Barely 24 hours after the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) declared that the Christian Community was fast losing confidence in federal government’s ability to protect Christians’ rights to religious liberties and life, President Goodl...
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April 16, 2011 election, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has said that he will not be part of the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, rejecting the olive branch extended to him...
After a long and anxious wait, the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and affirmed the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice Namadi Sambo in the April 16,2011 presidential electi...
Rampaging lending rates appear to have slowed following the closure of most businesses in the country. Pressure was also taken off liquidity following the closure of the foreign exchange (forex) official market last week. All the tenured inter-bank rat...
Following the terrorist activities of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, groups under the aegis of the Arewa Civil Societies Forum (ASCF) has called for the sack of security chiefs in the country, for their failure to protect the life and property of the Nig...
I want to assure all Nigerians that there is no conflict between Christians and Muslims, between Islam and Christianity. It is a conflict between evil people and good people and the good people are more than the evil doers. The good people must come to...
Lack of cooperation from state governors has become a major barrier in the training of about 900 seafarers for a period of four years in overseas universities, LEADERSHIP can authoritatively reveal. Twenty-five seafarers from each state are supposed to...
The Supreme Court will today deliver its judgment in the appeal by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) against the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan and his de...
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has struck out the name of former chief executive officer (CEO) of Oceanic Bank International Plc, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, from its register of members. According ...
A housewife, Mrs. Chioma Dike, yesterday narrated how the preparation of a special meal saved her from being killed with her husband and three children during the Christmas Day bomb blast at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, near Suleja. Vi...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said that he has been deeply saddened by the bombings and other acts of violence on Christmas Day leading to the loss of many lives. He expressed his profound and heartfelt sympathies to the families of those wh...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has ascribed the unfortunate series of bombings in the country to the effects of corruption.Kukah state this yesterday in Sokoto during an interview with LEADERSHIP. He said, “In...
As security remains tight in Suleja, Niger State following the Christmas Day bomb blast, facts are emerging as to why the Boko Haram sect always chooses Suleja as its target even when the state capital, Minna, and other major cities in the state remain...
President of the Amalgamated Traders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Bature Abdul-Aziz, has urged the federal government to come up with a deliberate policy that would give indigenous businessmen adequate protection in view of the prevailing domin...
One of the parishioners at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, near Suleja, Niger State, Mr. Patrick Okpalla, has described the Christmas Day bombing in the church as unprecedented, saying he only escaped death through divine intervention. ...