The Senate, yesterday, expressed reservations over President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for a $7.905billion foreign loan for Pipeline Projects from 2012 to 2014. The request which eventually received the nod of the Senators was referred to the c...
Common cold has become the top killer infection among Nigerian pilgrims performing this year’s Hajj with total death toll now 36. The Head of the Nigerian Medical Team in Mecca, Dr Sabo Garba, disclosed this to the Sultan of Sokoto and National A...
Niger State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has advocated the merger of both the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), both socio-political organizations with membership drawn from the n...
Three dead bodies suspected to be that of Fulani herders were found by their kinsmen yesterday morning at Shonong village, Bachi district of Riyom LGA of Plateau State. LEADERSHIP investigation revealed that the victims may have been killed Tuesday nig...
The Nigerian Army yesterday in Kaduna said recent raids of identified spots in Kaduna was part of security measures adopted to rid the state of terror and criminals gangs. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Div., Nigerian Army, Col....
Eight teachers of the Federal Government College, Otobi, in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, have dragged the former principal of the school before the Benue State House of Assembly over what they described as punitive deployment. The teach...
Liaison officers in the 21 local government areas of Kogi State have given reasons why they have not been able to pay full salaries to staff since they assumed office in June this year. At a joint press conference in Government House, Lokoja with state...
A 22-year-old man identified as Gena Ioryina has allegedly killed his best friend, Akura Bor, 25 and dumped his corpse in the River popularly known as Anaha. LEADERSHIP learnt that both men were from of Ajio village in Shangev-Ya district of Kwan...
Following the deluge of customer complaints on excessive estimated billing, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) to organise sensitisation workshops for their staff in order to a...
Stanbic IBTC has officially adopted a holding company (HoldCo) structure, following final approvals by regulatory authorities. The HoldCo structure is in compliance with the revised regulatory framework by the Central Bank of Nigeria which requires ban...
There was an open argument over completion date for the construction of 3050 megawatts (MW) Mambilla hydro plant and 700MW Zungeru hydro plant, between the federal government and its contracting partners, Sinohydro Corporation and China National Electr...
Nigerian sprinter and Arkansas women’s track and field standout, Regina George, was arrested by Fayetteville police about 9 a.m. Sunday on North Gregg Avenue on Sunday night and now faces a public intoxication charge.
Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward. It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over w...
Barack Obama won re-election on Tuesday night, but the U.S. president faces a fresh challenge confronting the ``fiscal cliff'', a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. The cut that is due to extract some 600 billion dollars from the economy b...
The extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of the Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) ended in Bamako last night with a resolution to present conclusions reached to the meeting of Heads of State and Government holding in Abuja later this week. The me...