The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has nominated Mr Chris Giwa as its candidate for the Plateau North Senatorial by-election scheduled for Oct. 6, a party official has said. Dr Isa Jega, the Plateau APGA Chairman, disclosed this in Jos on Saturd...
Federal Government's amnesty programme is not an issue confined to the Niger-Delta but it is rather a Nigeria project, Senate Deputy Leader Abdul Ningi has said. He told the Southern Africa correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Johan...
It was naira rain for the Team Nigeria at the recently concluded London Paralympics games and members of the U-20 female national team, the Falconets, as the federal government in appreciation of their efforts rewarded them with cash rewards. Each of t...
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Osita Chidoka, said yesterday that 54 persons died in motor accidents in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states between July and August, this year. The corps marshal made the fact known in S...
The refusal of a commercial bus driver to part with N20 bribe caused him his life as a police patrol team attached to Sapade area on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway shot and killed him instantly. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY gathered that the patrol team had flagged ...
The Lagos State Government has said it is set to commence the airlift of the state Muslim pilgrims of this year’s Holy Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia, from October 1, 2012. The Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Alhaji Oyinl...
An 80-year-old victim of flood that sacked five villages in Warawa Local Government Area of Kano State, Malam Garba Tanka, has decried his condition at the Katarkawa resettlement centre, saying, “I’m dying gradually in the camp”. Tank...
The Chairman of the Council of Ulamas of the Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’ah Wa’ikamatus Sunnah JIBWIS Sheik Sani Yahaya Jingir has advised all Muslims in Nigeria not to violently protest the video against Islam that led to violence in...
The Presidential Amnesty Office has raised the alarm over plans by some Niger Delta youths to embark on protest march in some states of the federation. The alarm was raised in a statement signed by the Head of Media of the Presidential Amnesty Programm...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) will soon confer its Citizens’ Responsibility Recognition Award on seven police officers for their dedication and professional competence, displayed in their speedy unravelling of the circumstances surroundin...
Unknown gunmen, last night stormed Malali community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, killing at least three people. Though, the Kaduna State Police Command could not confirm any death arising from the attack, sources told LEADERSHIP SUNDAY that two pers...
The Head of Public Relation, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) Mr Joe Ukairo has given reasons why the cleaning of Federal Capital City Territory (FCT) solely rest on the shoulders of independent contractors instead of the agency. In an inter...
A nine-month old baby, Godswill Echu Okon has been reported killed by rubble of a collapsed residential building in Adim, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State as a result of flooding in the building. The incident which occurred at the dead ...
Senator Abdullahi Adamu represents Nassarawa West in the Senate and is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, in this interview with Ruth Choji, the former governor reveals some of the issues that have bedeviled the mineral and agricul...
The House of Representatives Deputy Chairman, Media and Public Affairs, Victor Afam Ogene, in this interview, clears the air on the reported impeachment threat against President Goodluck Jonathan over dismal implementation of the 2012 budget. The lawma...