News from the states and all the six (6) geo-political zones of Nigeria.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and religious leaders in the state have called on Nigerians, irrespective of their religious persuasions, to embrace peace, love and live together in peace and unity. They made this call yesterday at an open-air...
Kano State Government has cautioned the public against violent protests, saying it is not the best way for the people to express their disagreement over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Speaking to journalists yesterday in K...
Fuel scarcity has returned to some of parts of Nasarawa State in the run-up to the Christmas celebrations, this Sunday. Our correspondent observed that by yesterday, only the NNPC mega station in Lafia, the state capital, was selling fuel at the offici...
There was a mild drama on Wednesday in Kaduna when some youth attacked men of the State Fire Service who came to put off the fire that engulfed an Oando Filling station located around Angwan Sariki bus stop in the state metropolis. LEADE...
As the law on the ban of same sex marriage is yet to take effect, lesbianism is rising in urban areas in Nigeria. A trend that was once done in secret, ladies are coming out boldly to declare their love for one another without shame, Ruth Choji writes....
The Supreme Court yesterday sacked two senators and eight House of Representatives who are members of the Senator Yakubu Garba Lado faction of the Katsina state chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), thereby affirming the decision of the...
The Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to the Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Yohanna Allahmagani has disclosed that the state spends N300 million weekly (N1.2 billion monthly) for the maintenance of security personnel deployed to keep the peace in the state...
The Akwa Ibom State government has taken a bold step to address the problem of kerosene scarcity in the State by subsidising the product to keep the pump price at N50. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, who disclosed this, yest...
Work at the site of a new Kano State University commenced this month while the institution is expected to be fully functional in the 2012 academic session. The establishment of the new institution will bring the number of state universities in Kano Sta...
Piqued by the perceived nuisance value of commercial motorcycle operators known as ‘okada’ riders in Lagos governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday stormed the streets to personally arrest some operators who rode against the traffic.
Fourteen persons were confirmed dead and 43 others injured in an auto accident at Yanbita village in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The accident, which occurred on Tuesday at about 7:30 p.m, involved a Toyota bus, registered XE 968 ...
Elders in Jeme-Anigor, an agrarian community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State are confused as to what to do about a booming sex trade, abortion and other illicit sex acts involving teenage girls. LEADERSHIP learnt but c...
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding the Bayelsa State governorship primary election slated for Saturday, November 19, to pick its candidate for the state governorship election in 2012.
Residents of Abuja satellite towns groan under the weight of spending so much daily on patronising water vendors popularly known as ‘Mairuwa’, who have become the major source of water supply in these areas. KEHINDE AJOBIEWE writes. ...
The Kaduna State government yesterday lamented the ongoing debate on same sex marriage and legalization of prostitution, describing them as ``disheartening. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, the Permanent Secretary, ...