With less than one year into his four-year administration, friends and well wishers of Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State are already strategizing on how to return the governor in 2015 general elections. LEADERSHIP learnt that the friends ...
Niger State Governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has said that Nigeria’s full development aspirations would be a mirage if the environment is not opened up and created for other countries to come in and do business. He said this...
Kogi State Government has expressed its readiness to assist the State university, Anyigba, through timely release of funds to ensure the early take off of its Faculty of Medicine. The State Governor, Capt Idris Wada, who made the pledge while assessing...
Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has commissioned a gigantic water project christened: “Imo Rescue Mission Free Water”, built by the new management of Imo Transport Company (ITC). Represented by the new Managing Director of ITC, M...
A Federal High Court, Lagos will on May 30, hear the extradition request filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation against 26-year-old Olaniyi Jones Makinde who is wanted in the United States of America for alleged criminal offences...
Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his Oyo State counterpart, Senator Abiola Ajumobi on Wednesday urged the Lagos State government to champion the quest for integration and economic development of the southwestern region. The duo who spoke...
The nation’s consumer inflation rose to 12.1 per cent year-on-year in March, compared with 11.9 per cent year-on-year in February, driven by higher food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. “The increase in the he...
The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday said it was yet to be served any court papers in respect of a suit filed by Victor E. Dike, alleging that the CBN Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi plagiarised his work. The CBN in a statement signed...
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has debunked allegations levelled against it in the media, following the House of Representatives Ad- Hoc Committee report on subsidy regime in Nigeria, saying it did not pay N312 billion to itse...
As the ultimatum given British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways and other foreign carriers in Nigeria to bring down their fares expired yesterday, the Federal Government has suspended sanctions pending the outcome of the investigations instituted by th...
The naira firmed against the U.S dollar on both the interbank market and official window yesterday, after a unit of France Total sold about $120 million to some lenders, boosting dollar liquidity. Traders said the naira closed at N157.20 to the d...
Kabiru Nuhu Koko is the president-general of Unity Schools Old Students Association, (The Pro-Unitate) (USOSA). In this interview with Ruth Choji and Binta AbdulAziz, the banker stated that most unity schools are in a state of decay. He also declared t...
The Senate yesterday endorsed the passage of bills establishing four federal universities. The universities include, Federal university of Dutsin-ma, Federal university of Uyo, Federal university of Kashere and federal university of Lafia, Nasarawa sta...
The national president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT) Comrade Michael Olukoya has called on institutions to come up with relevant research materials that will serve as guidelines for more effective labour activities in the country. He made thi...
The Development Control Department of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) yesterday demolished a substandard four storey building on Plot 21 Ndjamena Crescent, beside Dennis Hotel, Wuse 2. In a chat with journalists, the Director of the...