Kaduna State Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa has kicked against speculations of his ambition to run for the presidency or governorship election in 2015, saying they were the handiwork of mischief-makers. Governor Yakowa, who stated this while fielding ...
President Goodluck Jonathan and Ghanaian president, John Dramani Mahama yesterday engaged themselves In a closed door meeting yesterday over what may have appeared to be a meeting bordering on security and the Nigeria’s economy. Jonat...
Tuesday’s bomb blast in Bauchi was targeted at Glo and Airtel telecommunications companies, the police said. Addressing the press yesterday in Bauchi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command ASP Hassan Mohammed Auyo, expla...
Off the political radar for some time, former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, signals in this interview with LOUIS ACHI, that the politics of a new Nigeria needs his input at different critical levels. He clarifies his conception of governan...
The family of the murdered Cynthia Osokogu arrived Lagos yesterday to take possession of her body preparatory to her burial slated for today. The burial, according to a source, will take place in her hometown, Bebe, in Ovia Agbor Area of Delta State. A...
The Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday directed all state commissioners of Police to set up special units to safeguard telecommunication installations across the country. He also ordered a 24-hour surveillance of all the ins...
Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon, Governor of Lagos State Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Joseph Sanusi and other associates were yesterday in Lagos State, to pay their last respect for the form...
Akwa Ibom State Governor Chief Godswill Akpabio has described Nigerians calling for the reintroduction of offshore/onshore oil dichotomy in the derivation formula as unpatriotic. He has also warned that such agitation could be laying a foundation...
A huge tree uprooted by a rainstorm crushed the car being driven by the legal adviser to the Niger State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Barrister Joseph Kolo, killing him at once. LEADERSHIP gathered that the legal adviser ...
A lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon. Muhammadu Bello Matawalle and other opposition politicians in Zamfara State have given the state government a two week ultimatum to rescind its decision to sack 15, 000 of its workers or face legal...
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), in collaboration with Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions, has organised a module training and strategy, planning and management (SPM) for rectors and principal staff of polytechnics across...
Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun will on Monday, September 10, deliver the 2012 Press Week lecture of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists {NUJ}, Oyo State. The governor will be speaking on “Military In...
The Tin Can Island Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service said it generated N18.4 billion revenue in Aug. 2012. This was against the N17.3 billion revenue recorded in July. Mr Chris Osunkwo, the Public Relations Officer of the command, told the ...
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Thursday in Lafia, said that two airports would soon be built in the state as part of his administration's transformation agenda. Al-Makura made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen after undert...
Dana Air office at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has reopened for business, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The reopening of the office followed the lifting of the suspension clamped on the airline by the Federal Government...