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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have thrown their weight behind the federal government’s proposal to enact a law which carries 10 years of imprisonment for anyone convicted of st...
At least two Fulani herdsmen have been allegedly killed, while 226 cows were said to have either been rustled or killed around the villages of Rangyal, Sabon Gidan Kanar, Vom, Gero, Gyal, Rim and Joil communities of Jos South and Riyom local gove...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur yesterday said there was no crime in his son aspiring to the office of the governor of his home state, Adamawa. This is even as he described the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Ha...
There was a palpable tension, yesterday, in Kaduna, following the killing of two policemen by unknown gunmen in Tudun Wada area of Kaduna metropolis. The gunmen had, Tuesday night, opened fire on the police patrol team along Musawa Road, killing two an...
The National Convention Planning Committee of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of plans to sabotage the party’s convention slated for today. Reacting to the scheduled visit of President Jonathan to Lagos to...
The elders of the ruling People Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State have restricted the governorship contest in the state to Kontagora and Wushishi emirate councils by 2015. The two emirates consist of four federal constituencies of Kontagora, Magama...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday in Sokoto admitted that managing and reforming electoral process in Nigeria was a very challenging task, even as he assured that the body was redoubling its e...
Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, yesterday swore-in 17 new commissioners and the head of civil service of the state in a glamorous occasion at the Ta’al Conference Hotel in Lafia, the state capital. Of the 17 newly sworn-in m...
A group known as ‘We The People of Nigeria’ yesterday clarified that it was operating on its own against the presidency’s attempt to distance itself from it, saying it was not part of any committee nor being sponsored by the presidenc...
Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Hon Adamu Ahmed Sarawa has expressed his support for the proposal by the federal government to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram. He said that every true northerner would support President Goodluck Jo...
The federal government says it has identified and is collaborating with the private sector to the meet nation’s housing needs. The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms Amal Pepple, disclosed this in Abuja, when she toured the on-g...
Paralympics gold medalist and world record holder, Obiji Loveline has heaped praises on LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group for identifying with people living with disability and honouring them. Loveline alongside three of her colleagues, Nwokorie Ivory, Yakub...
Paralympics gold medalist and president Nigeria Paralympics Committee (NPC), Monday Emoghawve (MON) has advocated for the scraping of Paralympics Games and merged with the Olympics. He said this will fully help integrate physically challenged athletes ...
The Senate President, David Mark, says the media in the country has contributed to the success of the National Assembly and those who have come to the senate from the media have performed well. Mark made this statement when the Senate Press Corp paid h...
There is growing tension in Rivers State following the sack of the Chief Godpower Umejuru Ake-led executive of the state chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by an Abuja High Court. The Ake-led executive of the party is alleged to be lo...