Fracas broke out between two factions of motor park touts, popularly known as ‘agbero’ yesterday at Ikorodu end of Lagos, leaving many injured and a man killed. The fight which started on Tuesday at Agric bus stop around 7pm was caused by a...
The Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has joined thousands of Nigerians to congratulate the chairman and Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, for attaining the golden age of 50. The governor, who sent his cong...
The Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Almakura, has lamented the absence of good rural roads in the state and restated his government’s commitment to turn around the fortunes of the rural dwellers. Almakura who spoke in Lafia, yesterday...
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate in the House of Representatives, April 2011 election in Idah Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Mr. Sam Adejoh Okedi has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja asking it to revisit its earlier judgemen...
Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has commended President Goodluck Jonathan in his committed efforts to resuscitate the ceding Lake Chad. This is even as he said that the lake and adjoining areas have strong agro-economic relevance to the people of ...
Amid barrage of criticisms trailing the non performance of local government administration in his state, the Lagos State Governor Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday hinged their non performance on huge wage bills. The governor who stated this at the oc...
Former minister of defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has clarified his comment on the dire situation of some states in the North which he made during the 50th Birthday celebration of the Chairman of LEADERSHIP Group, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah,...
A Don, Prof. Peter Nwangwu, says those who import substandard drugs into Nigeria are wicked, inhuman and desperate to acquire wealth at all cost. Nwanwgu,who lectures at the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N8.2 billion for the construction of Inland Waterway Port at Jamata near Lokoja, and dredging of a channel along the Orashi River. The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, stated t...
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has urged the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to stop indiscriminate closure of their base stations. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman of...
The Police in Rivers on Wednesday arrested a man who allegedly used a hot pressing iron to inflict bodily harm on his 12-year-old son. Mr Ben Ugwuebulam, the police spokesman told newsmen in Port Harcourt, that the suspect Moses Jaja, allegedly p...
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Wednesday called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to set up a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for the industry. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, the ALTON Chairman, made the call at a ...
The Police College, Kaduna says it has discharged 234 recruits for failure to meet the basic entry requirements of the institution. Commandant of the college, Mr Sunusi Rufai, a Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Kaduna ...
An Osun monarch, Oba Adebukola Alli, who had been facing a four-count charge of rape, kidnapping, indecent assault and defamation, on Wednesday filed a no case submission before the State High Court. Alli, who is the Alowa of Il...
President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja for Dakar on Thursday to attend an Extra Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS. The one-day summit would discuss the political developments in the ECOWAS states of Guinea Bissau and...