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Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended on a positive note on Thursday after three consecutive days of decline. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation rose by N55 billion or 0.65 per cent to close at N8...
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to uplift Nigerians' living standard by adhering to the right policies. The party's Deputy National Secretary, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla made the cal...
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a gay-rights group, has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate an onslaught of anti-Obama text messages. The group said the unsolicited messages, which reached an unknown number of people Tuesd...
An Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Life Camp on Thursday ordered Ifeanyi Ogbonna, a lawyer, to be remanded in prison for alleged criminal breach of trust and threat to life. Ogbonna was arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal brea...
President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his appointment as the Country Representative for Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Dr Reuben Ab...
As increasing sea banditry threatens vital maritime economic activity and national security, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), backed by its Joint Task Force (JTF) kick-off a powerful, all-out offensive to check these dan...
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, in this interview with TAIWO OGUNMOLA, says both the leaders and the led share in the blame for the rot in our society. He also contends that his party gained some positives in the r...
Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor Nsima Ekere on Wednesday resigned his position, a statement said in Uyo. The statement, issued by the Deputy Governor’s Press Secretary, Mr Inem Ina, said Ekere resigned on personal grounds. It said Ekere exp...
The union leaders of Power Holdings Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have began to mobilise its workers to disrupt attempts by investors who want to take over the company. This was disclosed in a telephone interview by the President of the Senior Staff Associ...
Wife of the Oyo State Governor Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, has attributed the rumour of her purported arrest in London, United Kingdom, to the handiwork of mischief makers who are playing dirty politics to tarnish her reputation, which she has kept as the w...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday reacted to the statement of President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday on the fight against corruption which involved some governors and subsidy thieves. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, the N...
The Presidential Task Force on Petroleum Sector Reforms led by Mr. Nuhu Ribadu has uncovered the failure of government to meet up with its financial obligations to its joint venture partners. The task force also discovered that the estimated cumulative...
As the Presidency promises to track down and prosecute all indicted oil marketers, there are reports that President Goodluck Jonathan has shunned attempts by some marketers to meet him, even as he was said to have warned his aides against dealing with ...
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, yesterday, accused governors of denigrating the image of President Goodluck Jonathan and lamented that there was inadequate Federal Government presence in the states. Maku who stated this at the Banquet Ha...
Despite the worrisome level of insecurity in Nigeria and the north in particular, corps members serving in Sokoto State have said the hospitality of the people makes the region a good place to serve. Most of them said they contemplated giving up the Na...