American celebrities and members of the black community in the US converged at New Hope Baptist Church , venue of the funeral to pay their tributes to the American star singer and six-time Grammy Award winner , Whitney Houston . Houst...
Barely two months after government introduced the fuel subsidy removal policy which sparked off a protest which nearly set the entire country ablaze, the government last week announced a planned 88 per cent hike of electricity tariff setting tong...
Sensing a threat to its cosy perch and constitutional mandate, the Senate last week quickly torpedoed both the conceptual underpinnings and arrowheads of the campaign for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to renegotiate the bases for the Nigerian P...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) since its inception has evolved from an insignificant status to an enviable height and has become an organisation to be reckoned with in the International Civil Defense Oganisation -the world b...
Hon. Gambo Musa Dan-Musa is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Ethics & Privileges. In this interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s KEHINDE AJOBIEWE, he shares insights into the mandate of his committee, clamour for a unicameral o...
The Federal Government has given the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) additional responsibilities to effectively manage the nation’s airspace as it has directed the agency to oversee airfield lighting at all airports, be in charge of bi...
Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications operator, Etisalat, has emerged winner of the ‘African Telecoms Deal of the Year 2011’ at the 13th Euromoney/Project Finance Magazine Awards in London last week. This de...
In recent months, against the background of severe challenges to the Nigerian state, proponents for the convention of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to discuss the fundamentals of continuation of the Nigerian project have apparently seized centr...
It was a moment of sober reflection in commemoration of victims of Biafran war as the Peace and Reconciliation House where the ceasefire was signed commenced its first exhibition in Amichi. CHIKA OKEKE who was in Anambra recounts the event. At the ent...
Seriake Dickson has just succeeded in overcoming an internal crisis with the ruling People's Democratic Party and getting elected as governor. Osa Okhomina, looks at the new challenges he now faces. While the people had resolved to cue into the cha...
In this interview with Chika Otuchikere, Taraba state’s commissioner for information, culture and tourism, Emmanuel Bello, noted that the state is best suited for tourism activities giving the peaceful ambience of the state. He said all the relig...
Hon. Uzor Azubuike represents Aba North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State at the National Assembly. In this encounter with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s RUTH CHOJI, he condemns calls by some sections of the country for a National Sovereign Conferenc...
The Vice Chairman of Reps Committee On Petroleum (Up Stream) Honourable Moshood Mustapha in this interview with newsmen in Ilorin Kwara State, speaks on the ongoing probe of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and shares insights on seve...
Eight suspected cultists,all below the ages of eighteen were yesterday arrested in Nyongun Village of Wadata area in Makurdi Local government of the state by men of the Benue State police command. They are Terseer Iorbee, Emmanuel Ogaba, Donald Iornum ...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has advocated an integrated approach to tackling the perennial challenges facing the nation’s three refineries so as to ensure maximum output within the shortest possible time. To ...