Mrs Olusola Obada, the Minister of State for Defence, says the ministry is making arrangements for military pensioners and their families to be included in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). She made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja whil...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has expressed the willingness of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to partner the National Assembly in meeting the objectives of government’s privatisation policy. He said the privatisation policy was aimed a...
The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has fixed March 31, for local government elections in the state. The date is contained in a statement from the commission’s Information Unit, which was made available to News Agency of N...
Governor of Bayelsa State, Sariake Dickson has approved the appointment of five new special advisers. Chief Fred Agbedi, a former Director General of the Dickson campaign organisation has been slated for Special Adviser on Political Matters, Stephen Di...
Alhaji Saad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto on Thursday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to stand against instability in the country. Abubakar made the call in a seminar organised by Nigeria Women of Faith Network on ``The Role of Women of Faith in Peace Build...
The Federal Government on Thursday signed an agreement with the Japanese Government to increase water supply coverage in the rural communities in Enugu, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo and Taraba states. The agreement between the Government of Japan and the Federal...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has re-appointed Alhaji Sahabi Gada as the new Secretary to the State Government ( SSG) . Gada was the immediate past Secretary to the State Government. Wamakko, who also swore in the new government scribe...
A total of 328 medical students dropped by the University of Jos have sued the institution for alleged unjust rejection. The students are contesting the decision of the university to drop their names from the list of 478 students admitted for 200...
After spending 206 days against the 180 days as stipulated by the Supreme Court, the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal on Thursday struck out the petition of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (AP...
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said he is not bothered about the Super Eagles rankings and that his team is ready to face the Wasp of Rwanda come next Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP Coach Keshi said ‘I am not bother...
Following the rumour making rounds that Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI and Audu Maikori led record label, Chocolate City are in dispute, the news has been confirmed to be false. According to the gist making round, the Africa's numb...
The federal government yesterday approved the sum of N15 billion to supplement the N10 billion earlier approved for the public mass transit programme it introduced last month to cushion the biting effect of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians. It a...
Federal government has provided N12 billion for laboratory equipment and rehabilitation of infrastructure in 51 polytechnics in the country. The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure, made this known on W...
Mr John Haruna, the Commissioner of Police in Benue, has decried the high rate of cultism in the state. Haruna made the observation on Wednesday in Gboko, Benue, when he met with His Royal Highness, the Tor Tiv, Mr Alfred Torkula.&nbs...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday boosted by nearly one half an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia. With this development , the council is seeking to press home a military offensive against Islamist rebels in the Horn of Africa country. A r...