The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has rescued a six-year-old child, Kosi Akilo, who was kidnapped recently. The victim was abducted from their residence in the river lane axis of the G.R.A, Enugu by some hoodlums and whisked awa...
No fewer than 20 people were feared killed yesterday in a renewed ethnic violence that engulfed Assakio in Lafia local government area of Nasarawa State. A disagreement which appeared to have been resolved over payment of a stipulated amount of money t...
The Deputy Senate President, yesterday emphasised the need for intellectual empowerment for legislators and their aides in order to effectively deal with the diverse and technical issues in keeping with their responsibilities. Ekweremadu stated this wh...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) caucus in the Kaduna State House of Assembly has called on Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa to utilise his wealth of experience and speed up developmental projects that would have a direct bearing on the lives o...
The 788 doctors that were recalled by the Lagos State government on Thursday have asked for official letters backing the recall. The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Dr.OlumuyiwaOdusote, who spoke at a press briefing organised by the Nigerian Medical Ass...
Minister of Interior, Comrade Abah Moro, has said that the series of media publications, where allegations were raised against him, are simply the handiwork of those who felt they ought to have been appointed into the position instead of him. In one of...
The T Y Danjuma Foundation will commence the training of about 200 ex-corps members whose proposal meet its requirement on agros-business today. The federal government through the Ministry of Youth Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ...
Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, is at a loss on how to discharge its constitutional role of developing the rural communities within its jurisdiction due to dearth of revenue accruing to it. Against popular expectations that the area council is buoy...
Uneasy calm now pervades the University of Abuja, as officials of the National Universities Commission(NUC),on the presidential directives, commenced the verification of certificates of both students and lecturers wi...
The management of Air Nigeria yesterday confirmed that its domestic and regional flights were disrupted. This followed a strike action embarked by a section of its aircraft pilots and engineers under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Aircraft Pi...
Imo State chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE), Chief K.I Onuoha, has faulted the style of leadership adopted by the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. Onuoha stated that the governor’s style of leadership was ...
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Samuel Olufemi James, who took part in a sham marriage, has been jailed for 22 months. The judgement took place at Derby Crown Court. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered that James, who lived on Riddings Street, Derby, was arre...
As Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima marks his first year in office amidst security challenges, the governor opens up on why the state cannot be described as a failed state. He also speaks about Nigerian leaders’ obligation to provide honest a...
Gabriel Suswam, the Governor of Benue State, laments on how the North as a region is losing out in its economic activities due to the security challenges across the country. In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he reiterates the commitment of the Go...
In what federal lawmakers described as a “national embarrassment”, the House of Representatives yesterday launched an inquest into the role played by the federal government and two multinational oil giants (Agip and Shell) in the alleged ro...