The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), on Thursday said the incessant fuel queues in the country were a result of panic buying due to deliberate misinformation. Alhaji Sanusi Abdulkarim, the Kaduna Refinery and P...
The U.S. authorities on Thursday arrested a suspected terrorist, a member of al Qaeda group, who was attempting to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City's Financial District. According to local media, the suspect Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul...
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has described Nigeria’s debt profile of 44 billion dollars as clog in the wheel of economic growth. Mr Goodie Ibru, the President of the LCCI, made the observation during an interview with t...
There was pandemonium on Wednesday night in Bauchi as explosions rocked Unguwar Zango, Gudun Hausawa quarters and Government Day Secondary school Kofar Wambai Bauchi. Confirming the incident to LEADERSHIP on phone, the state commissioner of police Muha...
A new project launched today by the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the German Government will seek to eradicate hunger in West Africa by increasing engagement and political commitment in the region. Th...
The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today to elect five non-permanent members to the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2013. At UN Headquarters in New York, the 193-member Assembly will conduct the election by...
ASHTON Kutcher has topped a new list of the best paid TV stars with a whacking £15 million paycheck. The majority of the massive fortune – earned between May 2011 and May 2012 – comes from his role in hit sitcom Two And A Half ...
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted bail to one Charles Okafor, charged with hijacking an oil vessel. The judge granted Okafor bail in the sum of two million naira with one surety in like sum. A...
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has dropped from over three per cent to two per cent in Katsina State, the Executive Secretary of the Katsina State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA), Dr Muntari Hassan, has revealed. Hassan made the revelati...
Two United Nations agencies today launched a new initiative called ‘m-Health’ to use mobile technology, particularly text messaging and applications, to help tackle non-communicable illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease...
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday pay a working visit to Niamey, Niger Republic, for a scheduled meeting of the High Authority of the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the Specia...
With polls suggesting women voters were shifting their support to Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama made an aggressive pitch to them on Tuesday that yielded awkward moments for the Republican and a favourite new catch phrase on social media. Obama hi...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday expressed concern over the outright looting of public funds by some Nigerians. Jonathan expressed the concern while swearing in the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences ...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday in Abuja warned petroleum products marketers against diverting and hoarding the products. Mr Fidel Pepple, acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, gave the warni...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained on the upbeat on Wednesday as the market indices grew by 0.31 per cent The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index appreciated by 84.51 points or 0.31 per cent to close at...