Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shelled the battered city of Homs on Saturday, opposition activists said, the first bombings since a ceasefire began two days ago. The UN Security Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on a Western-A...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Friday advocated for the second stanza of national anthem to replace the regular prayer made by the two religious bodies in public places. Mr Mike Omeri, director general of the agency, made this call in...
The security situation in the country has assumed another dimension, with gun-wielding men firing at hapless Nigerians who were travelling home on Good Friday, WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. But for God’s intervention, some travellers who were going ho...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said Nigeria would overcome its daunting security and development challenges with unwavering faith in God and renewed commitment to national cause. Jonathan stated this at the second Presidential National Prayer ...
Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the FRSC, has identified indiscipline on the part of motorists as a major cause of road accidents in the country. Chidoka, who made the remark on Saturday in Abuja during the FRSC’s month...
Afghanistan's government on Saturday appointed Salahuddin Rabbani, the son of slain statesman Burhanuddin Rabbani, to replace his father and lead the country's High Peace Council charged with reaching out to Taliban insurgents. Former President...
Three-time Governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim, who is now a Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Lands and Urban Development, in this interview with Soni Daniel and Ruth Choji, takes a look at the issues that informed...
Burdened by myriads of challenges in the manufacturing sector, a delegation of the Ikeja and Apapa chapters of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) yesterday visited the state governor Babatunde Fashola SAN to seek greater support to manufact...
To check capital flight, the federal government will soon issue a white paper barring civil servants from travelling abroad for medical treatment. Worried by the trend, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu disclosed yesterday in Abuja tha...
Recreational gardens and parks in the capital territory have been hijacked by criminals who now use the facilities for their nefarious activities, LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s investigations have revealed. The gardens, which were leased to private operat...
The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mallam Mohammed Garba, has promised that the forthcoming elections into the union’s national executive would be free and fair. The president stated this while receiving members of the Ga...
Vice President Namadi Sambo and the minister of power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, have urged foreign investors from the United States of America to invest in Nigeria’s power sector, saying they have a lot to gain. Speaking at the plenary session of the Un...
Condemnation has continued to trail the threat reportedly issued to President Goodluck Jonathan by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Shiek Abubakar Shekau, saying that the nation’s security apparatus should not discard the comment with a wave of...
Heavily armed robbers, on Thursday stormed a first generation bank at Mbari Street, Owerri and made away with some undisclosed sum of money, shooting and injuring four officials in the process. The incident, according to an eyewitness account, occurred...
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has promised that his administration would pay more attention to the agriculture sector. In a telephone interview with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND shortly after an award in the United States of America in recognition...