The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has emphasised the need for the Federal Government to restructure the nation’s petroleum industry for better service delivery. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary of the party, Mr Em...
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on “the International Anticorruption Conference (IACC) holding its 15th session next week in Brazil to withdraw any invitation for the participation of Nig...
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Kaduna state governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa have condemned Sunday's suicide bomb attack on a Catholic Church in Kaduna. "The President, who was extremely saddened by the explosion, described it as barbaric, ...
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Sunday celebrated its 60 millionth customer in Africa. Airtel, which recently moved up one notch in global rankings to...
Africa loses one million tonnes of fish per year due to overfishing and bad governance in the fisheries sector. The continent's losses account for one-tenth of annual global losses, said Sumaila Rashid, Director of the Fisheries Centre at the Unive...
The United Nations High Level Taskforce on women, girls, gender equality and HIV for Eastern and Southern Africa has called for accelerated effort in protecting the rights and wellbeing of young girls. The taskforce concluded its one-week high-le...
Argument will be heard this week on a decision by South Africa to grant refugee status to former Rwandan army chief of staff and suspected war criminal, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa. The application to the High Court in Pretoria was brought by the C...
Commuters in different areas of the Kaduna metropolis were on Sunday stranded, following the bombing of St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Angwar Yero, Bardarawa area of Malali, Kaduna, earlier in the day. Many drivers of commercial vehicles scam...
The Kaduna State Government on Sunday called for calm and urged the people to ignore rumours of reprisal attacks for the church bombing earlier in the day. In a statement in Kaduna, Mr Reuben Buhari, the Senior Special Assistant (Media) to Governor Pat...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it generated N3.81 trillion as revenue in nine months. The FIRS made the claim on Sunday in Abuja via a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Obeta, its Director of Communications. ``With this amount, the F...
Some traders in Lagos State have commended the state government for banning commercial motorcycles, popularly called ``Okada'', in the state, saying that it will reduce road accidents to the barest minimum. The traders, who spoke with the ...
More than 300 persons displaced by flood in coastal communities such as Oko, near Asaba, in Delta, have resisted Delta Government’s attempts to relocate them to flood victims’ camps in Asaba. The people, who are taking refuge at some unaffe...
More than 200 hectares of rice farms have been destroyed by flood in four communities of Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo. Mr Killian Onuobi, the Secretary of Osomegbe Rice Farmers Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ekperi...
Lionel Messi took his senior career goals tally to 301 as he scored twice in Barcelona's 5-0 victory at Rayo Vallecano, which put them three points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday. The World Player of the Year got Barca's second just af...
A suicide bomber has attacked St. Rita Catholic Church in Malali area of Kaduna metropolis. The attack which seriously injured the Reverend father in the church occurred around 10:45 AM during mass. LEADERSHIP gathered that the bomber approached th...