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Authorities of the University of Abuja which had been in the storm over some unaccredited courses have shut down the institution indefinitely. Students of the university had yesterday in a rally, barricaded the Giri-Airport road while protesting Federa...
The Enugu State Police Command have warned against payment of ransom to kidnappers in the state and advised residents of the state to always report kidnap cases to security operatives promptly. Speaking with LEADERSHIP yesterday, the Police Publi...
Persons suspected to be armed robbers yesterday attacked and killed the director of account and finance with federal medical centre (FMC) Katsina, Alhaji Kabir Yakubu, and injured both his son and security guard. The suspected robbers also pumped bulle...
Osun State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the resignation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a dramatic move that would shock only...
Three persons have been shot by police at Tunga Kawo village in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State during an attempt to disperse a group of youths during a mob action against a police station in the village. LEADERSHIP gathered that trouble...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has debunked the report that the state chapter of the party is in deep crisis. Speaking to our correspondent in Lafia, a party chieftain, Alhaji Tanko Wambai, who contested the senatorial seat on th...
Osun State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 60-year-old grandma, Aduke Adebusuyi and Hammed Lateef, 18, for allegedly trafficking in cannabis sativa popularly called Indian hemp. The state commander of the age...
The Save Nigeria Group (SNG), yesterday challenged the authorities of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to within seven days commence immediate investigation and prosecution of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva ...
A magistrate of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, A.A. Oshoniyi, yesterday ordered for the immediate arrest and detention of journalists covering a coroner’s inquest into proceedings which was later adjourned till April 25, 2012. Trouble began w...
Following the sack of three top management staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) by the federal government alleging sabotage on the power reform process, there are strong indications that electricity workers’ unions are planning to...
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has released the revised industry and transaction agreements to the 152 potential investors interested in the privatisation of the 17 successor companies created from the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of...
Contrary to claims by the Joint Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service and States and Local Government Administration, chaired by Senator Aloysius Etok, that its preliminary findings revealed the illegal transfer of the sum of N3bil...
In the face of the rising complexities of modern business, regulators need to constantly update their knowledge base of operations in the sectors they regulate to enable them stay ahead of operators perform their supervisory functions effectively. Mana...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano has gunned down three suspected members of the Boko Haram sect. The suspects were killed in a gun duel following a tip from a victim whose car was snatched at gun point. According to JTF Spokesman, Lt. Ikedichi I...
The turnover of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in the first quarter of 2012 dropped by 12.9 per cent, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. According to the statistics obtained from the Exchange, investors traded 19.14 billion s...