Mr. Sikiru Shehu is Registrar/Chief Executive of Computer Professionals’ Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), the federal government agency that regulates the practice of information technology (IT). In this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, Shehu, ...
He was ‘soft’ looking, very harmless in disposition, but Senator Gyang Dalyop Dantog was one of the few senators who bestrode the Senate chambers with so much gait and candour. Behind that facade is bullet. He was a strong-willed representa...
Party agents, combined team of soldiers and Policemen took over the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as non-sensitive materials are conveyed to all the 18 local government areas of Edo State amid tight security. LEADERSHIP ...
The Rivers state Police command have commenced a manhunt of the driver of the ill-fated petrol tanker that burst into flames and claimed the lives of over 100 persons in Ula-Okogbe in Ahoada West local government area of Rivers state on Thursday. The P...
President Goodluck Jonathan will today arrive Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital to attend the 19th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly holding at the AU headquarters from 15-16 July 2012. The Summit with the theme ‘Boosting Intra-A...
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) works towards the 2015 elections, it has been advised to ignore any political party that does not have the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism. This was the view of experts at a roundta...
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchukwu Chukwu, has said that the country has learnt some lessons on why its campaign for polio eradication did not succeed in the past, pointing out that the observed mistakes have now been corrected. Prof. Chukwu ...
The governor of Niger state, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, will next Wednesday inaugurate a 76-member peace building committee aimed at building servant/leadership virtues, arbitration and dispute resolution to enhance peace in the state. In a...
Tension loomed yesterday night as some unscrupulous politicians bought election voter’s cards between N40,000 and N30,000 from the electorates depriving them of exercising their right by voting for candidates of their choice. Those who spok...
South-East caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has heavily criticised the governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, over the sack of council chairmen in the state, describing his action as a mark of lawlessness. Col. Austin Akobundu...
With less than 24 hours to Edo Governorship Election, activities in the ancient Benin City were yesterday heightened as thousands of persons were seen in different groups discussing theissue of today’s election. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND investigation r...
President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised to henceforth treat the activities of the Boko Haram Islamic sect as treason, and as a result, apply relevant laws on its members and their sponsors. This was contained in a communiqué signed by elders from...
Justice Rowland Amaize of Federal High Court 2, Benin, Edo State fixed September 17, 2012 for judgment in the libel suit between Arik Air and The Punch newspapers. The airline had dragged the newspaper to court and filed a N20 billion suit as a result ...
Two men, Umar Garba and Abubakar Mohammed, were on Friday remanded in prison custody by an Ilorin Magistrates' Court for killing one Umar Sidi and setting his body and motorcycle ablaze. The accused were said to have committed the offence with nine...
The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission ( NCPC) on Friday in Abuja announced the 2012 fares to Israel, Greece and Rome with about 15 per cent increase over the 2011 rate. Speaking with newsmen, NCPC’s Executive Secretary John-Kennedy...