The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it would mop up about N143 billion from circulation next week Thursday through treasury bills. The apex bank said it would issue N142.97 billion in treasury bills ranging from 3-month to 1-year maturities at i...
The Nigeria Stock exchange (NSE) index rose to one year high yesterday, lifted largely by gains in food and household products maker Nestle, which has risen for 13 consecutive days on strong dividends. Nigeria, Africa’s second biggest index, has ...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) yesterday shared the sum of N1.786 billion among its six Area Councils being funds received from the Federation Account Allocation Committee and the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SUR...
Popular Nigerian highlife musician, Flavour Nabania is currently involved in a legal battle with Ghanaian singing duo, Wutah, over the alleged theft of their intellectual property. According to the Ghanaians, Flavour’s new single Kwarikwa on whic...
The World Bank has budgeted 300 million dollars for Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO) scheme in Nigeria, Marie-Francoise Mariel-Nelly, Country Director of the World Bank in Nigeria said. Mariel-Nelly made the statement in Abuja on T...
Two days after the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) sent a public appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan urging him to use his position and the country’s influence within the ECOWAS to urgently prevail on the Gambian author...
The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, said on Tuesday that the contract for the completion and rehabilitation of the 274km Itakpe-Ajeokuta-Warri Standard Gauge Railway was progressing. Umar made the fact known to newsmen in Abuja at the official ...
The UN Development programme (UNDP) on Tuesday raised concerns over the increasing rate of poverty and unemployment in Nigeria. DaoudaToure, the Resident Representative of UNDP, made the observation in Abuja at the 53rd Annual conference of the Nigeria...
The Caretaker Committee of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kano State plans to undertake a reconciliation tour of the 44 local government areas, the Chairman, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said. Abubakar announced the plan in Kano on Tuesd...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday lauded the efforts by security agents to check terrorists and their activities in the country. ``The security agents have put in a lot so far toward checking the activities of the terrorists, government will...
The Ahamdu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, has appointed LEADERSHIP as the official newspaper of her golden jubilee anniversary. The university communicated the appointment to LEADERSHIP in a letter from the office of the Vice Chancellor, Pro...
The Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Chime, is not a state chief executive who likes to blow his own trumpet; rather, he prefers his achievements to speak for him. But in this interview with James Ume, the govenor says his administration is ...
No fewer than 14 persons, including two children, lost their lives in two separate auto crashes in Bauchi and Ogun states yesterday. In Obada Oko area, few kilometers to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, 11 persons, including two children were sent to ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has declare open a three-day meeting of eminent Nigerians for an indepth talk on insecurity in the country. The event will be held at the Unity Hall of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Ku...
Barely 48 hours after the deadly flood said to be the worst in over 50 years that hit Adamawa, Niger and Katsina States respectively as a result of excess water the Ladgo Dam in the Republic of Cameroon, claiming over 15 lives, governors of the frontli...