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As the Oyo State command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) commences aggressive public enlightenment programme to ensure safety of lives on the roads in the ember months, it has been revealed that not less than 49 people including pregnant w...
The use of illicit drugs by drivers has been identified as the major factor responsible for 80 per cent of road accidents on the nation’s roads. The Director General of National Agency for&nbs...
Chairman, of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTFT), Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, disclosed, yesterday, that over 700 deceased pensioners have been cleared to have their benefits paid to their next of kin. He explained that to arrive at this ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has been listed among first 38 Heads of State that will speak at the general debate of the UN General Assembly commencing on Sept. 25. In a provisional list of speakers for the General Assembly 67th ses...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says world leaders will have wide range of pressing global challenges to tackle at the General Assembly 67th session in New York on Sept. 25. No fewer than 120 world leaders are expected to take part in the general...
The Nasarawa State Government has donated 33 Toyota vans worth more than N300 million to the Police Command in the state. Gov. Tanko Al-Makura, said while making the presentation that the gesture would assist the police toward mak...
The Peoples` Democratic Party (PDP) says it will set up zonal reconciliation committees to ensure that aggrieved party members return to the fold. This is contained in a statement signed by the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tuku...
Hon. Saidu Adamu is the Kaduna State Commissioner for Information and Home Affairs. In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he affirms that the state government is making effort to address salary irregularities in the state. He explains why the state g...
LEADERSHIP investigation has revealed that the withdrawal of the national honour awarded to the Taraba State deputy governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, by President Goodluck Jonathan may not be unconnected with the impeachment notice hanging on the...
Fulani cattle breeders and Tiv farmers from Benue State yesterday held a peace summit in Abuja to end the protracted conflict between them. The summit, which was organised by the Women Environmental Programme (WEP), brought together critical stakeholde...
A bill that seeks to put in place harsher punishment for companies responsible for oil spillage in the country scaled second reading at the Senate yesterday even as Nigeria will lose over $4 billion as a result of the Bonga oil spill. This was revealed...
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, yesterday, in Abuja said that the “LEADERSHIP Person of the Year 2011 Award” conferred on Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), by LEADERSHIP Group, it was well deserved....
Niger State Governor, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has described as unacceptable, the N350 million monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) recorded by the state’s Board of Internal Revenue. This, he said, was against a monthly revenue target ...
All is now set for the public presentation of Blueprint newspaper today. The event scheduled to take place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre is billed to mark the first anniversary of the newspaper which hit the street as a daily publication on S...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yesterday, survived moves by some federal lawmakers to rally other members to pass a vote of no confidence on the former’s reign as Speaker, LEADERSHIP reports. Wednesday’s dev...