The deputy governor of Taraba State Alhaji Sani Abubaka Danladi yesterday confirmed that he received an impeachment notice from the state House of Assembly, stating that he is working round the clock to reply the allegations leveled against...
The senator representing Plateau southern senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Senator Victor Lar has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for directing presidential intervention for the construction of roads and bridges following the flood that ...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has officially commenced the establishment of state offices with the official commissioning of its Benue State office in Makurdi, the state capital. Deputy Director, Public Affairs and Communications of the c...
The first governor of Plateau State and former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Solomon Lar, says he has forgiven General Muhammadu Buhari who imprisoned him when he overthrew the Second Republic in 1984. The elder statesman said this...
Nasarawa State Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura is undertaking a total turnaround maintenance of the street lights in Lafia, the state capital, to make them functional. The acting General Manager of Nasarawa State Urban Development Board (NUDB), Engineer ...
Nigeria spends trillions of naira in the importation of both foodstuff and technology. In this interview with NKECHI ISAAC, the acting director of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Engr. Mohammed Haruna, says that...
The new N5,000 note just approved by President Goodluck Jonathan will end the use of $100 notes now in vogue among looters, industrialist-businessman Atedo Peterside told journalists yesterday while supporting the introduction of the new currency...
Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako has been allegedly fingered in the arrest and detention of the Deputy Speaker of Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Kwamoti Laori. The police on Monday arrested Hon. Laori over the Ngbalang crises in Numan Local ...
Palpable tension yesterday enveloped workers at the Head of Service unit, Asaba, Delta State following the discovery of a bomb left in a carton and wrapped in different colours of tread at the premises. The workers, many of whom wearing long face...
The Estu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar has been presented with the award of Icon of Peace and Unity by the National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS) Joint Campus Committee of Niger State. The award according to the release issued by the associatio...
The Federal Government has for the second time, decided to mark the Independence Day Anniversary of the Country in a low key. This time, it is not because it is wary of bomb attacks by the Boko Haram sect, which has been waging a relentless...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal yesterday dismissed the petition of the Congress for Progressive Change(CPC) challenging the 2012 Governorship rerun election in Kebbi State. Delivering the verdict, the tribunal judge, Justice Danlami Sambo ...
Activities at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was yesterday paralysed as workers of the hospital embarked on strike following the implementation of the non skipping of CONTISS/CONHESS10 by the management of the hospital. Addressing newsmen at th...
The Bakassi Peoples Assembly (BPA), led by Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to urgently resolve the resettlement of the Bakassi people to Day Spring 1&2 and Kwa Islands. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Ita-Giwa said &...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno saying it raided the residence of the key Boko Haram commander in Maiduguri on Monday recovering a lot of items. In a statement signed and made available to LEADERSHIP by the JTF Spokesman, Lt Col Sagir Musa, the for...