Minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, yesterday said University of Abuja is a typical system failure which requires urgent attention and serious overhauling. Rufa’i who disclosed this at the on-going Ministerial Platform on Ke...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is putting in place modalities towards ensuring that disaster management is incorporated into secondary school curriculum. The director general of NEMA, Mohammed Sani Cedi, disclosed this in Abuja at a re...
The persistent efforts by the Zamfara State government to redeem the standard of primary education system in the state are now taking positive shape. For the past one year since assumption of office, Governor Abubakar Yari has repeatedly expressed worr...
Katsina, like most states of the federation, is grappling with challenges posed by youth unemployment. Though it is seen as a common phenomenon, the seemingly good news however is that, the state government has now come up with measures aimed at addres...
The anti-vandal unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has confiscated two fuel tankers used for siphoning crude oil. Parading the tankers at the command’s headquarters in Abuja, yest...
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has called on residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to volunteer as members of community disaster management in territory. AMMC Consultant on disaster management, Mr. Joseph Shopade made the c...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the verbal attacks on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari by the presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for no other reason than his timely warning against election rigging in 2015. In a statement issued in...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commisson (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and other anti-corruption agencies in Africa will be attending the Commonwealth Conference on anti-corruption b...
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor said Wednesday that he was "saddened" by the guilty verdict for abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone and said his role in the conflict was much different from how it had been portrayed. "What I did...
Policy measures undertaken by the federal government in the past few months would likely result in slower growth for the nation’s economy in the current year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The NBS, in a recent report, foresees...
Niger State House of Assembly has impeached the Speaker, Hon Mohammed Tsowa Gamunu and elected the Chairman of the House Committee on Labour, Hon Isah Kawu representing Bida I as the new speaker. LEADERSHIP had reported exclusively last week abou...
The federal government yesterday in Abuja signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on power projects with the French and Japanese governments, worth $200 million (N31.4 billion) and N2 billion respectively bringing it to a total of N33.4 billion. The Mo...
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, will tomorrow in Abuja unveil his hit squad for the three big games in the month of June. Already, 24 home boys have been sweating it out in Abuja for the past two weeeks, ahead of the international friend...
Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday, told a high level trade delegation from Japan that Nigeria has over 85 million hectares of uncultivated arable land. The Vice President gave this figure while receiving the delegation led by the Nigerian Am...
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi will replace Inter Milan ace Joel Obi, who has suffered a thigh injury and will be out for a month. Keshi lamented the absence of Obi for next month’s World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. “It’s sad that he...