Protests over the decision of the federal government to remove subsidy on petroleum products spread as residents shut down business and commercial activities in Lagos and Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Though no casualty was recorded, protesters had to con...
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha, says the committee will ensure that more funds are allocated to the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, to function optimally. Bwacha said in Abuja ...
Law enforcement agents have beefed up security in Kano metropolis, following a protest by some youths on Monday over the withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Correspondent who went round the city on Tuesday morning, reports that a...
Some officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos have joined in the protest against fuel subsidy removal. LEADERSHIP gathered that no less than 300 policemen joined the march from Oregun to Alausa, the seat of government in Lagos. The policemen were ...
The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed two friendly matches in preparation for the February 29, Nations Cup qualifier battle against the Amavubi of Rwanda in Kigali. Scribe of the federation, Musa Amadu said the football ruling house has set out...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Rivers State Chapter, says it has withdrawn from further participation in the deliberations of the committee set up by the Federal Government on fuel subsidy removal. The state Chairman of the Congress, Mr Chi...
Professor Olufemi Onabajo, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, has called for the repositioning of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) through the instruments of information and communication technology in order to efficie...
Federal government of Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Global Biofuels Limited, an indigenous bio-fuel producer, for the construction of 15 integrated bio-fuel plants in Nigeria estimated to gulp N414bn. The Minister of Trade and Inves...
The programme manager of Nasarawa State AIDS Control Agency (NASACA), Barrister Ibrahim Azara, has said that the State is occupying the seventh position in the HIV/AIDS prevalence ranking in the country. He disclosed this at the launching of World Bank...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun an audit of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) spectrum which was licenced in May 2002 and issued to indigenous companies to provide wireless internet and data services. The audit is to ascertain th...
The Change Advocacy Party (CAP) yesterday described as untrue the claims by some politicians in the state that the incumbent Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva gave the party the sum of N500million to strengthen it and ensure its victory over the Peop...
Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) has promised that the year 2012 will experience a positive turn-around in the sport. It said the fruits of its hard work and reforms will compel a change for improved performance in the New Year. In a statement m...
As the country wakes up to the removal of fuel subsidy, indigenous airlines are still enjoying a boost in their operations due to increased passenger traffic following the holiday period. However, cost of car hire services have increased more than 200 ...
If information at the disposal of LEADERSHIP is something to go by, then operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will soon be in Nigeria to help combat the threats that the Islamic Sect, Boko Haram has posed to lives and properties in t...
After an arguably eventful plenary sesson, the Senate closed shop two days to Christmas and went on 12 days break after about six months of legislative duty.Reeling out the score card of the upper chamber, within the period, Senate Committee Chairman o...