The Agricultural Transformation Action Plan (ATAP) of the Federal Government will create 3.5 million jobs and add 20 million tonnes of food to the supply chain by 2015, says the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina....
A coalition of civil society groups have called on the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West to consider the nomination of Chief Ebenezer Babatope for the position of national secretary of the party. In statement, yesterday, the joint national coo...
The Washington state Senate passed legislation on Wednesday night to legalise gay marriage, moving the state closer to joining six other U.S. states and Washington, D.C. in allowing same-sex nuptials. The 28-21 vote in favour of the measure, three more...
Following the recent calls on Easterners living in the north to return home over the activities of the dreaded Islamic Sect, Boko Haram, over 150 Igbo citizens arrived Enugu from Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday. The returnees arrived the 9th Mil...
Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee has died in Florida, aged 90. Dundee, famous for working alongside Muhammad Ali for 20 years, is reported to have had a heart attack after being taken to hospital with a blood clot. He guided Ali through his great...
The Emir of Suleija, Malam Awal Ibrahim, was yesterday booed by worshippers during the mass burial of victims of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. The service, which held at the Catholic Church, was...
The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, in this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, speaks on the activities of her ministry in the last six months. At your first public forum with the media, you admitted that there is a gap be...
The convicts in the murder of Kudirat Abiola, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Sofolahan will today file a stay of execution of their sentence at the Lagos High Court pending the determination of their appeal. Both men were on Monday fou...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday passed a damning verdict on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with a stern warning that, henceforth, they must stop approaching the National Assembly to lobby for fresh envelop review outside the budgetar...
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) under him will not tolerate corruption and lawlessness. This is just as he described the year 2011 as a year of great challenge in the history of Ni...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from February 2 to March 4, 2012. The Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr. Timothy Adedeji, told LEADERSHIP on phone...
A group, under the aegis of Minda Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Support Group, has urged Governor Gabriel Suswam to ensure that the lingering security threats surfacing in the Benue North West geo-political axis is properly harnessed. The ...
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers bombed a police station at Ogori, in Ogori/Magongo local government of Kogi State, killing a police corporal. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the hoodlums stormed the area in the on Tuesday night, firing sporadic ...
Former Kano State Governor and the Sardauna of Kano, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has said that the reports about his invitation and arrest by the State Security Services (SSS) are false, describing the development “as callous and unfair&rd...
Few days to the gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured all the parties and their candidates of a level playing field. Addressing a stakeholders’ meeting, yesterday in Yola, atten...