Few days after the Bureau of Public Enterprises (PBE) opened bids for the takeover of successor companies from the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), the federal government has deployed military personnel to take over the PHCN h...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged all Muslims in Nigeria to pray for peace, stability and progress of the country as they join Muslims in other parts of the world to begin this year’s Ramadan fasting. Special adviser to the president, M...
Wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday joined the call for the amendment of the nation’s constitution as she asked the National Assembly to consider the inclusion of the roles of the wives of political office holders in the count...
Vexed issues of state police, fiscal federalism, devolution of power and local government autonomy dominated talks at the two-day constitional review retreat in Asaba Also the issues of constitutional recognition of the six political zones and the revi...
A new dawn seems to be taking over the political landscape of Edo State. STANLEY NKWOCHA, who was in the state for the poll, narrates what transpired and why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may be in for a long night rest in its battle to wrest pow...
For daring to add another wife in defiance to his wife’s resistance, Mallam Yusuf Ibrahim, 53, of Shaiskawa quarters in Katsina metropolis met his untimely death. He was allegedly murdered by assassins hired by his 27-year-old wife, Zainab....
The recalled local government chairmen in Imo State have resumed duties in their various council headquarters, but are forced to operate under canopies and trees, LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s investigation has revealed. It was further gathered that the u...
A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, yesterday struck out a suit filed against the emergence of the deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the April 2011 general elections. The court als...
Governor lbrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina state yesterday flag-offed the state’s Allo Model school, an intervention scheme where government step-in to provide clothes and feeding for the almajirai from some selected Allo schools. The pilot sc...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN) has filed a motion on notice asking an Abuja High Court to vacate an order it made restraining work on a disputed property in Abuja. In the substantive suit,...
The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists Council of Nigeria (AMLSCN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to assent to the National Health Bill as passed by the National Assembly. In an interview with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, the chairman o...
The outgoing executives of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday described as malicious and spurious, allegation that names of dead legal practitioners were used in rigging the election held on Tuesday to elect new national officers to run...
As Muslim faithful enter the second day of Ramadan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon AminuTambuwal has admonished them to use the period for supplication, calling especially for prayers for an end to the spate of bombings, ethno-religio...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Goals (MDGs) Dr. Precious Gbeneol has reiterated her offices’ resolve to constantly make the Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) a veritable tool for the delivery of high impact interventions...
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has disclosed plans to challenge the $5 billion fine levied against it by the Nigerian government for an offshore spill from one of its fields last year. Officials of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) t...