In view of the ongoing controversy surrounding the proposed removal of fuel subsidy, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday directed all Nigerians to get ready for an imminent showdown against policies of the federal government that are further wo...
The stage is set for a showdown between governors and the House of Representatives. The latter has moved to amend the constitution to grant local government councils in the country financial autonomy. Over the years, there has been a constant clamour f...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) joined issues with the universities yesterday as the controversy about the conduct of Post-Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations by institutions in Nigeria rages on. Both institutions held diff...
Elder statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, has blamed the nagging security lapses in the country on the inability of the Federal Government to take adequate care of security agencies, particularly the police. Alhaji Sule, who was onetime Nigeria&rsquo...
A mild drama ensued yesterday before the Code Conduct Tribunal (CCT) when the lawyer to former Governor of Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), canvassed fierce argument that his client would not enter the do...
The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that although the federal government has the right to institute the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), states should be given the latitude to access ...
The failure of the minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to honour the invitation of the House of Representatives investigative hearing committee on the alleged non-remittance of N450 billion by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
Following the one-week warning to all Muslim communities resident in the Niger Delta to vacate the land by a Warri-based group known as Egbesu Mightier Fraternity, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) yesterday called on the federal government to, as ...
The National Assembly has moved to forestall the industrial action planned by academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions in the country.Already, a bill seeking to amend the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 199...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, yesterday reserved its judgment in a petition by former Nasarawa State Governor Aliyu Doma of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the election of Governor Umaru&n...
President Goodluck Jonathan is lobbying principal officers of the National Assembly to provide soft landing for his contentious plan to remove subsidy on petroleum products, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY has learnt. A source who does not want his name in print tol...
Heavy torrential rains that lasted hours in the Lagos metropolis yesterday coupled with the overflow of Ogun River appeared to have aggravated the flooding situation in the state.Despite the restriction of movement in the state to give room...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members, yesterday killed a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Maiduguri, Zakaria Isa.LEADERSHIP SUNDAY learnt that the reporter was killed by the gunmen while he was sitting outside his house in ...
Local government and House of Representatives bye-elections in Lagos and Gombe states respectively recorded low turnout yesterday.The exercise was generally peaceful devoid of rancour and violence that charaterised elections in the country.Voting howev...
As a direct aftermath of the 2011 general elections that exposed the widening political divide between northern Nigeria’s dominant tribe and its minorities, particularly Christian minorities, the Arewa Consultative Forum is now making frantic eff...