State and his army of supporters to Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has no doubt strengthened the party in the state. The development has now made the December governorship poll, a...
The new Sarkin Hausawa of Cross River State, Alhaji Salihu Sarki Lawal has urged Hausas in the country to eschew violence, embrace peace and unite with other ethnic nationalities in the country, saying that peace, stability and cordial relationsh...
The Enugu State government has placed an order for the purchase of 300 new buses for distribution to all the public secondary schools in the state.Mr. Chuks Ugwoke, the state commissioner for information, who announced this while briefing the press at ...
Quick intervention of security operatives at Kauran-Namoda in Zamfara yesterday, prevented civil disturbance, following the discovery of the corpse of a 23-year old boy believed to have been killed for rituals. The incident led to the burning down of a...
The federal government has criticised Iran’s continued non-compliance with an international obligation to provide information on its nuclear programme. Speaking during a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York yesterday, the Deputy Pe...
The Benue State government has invited a team of agriculturalists from Iowa State University in the United States to assist her in the establishment of demonstration farms in four locations in the state. This was disclosed to LEADERSHIP by the State Go...
The minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged staff of her ministry to adopt efficiency and effectiveness in handling their official functions in order for them to deliver of the present administration’s Transformation Agenda. Okonj...