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The branch controller of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Kaduna, Alhaji Mohammed Gusau at the weekend said that Kaduna State was lagging behind in reaping the benefits of viable economic development programmes of the federal government, particular...
Months after Kaduna State was recorded as polio free, the dreaded disease has again resurfaced in Birnin Gwari local government area in the state, prompting residents to call on parents to assist government efforts toward eradicating the me...
Fifteen years after he left government as a Military Administrator of Kaduna State, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), has finally opened up on why he sacked about 30,000 workers in 1997. LEADERSHIP recall that the Col. Ali, who assumed office on August 2...
Osun State chapter of the National Conscience Party(NCP) has urged the state government to make public actions to be taken on the report of the Contracts Review Committee it set up to probe some of the contracts alleged to have been fraudul...
Ogun State government has appointed a panel to look into the lingering chieftaincy crisis in Ado- Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of the State. As part of the State Government efforts at resolving the chieftaincy dispute over the selection of the right ...
Ahead of the July 14 Governorship election in Edo State, over 1,500 Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) members in Iguobazuwa, Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State, at the weekend dumped the party for the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)....
17 graduates of law from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt, have petitioned the State House of Assembly over the refusal of the authorities of the university to release their certificates 13 years after their ...
Alhaji Saidu Dakingari, Kebbi Governor-elect, has said that the fresh mandate he received in Saturday’s election was an indication of his acceptance by the people of Kebbi. Malam Alhassan Musa, the Media Adviser ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Kebbi State Governor-elect, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari of PDP , on his overwhelming victory in Saturday's re-run governorship election. The congratulatory message is contained in a press statement issue...
The Ohimege of Koton Karfe town in Kogi, Alhaji Shaibu Lafia, has died at the age of 100 years. The foremost traditional ruler, who ascended the throne in 1970, died on Saturday night at Koton Karfe. Gov. Idris Wada described the traditional ruler'...
Unknown gunmen on Sunday shot dead Mr Wanasgu Kachuwa, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Chibok Local Government Council (LGC) in Borno. Kachuwa was shot at his State Low Cost residence in Maiduguri. Residents told newsmen that th...
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) says it has trained more than 12 million Nigerians in its mandate to generate a pool of highly trained work force for the key sectors of the economy. Speaking at the 23rd Enugu International Trade Fair on Sunday,...
The Federal Government is dissatisfied with the training of ex-militants by multinational oil companies, an official said on Sunday in Lagos. Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Matters, said th...
Some communities in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have not been immunised in the last three years, a WHO consultant has said. The consultant, Emmanuel Katuga, who is in charge of Gamawa, Zaki and Gadau, said the development was due to ne...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has accepted defeat in Saturday’s re-run governorship election and blamed its poor performance on intra-party crisis. ``The CPC has no problem with the result and shall not contest it in any c...