The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, upheld the election of the only female member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Elizabeth Ativie (ACN-Uhunmwonde), dismissing in the process the petition of Mr Johnbu...
Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda has charged people of the state to use their cultural heritage to promote unity and peace necessary for social, economic and political development. Yuguda gave the charge through his Deputy, Alhaji Sagir&n...
Indications emerged yesterday that two lecturers of Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, might be sacked over alleged certificate racketeering. The lecturers, whose names could not be immediately revealed are of the general studies as well a...
As the race for the Lugard House in Lokoja, Kogi State, heats up among contenders from various political parties in the state, the Nigerian Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has declared its supports for the former first lady of Kogi State, Mrs Aisha A...
Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has disclosed that contractors under the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) are owed the sum of N3.4 billion. He also disclosed that about 1,946 projects, being carried out by the REA which are at different l...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says it has not shifted grounds on its demand for the reinstatement of the 94 oil workers recently sacked at Qua Iboe oil fields. Mr Harry Bassey, National Public Relations Officer ...
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has through its endowment in professorial chairs in 12 universities across the nation provided platforms for scholarly research, academic excellence and economic development, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer...
Failure by successive governments to develop the nation’s export trade has been identified as a major hindrance to timely clearing of cargo in the nation’s seaports as empty containers which are supposed to be taken back with exports now li...
The Ogun State Government has said it was losing between N1.5 billion and N2 billion every month due to wrongful remittance of taxes to other States within the federation. This amounts to between N18 billion and N24 billion annually. The St...
Chief David Ogaba Attah, journalist, administrator and former member of House of Representatives representing present day Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency (Benue State), was Chief Press Secretary to late General Sani Abacha. In this chat with ...
In this interview with OLAOLU OLADIPO, Hon. Akeem Abiodun Muniru, member representing Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency (Lagos) in the Federal House of Representatives shares his experience as a new member and advocates for special funding for Lagos St...
The Kogi State Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Alhaji Mohammed Mabo, has expressed the party’s preparedness for the December 3 governorship poll in the state. He made the assertion in an interview with LEADERSH...
Indications emerged last night that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might not be comfortable with the alleged political romance between Governor Tanko Al-Makura and the PDP dominated state House of Assembly. Out of the 24 members of the...
It may seem astonishing, but a recent scientific research suggests that social isolation, in the long term, is as damaging as a 15-a-day cigarette habit or being an alcoholic. RALIAT AHMED writes. Loneliness is as bad for the health as smoking, ...
The legendary fighter will be best remembered for being the first man to beat Muhammad Ali in New York in 1971 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier has died after a brief battle with liver cancer, his family said. Frazier - also known a...