Apparently complying with a ministerial directive that open “man-holes” that dot Federal Roads in Lagos should be closed “without further delay,” the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has commenced the closure of th...
The chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Hon. Micah Jiba has called on traders at the Karu market to be patient with the council that the ultramodern market would be completed within the shortest time. The Supervisory Councilor on Special Du...
Health services are gradually being restored in Lagos State hospitals as some 373 newly-recruited doctors have started assuming duty. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited some hospitals in the state on Thursday confirmed that some o...
The National Judicial Council has unanimously agreed to pardon the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami. LEADERSHIP gathered that the council will send a letter to President Jonathan, to reinstate him as the President of t...
Mr Odein Ajumogobia, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday advised the Federal Government to develop the transport to become the backbone of the economy. Ajumogobia made the plea in a keynote address in Lagos at the launch of a ...
The remains of Olaitan Oyerinde, the Personal Secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomole of Edo, was laid to rest on Thursday in Ede, Osun, amidst tears and eulogies. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyerinde was murde...
Mr Joseph Stafford, outgoing Consul-General of the U.S. Consulate in Lagos, said on Thursday that Nigerian youths had the capacity to contribute to the country’s overall development. Stafford told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the past tw...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped in volume and value terms on Thursday as a total of 323.36 million shares worth N2.23 billion were traded in 4,247 deals. This was against the 483.89 million shares valued at N3. 82 billio...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has called on political stakeholders in the state to view security of lives and property of the citizenry with `sobriety.’ Oshiomhole made the call during the launching of the N10 billion, Edo State Security App...
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday advised African leaders not to see leadership as way of making themselves the most powerful individuals in their countries. Jonathan gave the advise in Addis Ababa when he featured as a discussant on the t...
A 21-year-old restaurant attendant charged with alleged murder of a customer over N10 change was ordered remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). The accused, Bright Effiong, who was first arraig...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday said there was no plan by the Muslims in Nigeria to Islamise the country by force. Abubakar made the statement in Abuja at the 2012 national symposium of Nasrul-lahil-l- fatih Society of Ni...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation yesterday unanimously endorsed the plan by the federal government to increase electricity tariff across the country by June this year. This was also the decision taken at the National Economic Council (NEC) ...
An Abuja High Court on Thursday granted the request of the EFCC to arraign Herman Hembe, the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Other Financial Institutions. Justice Abubakar Umar also granted permission to ...
Alhaji Kabir Mashi, Acting Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has urged tax professionals to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda aimed at wealth creation and employment. Mashi made the call on Thursday in Abu...