As economies across the world tackle the aftermath of the global economic crisis, international rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has attributed growth in financial system in sub-Saharan Africa to the ongoing reforms in Nige...
The heavy presence of security personnel around the Kaduna Prison was aimed at protecting the prison from a possible attack by members of the Boko Haram sect, according to an intelligence report exclusively revealed to LEADERSHIP. The report revealed t...
A 48- year- old roadside roasted yam seller, Mrs.Titilayo Akogun yesterday sustained a serious head injury in a ghastly auto crash along with her daughter, Busayo Akogun, 28, who later died in hospital as a result of the injuries she sustained in...
Indications emerged last night that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had given certain conditions to the suspended President, Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Salami, before he could be reinstated. Salami was suspended by the NJC on August 18, 201...
The federal government yesterday gave the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force 60 days to sanitise oil deals in the upstream and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry. This was among the terms of reference given to the tas...
Hundreds of women and youths on Monday, staged a two-hour protest in Kaura local government area of Kaduna state, following the killing of six villagers by unknown Gunmen in two separate communities in the state. The protesters were demanding an end to...
Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori has pleaded guilty to a 10 counts bordering on money laundering in his London trial. Ibori pleaded guilty to 7 indictments (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, and 11) in Trial One, and 3 indictments (1, 2 and 3) in Trial ...
A survivor of yesterday’s suicide bombing in the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) headquarters, Jos, Mr Appolos Damburam, has revealed how two suicide bombers dressed in army uniform carried out their deadly mission in an exo...
The chief executive officer of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, has refused to be drawn into commenting on the issue of alleged fraud rocking Mainstreet Bank. Chike-Obi finally responded to LEADERSHIP’s...
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a major church Sunday, killing three people and wounding 38 others in a restive central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethnic violence. The explosion struck the main headq...
Sen. Liyel Imoke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday emerged winner of Saturday’s governorship poll in Cross River, with 451,544 votes to beat 11 other contestants. Imoke, the immediate past governor of the state, got an overwhelming ...
Contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, which mandates the third tier of government, otherwise referred to as the local government areas, with a definite term for its elected officials, findings by LEADERSHIP SUNDAY have indicat...
The attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has assured of his support to the Nigerian Bar Association’s initiative to investigate and expose some retired judges, serving judicial officers and se...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela successfully underwent hernia surgery yesterday, a family member told CNN yesterday. Mandela was "comfortable" and in "a satisfactory condition" Saturday, said the current South Af...
No fewer than ten people had been killed following Friday night's attack on the Gombe Divisional Police station by unknown gunmen. The state Commissioner of Police , Mr. Orubebe Ebikeme who confirmed this in a telephone interview ...