News from the states and all the six (6) geo-political zones of Nigeria.
Gombe State receives one of the least allocations in the federation, but the infrastructure put in place by the state government has made it one of the fastest developing states in the country, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly has said....
About 102 intending pilgrims from sokoto state were deported from kingdom of Saudi yesterday. The Chairman of the Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, (SSPWA) disclosed this in an interview with LEADERSHIP in Sokoto. It will be recalled that ove...
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe on Thursday inaugurated a 17-member committee for the establishment of a state polytechnic. Inaugurating the committee in Gombe, Dankwambo said the body’s terms of reference included considering the desirability of...
The NDLEA in Osun has arrested an Akure high chief for allegedly being in possession of eight bags of Indian hemp. The agency’s acting Commander, Mr Samuel Gadzama, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo th...
Tension is building up in Kaduna following the killing of a commercial motorcycle rider by a mobile police officer for unknown reasons. The incident which took place at the Kaduna Stadium round about in broad daylight generated heavy tensio...
Eighteen fuel-laden ships are waiting to berth and discharge their contents at the various oil terminals in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said. In its daily publication, ``the Shipping Position’’, made available ...
The Niger State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Susan Gana, has said that 17, 550 senior secondary school students in the state have failed their 2011/2012 promotion examinations. Gana, who revealed this at a press briefing in Minna on Saturday, said t...
The Kebbi Government has invested the sum of N1.6 billion in the IFAD-assisted Community-Based Agricultural and Rural Development Programme (CBARDP) in the last three years, an officer has said. The programme is being financed by the International Fund...
Ondo State Government spent N2.5 billion on rural electrification projects in the last three and a half years, Mr. Sola Akinsanmi, Chairman, Ondo State Electricity Board, said. Akinsanmi told newsmen in Akure that the current state administration...
The senior special assistant to the president on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Dr. Precious Gbeneol, has warned states and local government councils against undue delay of MDGs funds in banks, with the intent of earning interest on them. Gbeneol...
The Benue state Police Command has denied the rumour making the round that a bomb planted opposite the main gate of the police command headquarters in Makurdi was detonated. There were claims on Thursday, that an Audi 80 saloon car with registration nu...
Worried about the flooding of residential areas which left many displaced, Kaduna State Governor, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has called for the dredging of River Kaduna to avert future ocurrence. Yakowa made the call yesterday in Kaduna after an aeria...
As the Oyo State command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) commences aggressive public enlightenment programme to ensure safety of lives on the roads in the ember months, it has been revealed that not less than 49 people including pregnant w...
The Nasarawa State Government has donated 33 Toyota vans worth more than N300 million to the Police Command in the state. Gov. Tanko Al-Makura, said while making the presentation that the gesture would assist the police toward mak...
LEADERSHIP investigation has revealed that the withdrawal of the national honour awarded to the Taraba State deputy governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, by President Goodluck Jonathan may not be unconnected with the impeachment notice hanging on the...