The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers of meddling in the running of Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST). The President of ASUU, Dr Nasir Isa, said at a media briefing on Thursday...
Rice producers of Talata Mafara in Zamfara have shut down their business following an increase in electricity tariff, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) reports. Speaking with NAN in Talata Mafara, the local government...
Mr Ekpo Nta, the acting Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ( ICPC), said on Thursday that prevention was the most effective strategy in the fight against corruption. Nta made the statement at a forum in Abuj...
Troops and tanks swept into a restive town near Damascus on Thursday in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, whose struggle to keep power has dragged Syria into an increasingly bloody civil war. Artillery and helicopter...
The Anambra government has said it would use Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) to reinvigorate its transport sector. The state's Commissioner of Transport, Dr Chike Ohamobi, announced the plan in an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
The Police on Thursday arraigned one Chima Eke, 26, of Tudun Wada in Lugbe, Abuja, before an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up his mother. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Jeremiah Elijah, told the court that the case was report...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said on Thursday that the state would soon make a presentation to the Federal Government on how to exploit the crude oil discovered in commercial quantity in the state. The governor spoke to State Hou...
The Federal Government has approved 300 million dollars as counterpart funding for the construction of the Zungeru hydroelectric plant in Niger, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday in Abuja. Jonathan, who was represented by Vice President...
Alhaji Dokubo-Asari once stalked the mangrove-choked creeks of the Niger Delta, a leaf stuck to his forehead for good luck, as a crew that he ran bled oil from pipelines and sold it to smugglers. “Asari fuel,” they called it. Last year, Nig...
Broadcasting in Nigeria dated back seventy seven year ago during which National Broadcasting Commission of Nigeria NBC was established following deregulation of the sector in 1992 during General Ibrahim Babangida’s administration when Professor S...
The president, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Mr. Ajani Olawale James, in this interview with Ruth Yamta, talks about how he intends to take the body to new heights if re-elected. He also reveals certain challenges facing the group at ...
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that his life in retirement is dominated by the concern to ensure national security through poverty alleviation strategies and wealth creation. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his Media Adviser, M...
The Ondo state Command of the Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the arrest of four suspects alleged to have attacked the convoy of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN). The suspected thugs reportedl...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe State has assured the residents of Yobe State of its determination to ensure peace and security of life and property of the people of the state. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, JTF urged the residents of ...
An Osogbo Magistrates’ court, yesterday, remanded a 28-year-old man, Bayo Odebo in prison custody for alleged kidnapping of a 31-year-old woman, Ojo Suwebatu. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Elisha Olusegun said that Odebo committed the offence o...