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The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has called for improved productivity and service delivery in the Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies in the country.. The minister made the call on Thursday when he received the National Coord...
The National Union of Electricity Workers (NUEE) on Thursday gave Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State 48 hours within which to apologise over his alleged flogging of one of its members. Wamakko, allegedly flogged the manager of Wamakko PHCN Sub station,...
The Enugu State House of Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the creation of Adada State out of the present Enugu State. Presenting the motion during plenary, the sponsor of the motion and Leader of the Assembly, Mr Sund...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Thursday said that he would not resign his position because of the spate of bombings by Boko Haram sect in the state. Yakowa said this at the PDP National Headquarters in Abuja while fielding questions from ...
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to uplift Nigerians' living standard by adhering to the right policies. The party's Deputy National Secretary, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla made the cal...
An Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Life Camp on Thursday ordered Ifeanyi Ogbonna, a lawyer, to be remanded in prison for alleged criminal breach of trust and threat to life. Ogbonna was arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal brea...
President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his appointment as the Country Representative for Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Dr Reuben Ab...
Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor Nsima Ekere on Wednesday resigned his position, a statement said in Uyo. The statement, issued by the Deputy Governor’s Press Secretary, Mr Inem Ina, said Ekere resigned on personal grounds. It said Ekere exp...
Wife of the Oyo State Governor Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, has attributed the rumour of her purported arrest in London, United Kingdom, to the handiwork of mischief makers who are playing dirty politics to tarnish her reputation, which she has kept as the w...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday reacted to the statement of President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday on the fight against corruption which involved some governors and subsidy thieves. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, the N...
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, yesterday, accused governors of denigrating the image of President Goodluck Jonathan and lamented that there was inadequate Federal Government presence in the states. Maku who stated this at the Banquet Ha...
The crisis rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly is far from over,as one of the factional groups yesterday flouted the directive of the national assembly,holding session at the assembly complex. LEADERSHIP gathered that 11 out of the 12 members of t...
The federal government, yesterday, warned the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme SURE-P committee to avoid corrupt practices that would hamper the success of the scheme Speaking when he inaugurated states implementation committees of commun...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has cast aspersion on the present constitutional review process saying it is chaotic, devoid of agenda or known methodology and that it lacks transparency. The NBA president, Chief Okey Wali (SAN) who said this while ...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted the enforcement of the fundamental rights application filed by the Managing Director, Matrix Energy, Mr Aliu Abdulkadir and two others. In his ruling, Justice Okechukwu Okeke, ordered that Abdulkadi...