The PDP in Anambra has vowed to reclaim the state from the ruling APGA in coming elections. Sen. T.A. Adudu, the Chairman of the PDP Ward Congress Committee in Anambra, made the declaration, while addressing party supporters in Awka on Saturday. He sai...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the lack of continuity of agricultural policies and programmes by successive governments as a major factor responsible for food insecurity in Africa. Obasanjo made the observation in Abeokuta on Saturda...
The remains of the late Prof. Sam Aluko was laid to rest in his home town, Ode-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local government Area of Ekiti on Saturday. Alukodied on Feb. 7 in a London hospital at the age of 83. The Bishop of Ibadan Diocese, Anglican Communion, Mos...
The Federal Government on Sunday decried the deportation of 125 Nigerian travellers from South Africa for allegedly being in possession of fake Yellow Fever Certificates. The Nigerians were deported from South Africa on Friday. Reacting to the developm...
The 3 Armoured Division Garrison of the Nigerian Army and its affiliate units would conduct live firing at its shooting range in Miango, near Jos, between March 5 and March 14, a statement has said. The statement, signed by Lt. Saleh Buba for the Assis...
Rep Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, has criticised the deportation of 125 Nigerians on Friday by the South African Government, describing it as illegal. The 125 Nigerians were deported for alleg...
The Nigeria Police Force has intercepted truck carrying engine oil worth N15.8 million allegedly stolen by suspected armed robbers. Mr Jaiyeoba Joseph, tThe Spokesman for the Police Command in Lagos State, who confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday, said ...
Sen Isaiah Balat, the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, has said that the PDP was committed to entrenching internal democracy at all levels of its operations. Balat said this in an interview with newsmen in Gora, Kaduna State, while r...
The World Bank assisted Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) is to be expanded to five other states of the federation to cover the six geopolitical zones and further increase the number of beneficiaries, bringing the number of participatin...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Prof Bartho Okolo, has said that the new Gloworld opened by Globacom opposite the Institution at its main campus in Nsukka is a one-stop complex to meet critical needs of the University community...
The 7th Senate seems to be stepping up its oversight brief with marching orders to President Goodluck Jonathan to respect the Public Procurement Act and to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to suspend implementation of the new price regime in v...
Although the Bauchi baby girl, Fatima Didda, born without limbs and who came into this world on 13th of January this year at Dunomari ward in Sakwa Village of Zaki local government area of Bauchi state is still alive. However, investigation has reveale...
The Director-general of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe is a man of ideas and action. In this interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’S TORDUE SALEM and CHIBUNMA UKWU, he lays out a 3-yr plan of the Corporati...
Renowned Professor of Law Itsay Sagay opens up in this encounter with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s OLAOLU OLADIPO and PAUL DADA on his foray into politics. He also nostalgically tracks back into his life’s journey, sharing rare glimpses of his child...
Former governor of Kaduna State and currently a senator representing Kaduna North Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democartic Party, Ahmed Makarfi speaks with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s SHUAIB SHUAIB. He shared insights into several to...