The Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force Hafiz Ringim, on Tuesday morning, handed his resignation letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. An inside source told LEADERSHIP that Ringim had made several attempts to hand in his resignation on Mond...
Chairman, Lagos Zone of Petroleum, Natural Gas, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN), Comrade Folorunso Oginni, has explained why the union did not shut down oil operations as it threatened. He said that Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and T...
President Goodluck Jonathan this morning announced that the Federal Government has reduced the price of petrol from N141 to N97, just as he directed the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to ensure that petroleum marketers comply with...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja led leaders of the National Assembly, the judiciary and the military to mark the 2012 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual ceremony at the National Cenotap...
Former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Sardaunan Kano) has urged Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso to follow the path of honor and settle all his entitlements as provided by the state’s law on Pension Rights of Governor and Deputy...
The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has debunked a rumour in the social media that Muslims are planning a total massacre of Christians residing in the Northern part of the country, describing the rumour as baseless and an evil imagination of some...
A Group of Muslims under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Kano has visited some churches in the state to assure adherents of the Christian faith that all Muslims in the state have resolved to live in peace with their Christian brethren. The convener ...
As the nationwide strike action called by organised labour and its civil society allies against the removal of fuel subsidy enters its third day, commercial activities remained grounded across most states of the federation. Also, pockets of violence ha...
With curfew already imposed on three states of the federation, a rising death toll and the shutdown of the economy; an alarmed Senate, worried by the turn of events, yesterday rose from an executive session with a mandate that its leadership urgently m...
As the nationwide strike action called by organised labour and its civil society allies against the removal of fuel subsidy enters its second day, commercial activities remained grounded across most states of the federation. Here’s the situation ...
As Nigerians across the nation protest over the removal of fuel subsidy, we bring you reports from various states of the federation. Enugu By Nnamdi Mbawike, Enugu. The Nigerian Labour Congress, Enugu State chapter yesterday failed to mobilize the orga...
Labour has made good its threat by shutting down government and private offices, businesses, markets and other ventures. All across the nation, there are pockets of protests, with violence reported in some areas. What is the situation in your area? Sen...
The House of Representatives yesterday voted for the immediate suspension of fuel subsidy removal, but organised labour has insisted that its planned strike action, rallies and mass protests will continue nationwide today. To make good its threat, labo...
The federal government yesterday secured an order of the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking or compelling workers to embark on strike action ...
Barely two weeks after some explosives detonated in Mubi, a commercial town in Adamawa State, unknown gunmen struck again, killing over 13 people and injuring others in different attacks. An eyewitness told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND that the first incident to...