A man suspected to be the operations commander of the Boko Haram sect was yesterday arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano. Suleiman Mohammed, who hails from Ogbomosho in Oyo State, believed to have masterminded several deadly attacks in Kano, ...
Nigeria’s controversial sovereign wealth fund is set to go into operation in the next few months, finance minister Dr. NgoziOkonjo-Iweala said yesterday in Ethiopia. Governors of the 36 states are however still opposed to the use of the country&r...
The national secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Alhaji Buba Galadima, has blamed the inability of President Goodluck Jonathan to perform on his penchant for appointing persons into strategic government positions based on tribalism. ...
Five months into the declaration of a state of emergency in 15 LGAs spread in four states of the federation, the move has failed to yield the expected results, as residents of the affected areas groan under strict military direction and untold economic...
Mohammad Rabi’u Rikadawa, aka Dila, is one of the big names in Kannywood. In this exclusive chat with AL-AMIN CIROMA, the movie star spoke on many issues bordering on the Nigerian entertainment industry in general. Excerpts: What is your account ...
A bomb said to be directed at a police surveillance vehicle in Jalingo, Taraba State has exploded. This is coming fifteen hours to the local government election scheduled for Saturday in the state. The bombers threw the explosive at the van as it made ...
Unknown gunmen on Friday, shot dead Alhaji Mohammed Alli, a prominent leader of the Shiites group in Kano State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the men stormed the late Alli’s house along Gadan kaya area of Kano, to demand for motorbikes for their oper...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Friday called on the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to withdraw all its pending court cases. The Speaker, who made the...
A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, on Friday berated the Lagos State Government for threatening to evict the recently sacked 788 doctors from their official quarters. Falana, who spoke with journalists on the issue in Ikeja, said the government'...
An Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court has stayed proceedings in a defamation suit filed by Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue against Kaduna-based Power Steering Magazine. Chief Magistrate Hafsat Soso-Sadiq stayed the proceedings in Abuja on Friday followi...
The Federal Government has released allocations to four local governments currently under a state of emergency in Plateau. The emergency rule was declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in December 2011. ``Yes the money has finally been released....
The Abuja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Friday described as laudable, the National Judicial Council’s recommendation to President Goodluck Jonathan to recall the suspended Justice Ayo Salami, President, Court of Appeal. Th...
Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Friday advocated a change in the nomenclature of the Almajiri school to check possible stigmatisation of potential students. The governor made the call at a special meeting on the Almajiri Education Programme chaired b...
The National Chairman of Labour Party, Mr Dan Nwanyanwu, said on Friday that the party was committed to deepening its hold on ethos of democracy through the conduct of free and fair congresses. Nwanyanwu made this known in Abuja&nbs...
The police in Lagos on Friday brought two men before the Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing rail tracks worth N2 million. The accused, Mohammed Sadiq and Ibrahim Sule are standing trial on a two-count charge of felony and steal...