The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, said on Tuesday that the contract for the completion and rehabilitation of the 274km Itakpe-Ajeokuta-Warri Standard Gauge Railway was progressing. Umar made the fact known to newsmen in Abuja at the official ...
The UN Development programme (UNDP) on Tuesday raised concerns over the increasing rate of poverty and unemployment in Nigeria. DaoudaToure, the Resident Representative of UNDP, made the observation in Abuja at the 53rd Annual conference of the Nigeria...
The Caretaker Committee of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kano State plans to undertake a reconciliation tour of the 44 local government areas, the Chairman, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said. Abubakar announced the plan in Kano on Tuesd...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday lauded the efforts by security agents to check terrorists and their activities in the country. ``The security agents have put in a lot so far toward checking the activities of the terrorists, government will...
The Ahamdu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, has appointed LEADERSHIP as the official newspaper of her golden jubilee anniversary. The university communicated the appointment to LEADERSHIP in a letter from the office of the Vice Chancellor, Pro...
The Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Chime, is not a state chief executive who likes to blow his own trumpet; rather, he prefers his achievements to speak for him. But in this interview with James Ume, the govenor says his administration is ...
No fewer than 14 persons, including two children, lost their lives in two separate auto crashes in Bauchi and Ogun states yesterday. In Obada Oko area, few kilometers to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, 11 persons, including two children were sent to ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has declare open a three-day meeting of eminent Nigerians for an indepth talk on insecurity in the country. The event will be held at the Unity Hall of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Ku...
Barely 48 hours after the deadly flood said to be the worst in over 50 years that hit Adamawa, Niger and Katsina States respectively as a result of excess water the Ladgo Dam in the Republic of Cameroon, claiming over 15 lives, governors of the frontli...
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and leader of the ANPP caucus, Hon. Suleiman Kawu, has condemned the denial of commercial permission to three airlines by the Ministry of Aviation, accusing the minister, Stella Oduah, of pursu...
The Comptroller-General of Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde, has slammed damages of one billion naira against the publisher of Shipping World Magazine, Asu Beks for allegedly defaming his character through some unguarded utterances he made ...
Anambra’s Gov. Peter Obi has urged politicians to play politics of economic development and job creation to improve the living standards of Nigerians. Obi said this on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra while taking federal and state lawmakers from Anam...
In the bid to check insecurity in Nigeria, the Barrack Obama-led administration in the United States has promised to assist Nigeria develop a more balanced security strategy to counter Boko Haram, an Islami Sect which takes into account the legitimate ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is discussing its proposed currency restructuring policy with the Senate. Mr Ugochukwu Okoraofor , the CBN Director of Corporate Communications, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
Sen. Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, (PDP Kogi Central Senatorial District), on Tuesday berated the high rate of under development in the state, 21 years of its creation. Abatemi-Usman said this in a news statement signed by his media aide, Mr Micheal Jegede, ...