The imposition of state of emergency on Suleja and the resultant curfew are causing the residents untold hardships. Mairo Muhammad Mudi in this report examines the situation in the once peaceful town. Suleja is one of the fastest growing cities in Nige...
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo yesterday stated that the attainment of the country’s national goals and objectives, especially in the education sector cannot be complete without taking into account the plight of over 9.5 million Almajirai. ...
This certainly is not a good time for the Federal Road Safety Commission, especially the Corps Marshall, Mr. Osita Chidoka, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY can now reveal. Apart from the fact that the National Assembly is probing the printing and distribution of new...
The Bayelsa state commissioner, Chris Olakpe yesterday accused some persons in Bayelsa state suspected to be secret cult leaders in the state of threatening his life over the on-going clamp down on members of various cult groups in the state. According...
Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday denied the allegation made against the party by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that it masterminded the Friday’s killing of his principal private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde, and the pre...
Practicing journalists in and around Abuja metropolis have removed stickers and identification cards from their cars for fear of any attack by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY investigation shows that most of the media workers who had so...
The Bayelsa state government yesterday moved against construction firms suspected to have colluded with the past administration of Chief Timipre Sylva to allegedly collect over N7billion road contracts in the state, declaring the road contracts termina...
Former director-general of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC),Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga has insisted that the future of Nigeria lies on its youth group, not oil and other mineral resources even as he stressed the need for youth development. Gen...
Efforts at settling the inter-communal clash between Oko-Anala and Oko-Amakon in Oshimili South Local Government Area, Delta State, suffered a setback mid-week as police arraigned three for murder before an Asaba Senior Magistrate Court. The communal c...
A Bayelsa-based human rights group, Bayelsa Citizens Vanguard, yesterday faulted the decision of the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson to arrest and prosecute over 25 senior staff of the state civil service. The arrest was over their alleged...
The national publicity secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ((ACN), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has again challenged the federal government on its seeming inability to effectively address the problem of insecurity in the country. Alhaji Mohammed spoke...
The PDP in Edo has denied any complicity in the assassination of Mr Oyerinde Olaitan, the Principal Private Secretary to Gov. Adams Oshimhole. The state PDP Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, made the denial at a news conference on Saturday in Benin, saying th...
Some Lagos State lawmakers have urged the National Sport Council (NSC) to give full support to Nigerian sports stars after they had served the country meritoriously. Mr Rotimi Olowo, (ACN Somolu I), reacting to the death of former Nigeria football star...
The Nigeria Football Federation on Saturday morning expressed sadness and sorrow at the death of Nigeria’s record goalscorer, Rashidi Yekini. Yekini, who scored 37 goals in 58 appearances for the Senior National Team, Super Eagles, between 1983 a...
The creation of green jobs is essential in ensuring a sustainable future, UN officials said on Friday in New York. The UN Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials spoke at a forum with the theme ``Empowering Youth wi...