Contrary to reports in a section of the Nigerian media, the management of First Bank of Nigeria Plc has said some of its branches in Edo State were shut to uphold the rule of law and not on any tax issue with the state government. The bank, which regre...
Although the conditions in the camps for flood victims are still deplorable, some state governments have received their share of the Federal Government’s intervention funds. Some of the victims are also returning to their homes, which they abando...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it plans to accelerate the deployment of robust broadband services across the country to enhance communication among the people. This was disclosed in Nwagele and Aboh Mbaise in Imo State on Friday at t...
Elders from the Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State yesterday rose from a closed door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, debunking speculations that Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi orchestrated their protest over the boundary dispute between ...
Chairman, House Committee on Works in the House of Representative, Hon. Ora Ozomgbauchi, says Nigeria will need over a trillion naira to fix its roads. The lawmaker, who represents Ezeagu/Udi federal constituency of Enugu State told LEADERSHIP SUNDAY i...
The Plateau State government has said the steps it had taken would not allow the state to be thrown into crisis again. It however accused some leaders of introducing religion into the crisis for pecuniary gains. In an interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday assured Nigerians of his preparedness to support ideas that would make the country stronger and united. Jonathan, who stated this while hoisting the national, state and games’ flags to kick off th...
The Plateau State police command has said it had arrested three criminals suspected to be members of a killer-gang terrorising residents of Bokkos Local Government Area The suspects were arrested with arms including three locally made pistols, 32 cartr...
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Fika/ Fune federal constituency of Yobe State, Hon. Ismaila Ahmed Gadaka (Yariman Gudi), has claimed that there is no single federal project executed in the state since President Goodluck Jonathan ...
The Kaduna State Government on Saturday expressed concern on the reported outbreak of a rice disease, known as rice blast, in some parts of the state. Officials of the the Kaduna Agricultural Development Project (KADP) are already expressing fear that ...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said work was at advanced stage toward transforming the Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange into a world class exchange. Jonathan made the statement in Lagos at the opening of the 2012 Lagos International T...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Oyebuchi Chukwu has again harped on the need for the private sector contribution to the realisation of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) by the year 2015. Chukwu said this on Saturday in Abuja at the 16th Annual ...
Barely five days after fire gutted a 5-storey building, fire has razed another three-storey building at Breadfruit Street on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with one person killed in the inferno. The fire started Friday around 2.00 pm at 46 Bre...
The Federal Government with Kano State Government has inaugurated an ultra-modern Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis treatment centre in Kano, a statement said. The statement was issued by Malam Halilu Dantiye, the Director of Press and Public Relations...
The Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) on Friday urged government to hasten the design and construction of Mambilla and Katsina-Ala hydropower dams as a measure to control floods in the areas. Alhaji Mustapha Shehu, President of NSE, made the pos...