Nigeria Meteorological Agency(NIMET) has been at the center of a raging storm in the aviation industry.In this interview with LEADERSHIP’s Kingsley Alu, the Director-General of the agency, Dr.Anthony Anuforom,speaks on issues critical to safety i...
An Abuja Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a manual worker to two weeks imprisonment for stealing a half bag of dried pepper. The accused, Nura Musa of Mararaba, Nasarawa State was also given an option of N400 fine by Senior Magistrate Asmau Akanb...
A Civil Society Activist, Comrade Hassan Isah, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja against President Goodluck Jonathan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Attorney-General of the Federation, Prof. Shuaibu Oba Abdulraheem...
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has expressed its regret over what it perceives as President Jonathan ‘s dictatorial tendency.It said that that this tendency was unfolding this early in his administration in which he adopted e...
Nigerians living abroad have been urged to find a way to work together with the government of the federation on how developments can be brought to the country through their professional skills.Speaking in an exclusive interview with our correspondent, ...
An Abuja-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Save De Masses, has warned Nigerian political leaders to desist for using the country’s youth for political thuggery, riots and other social vices.In a press release made available to Leadership...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation yesterday reiterated that the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) must be reviewed, insisting that the development is now a condition for the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage. But the federal government has set u...
The outbreak of cholera, which occured in some parts of Ibadan weekend, has so far claimed over eight lives while some other victims are responding to treatment at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and other private hospitals LEADERSHIP findings...
The recent flood cases in Katsina State affected over 1,000 households, destroying houses and personal properties on their path. The state executive director of the Rehabilitation, Emergency and Relief Agency (RERA), Hassan Rawayyau, who disclosed this...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday described as totally unacceptable the step taken by President Goodluck Jonathan on the recent controversy between President of the Court of Appeal, Ayo Salami and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, J...
The Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has called for the suspension of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida from the National Council of State following their much publicised verbal war. In a communiqué issued yesterday in Kaduna and signe...
The President, Nigerian Institute of Animal Science(NIAS), Professor Placid Njoku, has said that Nigeria imports over 95 per cent of its milk. Speaking at the 3rd Induction Ceremony of the institute in Enugu recently, Njoku noted that livestock sector ...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed has ordered the immediate relocation of the popular Nyanya Wednesday Market from its present location. The minister has also ordered the chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AM...
The father of Chelsea of England star, John Mikel Obi has been found. Mr Michael Obi who was abducted in Jos since August 12 was found in Kano, a cosmopolitan city in the northern part of the country. He was found alive. Mikel played for Chelsea last w...
A university Don, Dr. Sule Kano, has described the views expressed in the face-off between former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida as essentially an intra class conflict. Sule, who teaches Political Science at the Usman Danfodio Unive...