At last, Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa yesterday swore-in commissioners and sole administrators of development areas. Charging them to be pivotal of peace and development, Yakowa said, “The main action you are expected to perform ...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State yesterday struck out the petition filed by Hon. Dino Melaye, challenging the election of Hon. Tajudeen Ayo Yusuf as member of the House of Representatives. In its ruling in a preliminary obj...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has slammed the PDP for asking Gov. Babatunde Fashola to resign over the recent flooding in the state, describing the call as a failed attempt to make political capital out of an unfortunate situation. In a statemen...
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners has requested for a minimum monthly pension of N16,000 for its members, saying that they also deserve upward review of their monthly pension income. The union, in a communique issued at the end of their council meeting h...
As the controversy of non-appointment of commissioners in Osun State almost 10 months since Rauf Argbesola became governor, former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu has argued that Aregbesola needed enough time to select his team. Speaking at the presi...
Ogun state government has been advised to look inward in areas of boosting the internally generated revenue (IGR) of the state for it to be able to deliver on its electioneering promises. This advise was given by the state chairman of the Scrap Dealers...
Sen. Ibrahim Ida has called on the federal government and Nigerians to listen to the grievances of the Boko Haram sect. Speaking with journalists, the lawyer also stated that fighting them with arms will not solve the problem. Ruth Choji was there for ...
With over 40,000 Nigerian girls held as sex slaves in Mali and other West African countries, Nigerian officials complain of lack of support from these countries in their effeorts to rescuing these girls. In this interview with EZRA IJIOMA, the Economic...
Few will argue with the conclusion that most of the challenges being faced by the Nigeria Police are self-inflicted. The officers and men of the force equate the vested interests of the government in power to those of the state. This is why state gover...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that it has concluded plans to build a N156 billion World Trade Centre. The centre, which is located in the Central Business District of Abuja, will occupy about 40,000 square metres of ...
The contractor in charge of the Airport Road expansion project, Julius Berger Construction Company, has refuted allegations that it is responsible for the increased cases of crashes along the road. This disclosure was made yesterday in Abuja by an auth...
An educational magazine with the name My Career Guide is set to hit book shelves of libraries and schools. The Editor-in-Chief and Head of Operations, Engr. Herbert Gana, made this known yesterday when he paid a courtesy call to LEADERSHIP’s head...
An Islamic non government organisation, Rasulul A’azam foundation condemns recent bombings of innocent civilians and places of worship happening in some parts of northern Nigeria. This is part of a statement issued by its spokesman, Sheikh Saleh ...
A Police Corporal attached to a Police patrol-team has been allegedly killed by armed bandits between Ubulu Uku-Obior in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. Reports said that the Corporal was gunned down yesterday by the escaping armed ...
Aviation fuel in Nigeria is the most expensive in the world, a development that has affected airlines’ operations and bottom line. In a bid to reach a consensus over the lingering high cost of the product, the minister of aviation recently summon...