At least 67 people died in a wave of bombings and shootings carried out in northeast Nigeria overnight, LEADERSHIP gathered. Although no group has claimed responsibility, sources allege that the Boko Haram sect may have launched the attacks. According ...
The planned reintroduction of toll plazas on highways across the country has been described as one of those projects created to enrich friends of the government. Civic rights activist and coordinator of Civic Duties Awareness Initiative (CIDAI), Mr. Em...
As the date for the PDP governorship primaries in Bayelsa State draws nearer, governors of the six South-South states yesterday held a closed-door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan during whihc they mounted pressure on him with a view to clearin...
Walls are a very important part of any house and when they are painted in beautiful colors, they add that homely touch to the house. Can you picture a world where everything is plain without colors? Can you even imagine a world without colors?&nb...
The Nigerian Police Command in Bayelsa State yesterday announced its readiness to prosecute the three police officers found guilty of killing a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor at a checkpoint along Sani Abacha expressway in the state. According to the Poli...
Ahead of the 2015 governorship succession war in Delta State, ethnic and clannish permutations are defining who inherits Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s throne. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s OSBY ISIBOR and KOLA NIYI-EKE examine the political intrigues...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will on Wednesday withdraw N132.06 billion from the system through the sale of treasury bills in 91, 182- and 364-day treasury bills at its regular debt auction. The regulator said it will sell N39.27 billion in 91-day...
The problem of drug trafficking in the entertainment industry has become a worrisome subject for lovers of entertainment. As a celebrity or a renowned personality in society, one is supposed to be steadfast in whatever they do. So when the issue of dru...
Tracy Chapman helped restore singers/songwriters to the spotlight in the 80s. The multi-platinum success of Chapman’s eponymous 1988 debut was unexpected, and it had a lasting impact. Although Chapman was working from the same confessional singer...
Appoints Mohammed As NPHCDA Executive Director, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday condoled with Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State over the death of his deputy, Mr. David Albashi in the early hours of yesterday, describing it as &ldqu...
Legal experts yesterday examined the outcomes of presidential election petitions over the years and suggested reasons why Nigeria’s incumbent presidents always win at the tribunals and at the Supreme Court despite the weight of evidence adduced b...
The deputy governor of Gombe State, Mr. David Albashi, died yesterday in a German hospital of injuries he received in a car crash on Aug. 28. A statement by the secretary to the Gombe State government, Alhaji Abubakar Bage, said Albashi died in the ear...
Three suspected suicide bombers believed to be members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday lost their lives in separate bomb blasts that rocked the Borno State capital, barely 48 hours to Sallah celebrations. Eyewitnesses said that the three men died in t...
Barely twenty-four hours to the Eid-ul Kabir celebrations, hundreds of customers of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc., Panseke branch in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital yesterday received the shock of their lives as they were locked out of the bank’s s...
To consolidate its leadership position in the bagging sector of the manufacturing industry, the Dangote Agro Sacks Limited, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, has embarked on aggressive expansion by adding to its production lines to hit production of 51 mi...