President of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Alhaji Ali Abatcha, said the success of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms could only achieve the desired results if given a free hand to operate. The President who stated this during a telephone...
Strong indications emerged yesterday that the Senate was not disposed to swear in Senator Alphonsus Igbeke based on what it termed “obvious contradictions in his court order and procedures”. Igbeke had on Tuesday obtained an ex parte order ...
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, yesterday, hailed Nigeria’s continuing support for the admittance of the Palestine as a member of the United Nations (UN) and said it was justified to do so. Palestine is currently on obs...
A gang of four men, suspected to be kidnappers, yesterday abducted 82-year-old Pa Louis Azubogu, in Nnewi, after missing their target, a member of the House of Representatives for Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo federal constituency. Hon. Chris A...
Ananmbra State governor Peter Obi has called for Federal Government’s intervention in resuscitating collapsed industries in Anambra State. Obi made the call when he received the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ortom, who pa...
It was an atmosphere of joy and tears in Abuja yesterday afternoon as Vice President Namadi Sambo inaugurated the 2011 hajj inaugural flight, which ferried 500 pilgrims from Nasarawa State to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage. The e...
The national publicity secretary of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Osita Okechuckwu, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to take a patriotic look into his administration and weed out those feeding fat on the country through unbr...
The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Institutions has alleged that due process was not followed by relevant regulatory agencies during the recent nationalisation of some commercial banks recently. Chairman, House Committee on Ca...
A plot to stop Alhaji Aliyu Wammako from contesting the governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2012 in the election to be conducted in six states of the federation was, last week, uncovered by eminent politicians...
Gombe State governor Ibrahim Dankwambo has directed the Vehicles Inspection Officers, (VIOs) and Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), as well as other related agencies to stop and prevent any trailer and tanker from plying Gombe city roads. He also enjoi...
Niger State Governor, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has granted pardon to the former Chairman of Paikoro Local Government, Alhaji Danjuma Baba and six others to mark the country’s 51st independence anniversary. Others granted pardon by the Governo...
The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Saturday, 1st October, 2011, begun the rotational presidency of the United Nations Security Council, making it the second time she will become the rotational president of the 15-member body. LEADERSHIP gathered tha...
Commander of the 33 Artillery brigade in Bauchi, Brigadier-General Muraina Raji, who was standing trial before a special millitary court at the 3 Armoured Division, Jos, for his alleged role in the escape of two high profile Boko Haram suspects, has be...
Despite the twin-threats by the dreaded Islamic sect known as Boko Haram and MEND, coupled with early down pour of rain in Lagos, the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola and teeming Lagosians yesterday converged on the Police College located ...
In spite of the Adamawa State government’s threat to adopt the no-work-no-pay approach for its striking workers, Governor Murtala Nyako has ordered the payment of their September salary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workers h...