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Telecommunications operators and service providers in the country are planning to introduce discriminatory tariffs based on tax regimes and operating environments in different states. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, the Chairman of Association of licensed Tel...
Chief Afe Babalola on Saturday disagreed with the National Assembly (NASS) on the process of amending the Nigerian Constitution, saying the problem with the constitution could not be solved by ``mere amendments``. The National Assembly is currently car...
Mr Ayo Opadokun, the General Secretary of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), on Friday urged the Federal Government not to allow the Boko Haram group to dictate the pace of peace talks. He gave the advice in Lagos during the 11th Annual Leadership...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Friday restated the Federal Government's resolve to alleviate the sufferings of the victims of natural disasters. He gave the assurance in Buanchor, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River, after conducting an asses...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, says that the Federal Government will implement the White Paper on the reports of the task forces set up on the petroleum industry. The minister gave the assurance in Abuja on Friday duri...
As the presidential election in the United States remain just three days, both candidates, the incumbent President Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney have done everything possible to make their agenda acceptable to the people. They have also done everything...
The opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has described as untrue and deceptive, reports suggesting that its presidential candidate in the last general elections, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari will mediate in the proposed parley between the...
Soldiers allegedly shot dead dozens of young men during raids in Maiduguri, Borno State residents and a morgue worker told Agency France Presse (AFP). The reported military operations targeted four neighbourhoods of Maiduguri, the epicentre of an insur...
Edo State government has suspended the recruitment exercise undertaken by the state Post-Primary Education Board (PPEB). In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Peter Okhiria, the government noted that “preliminary invest...
Two men, Mohammed Abbas and Danlami Musa have been sentenced to four months imprisonment by a Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court, for stealing fishing nets and aluminium coated roofing sheet worth N94,000. Delivering judgement in Lokoja, Chief Magistrate Le...
Coalition of New Nigeria (CNN), an umbrella body of opposition political parties in Katsina State, has chided the state government for building a house to the governor of Niamey Region in Niger Republic, describing the gesture as a misplacement of prio...
A public analyst and social commentator, Ahmadu Buba, has cautioned the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed on the planned transfer of powers and responsibilities of the Directors of Boards. Buba, who addressed journa...
Men of the Rivers State Police Command and the Anti-kidnapping Unit (AKU) of 2 Amphibious Brigade, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, in early hours of yesterday, killed seven suspected members of a criminal gang that specialises in kidnapping and armed rob...
The Katsina State government has set December 2012 as deadline to halt the transmission of poliomyelitis in the state. Commissioner forHealth, Alhaji Garba Yammama,told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND that Katsina still leads in poliomyelitis infection in the count...
In a letter made available to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND The SUG stated in clear terms that “we the student union government representatives were not duly consulted before such a decision was taken.” The letter signed by Nanlop Maya and Lucky P. Di...