Paying Tax in the Nigerian society has always been a thorn in the neck for governments, especially in the northern states, who apparently require their citizens to inculcate the habit of paying tax with the uncertainties inherent in federal grants whic...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday denied media reports that the senate had ordered the anti graft agency to hands off further prosecution of the police pension scam. A section of the media (Not LEADERSHIP) had reported that ...
Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Mike Omeri, has said that the bid of the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, for the World Bank Presidency was a trail blazer for the rest of the world. He said this in an interview wi...
The House of Representatives yesterday threatened to arm twist the executive arm of government to ensure the total implementation of recommendations (when adopted) of the severely indicting report of the Lower House probe of the Federal Government&rsqu...
Benin monarch,Omono’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa yesterday said it would amount to ingratitude on the part of Benin people not to vote for incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, especially following what he described ...
Officers of the Nigeria Police,Osun State Command have arrested a 20-year-old man, Tobi Ojo for allegedly beheading his closest friend,Jacob Afolabi for ritual purposes. LEADERSHIP gathered from the police that the killed Afolabi’s private part w...
President Goodluck Jonathan has been warned against collapsing the anti-graft agencies in the country with the Nigeria Police as recommended by the Steve Oronsaye panel because of the grave implications. The warning was read yes...
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, has described Sachet water business otherwise known as pure water as a huge business that generates more than N7bn daily for Nigeria. Orhii, who disclos...
Nasarawa State Governor Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-makura, has ordered contractors handling the over 35km road projects in Lafia township and Akwanga to ensure their completion before this year’s Democracy Day. This order was conveyed to the contracto...
Four military officers attached to the 23rd Army Brigade Command, Yola who were found guilty of maltreating a female suspect arrested in connection with arms deal have been sanctioned by the Command. Addressing newsmen yesterday at the Comm...
No fewer than 675,000 persons have lost their jobs due to the decline in cotton production and neglect of the textile sector, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Bukar Tijjani has said. Speaking in Katsina yesterday, at a one d...
The Enugu State Police Command has assured that the Spaniard who was abducted in Enugu by unknown gunmen 15 days ago was still alive. Public Relations Officer of the command, Ebere Amaraizu gave the assurance while speaking with LEADERSHIP yesterday.Am...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, General Charles Airhiavbere (retd) has again recorded massive support as 9,956 residents of Oredo Local Government Area volunteered to take his campaign to the ...
At a time when Nigerians are clamouring for the change in the way the country is being governed, an eminent professor of International law, Professor Akin Oyebode, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has declared that it is out of place for the National Asse...
More than 20 bombs hit cities and towns across Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 36 and wounding almost 150, police and hospital sources said. The blasts have raised fears of sectarian strife in a country whose authorities are keen to show they can no...