The federal government yesterday maintained that it has no other option in saving the country from tottering into an economic eclipse than the removal of fuel subsidy and the deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry. It appealed to the...
Two pregnant women and a commercial motorcyclist were yesterday killed in Lagos when a commercial bus collided with a motorbike. LEADERSHIP learnt that the driver of the commercial bus took advantage of the fact that the Lagos-Abeokuta Express Wa...
Mr Muda Yusuf, the Director General of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), says the country is losing about N82 billion daily to the ongoing strike. The labour unions and civil liberty organisations started a national strike on Monday in pro...
Armed soldiers and policemen on Thursday took over the major streets in Kaduna metropolis and environs in order to ensure full compliance to the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government. LEADERSHIP checks revealed that hefty security men took ove...
The nationwide strike and protest in Niger state is getting tougher as protesting youths torched the campaign office of Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu at Mobile Roundabout, Minna. Also razed, was the office of the Independent National Electoral ...
Residents of Kaduna metropolis have received the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government with mixed reactions. The state government announced the imposition of the curfew on Tuesday after its Security Council meeting which reviewed the ong...
As the nationwide strike action called by organised labour and its civil society allies against the removal of fuel subsidy enters its third day, commercial activities remained grounded across most states of the federation. Also, pockets of violence ha...
Rep Abike Dabiri-Erewa (ACN-Lagos) has urged Nigerians living abroad to impress on their compatriots back home on the essence of voting in credible leaders to govern them. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian community in India, Dabiri-Er...
The NLC has insisted that the Federal Government must revert the pump price of petrol to N65 a litre to enhance dialogue. NLC’s president, Abdulwaheed Omar, made the position known after a three-hour meeting with the leadership of the Senate. Pre...
The Nigerian High Commissioner in India, Mr Oyebola Kuku, has expressed concern over the increasing number of Nigerians in jails in India. Kuku told visiting members of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, led by Rep Abike Da...
Eva Longoria turned on the charm with her on-screen husband Ricardo Antonio Chavira Tuesday night at a discussion panel about their show Desperate Housewives. The stunning actress, who plays Gabrielle Solis, worked up a chemistry with Chavira - her hus...
Nigeria may soon run into shortage of premium motor spirit (PMS) commonly known as petrol, as offloading and deployment of about 426,367 metric tonnes of the product already imported and consigned to Nigeria and awaiting b...
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has warned that Nigeria was gradually heading towards a civil war and blamed political leaders who spread religious hate for the situation. Soyinka, who spoke on the World Service of the British Broadcasting Corporatio...
The Nigerian Army, yesterday, said that it was ready to combat Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the country with modern hi-tec equipment even as it urged Nigerians to ignore text messages asking them to relocate for security reasons. Briefing j...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the scheduled governorship election in Adamawa State over perceived security concerns. INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, in a statement circulated to newsmen in Abuja, said that t...