Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that the last Wednesday’s violent protest against removal of fuel subsidy which left many properties destroyed was criminal and premeditated. Aliyu who, yesterday, inspected both private ...
The former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Audu Ogbe, has rejected the rumour that Boko Haram is a political tool to distract the current administration. This was just as he linked the group to socio-economic decay...
Tungan Mallam Hassan meaning the town of Mallam Hassan came into existence about 100 years ago. The father of the community, Mallam Hassan who died about 50 years ago found the place and named it after him. He had first settled in Tungan Tsaka but...
Despite the suspension of the nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has deployed its personnel to various ...
Once a secret business, CATHERINE AGBO reports that the sale of illicit drugs is now rampant in many of Abuja’s neighbourhoods. The sale of illicit drugs has become one of the most lucrative businesses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), LEAD...
There is no universal agreement on what relationship does to those who are in it. The views about relationship are as divergent as those involved. However, while many have some miserable tales about theirs, others are quick to attest to the many benefi...
The ongoing registration of cooperatives will assist the Federal Government to achieve the set targets under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, says the Federal Department of Cooperatives. Mr Jonathan Dangwaran, the Director of Cooperatives, Feder...
The spokesman of 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lt-Col. Kayode Ogunsanya, on Tuesday said that soldiers deployed to Lagos by the Federal Government would stay for a while. The FG had in the wake of protests over fuel subsidy removal, deployed ...
WaterAid Nigeria, an international NGO, says Nigeria is ''off track'' to meet MDG target on water and sanitation. Mr Timeyin Uwejamomere, the organisation’s Country Representative in Nigeria, said this in an interview on Tuesday i...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a human rights group, has urged the Federal Government to display exemplary political will to tackle the “cabal” in the oil sector. The Executive Director of SERAP, Mr Adetokunbo...
Independent marketers and oil majors on Tuesday assured Nigerians of the availability of petrol in all their filling stations. They gave the assurance in separate interviews with reporters in Lagos. They said that their assurance stemmed from the new p...
An Abuja High Court judge, Justice Folasade Ojo, on Tuesday warned against the flagrant disobedience of court orders, by legal practitioners and parties in disputes. She said the trend could expose the judiciary to ridicule. Justice Ojo gave the warni...
Idibia is expecting baby No.6 with mother of two of his children, US-based Pero Adeniyi. Pero is due to give birth to the couple's third child together in March. LEADERSHIP gathered that it's going to be another boy. The reason Pero&#...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said in Maiduguri on Tuesday that it had arrested six prominent individuals suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. The JTF Field Commander, Col. Victor Ebhaleme, told newsmen th...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it will force filling stations that have petroleum product to sell at approved pump prices. Mr Gbenga Koku, Operations Controller in Lagos/ Ogun Zonal Office said in Lagos on Tuesday that the agency had ...