The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, was yesterday thrown into mourning, following the shocking murder of one it members, Comrade Chuks Ogu, by suspected armed robbers in Benin City, Edo State. Ogu, 39, was until his death, a cameraman with Independe...
The 15-year-old marriage between an Asaba-based businessman, Emeka (surname withheld) and a daughter of a prominent high chief in Asaba, Delta State last Saturday packed up, following an alleged illicit homo-sexual act by the man. The man was allegedly...
The Enugu State Police Command has advised Spaniards in the country not to panic over the abduction of their kinsman, assuring that it was working hard to ensure the release of the medical practitioner. Speaking with LEADERSHIP yesterday , the Police P...
The chairman national council of Ulama of Izalatil Bidiah Waikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has insisted that there is more to the Boko Haram phenomenon than meets the eye even as he accused the west of accomplice. Sheikh Jingir, w...
Kaduna State government has called for a review of the revenue allocation formula so as to improve its receipts from the Federation Allocation Accounts Committee (FAAC). It said that what it was presently receiving was so meager and that the stat...
The Department of State Security Service (SSS) has arrested some union leaders of National Examinations Council (NECO), even as federal government renewed the appointment of Professor Promise Okpala, the embattled registrar of the council for another t...
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has decried the spate of violence in the country, describing the ugly trend as alien to our culture. The governor who stated this in Lokoja during the official launching of the new identity card designed for civi...
Austin Eguavoen, the Technical Adviser of Enyimba FC of Aba, has said that the team was poised to win the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) 2011/2012 title through its determined drive to succeed. Eguavoen told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Bauchi State council of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) will flag off its press week on Monday with visits to Bauchi prison yard, remand home and hospitals. In a statement on Sunday, the Press Week committee chairman, Alhaji Ad...
The Fadama III Coordination Office in Delta says it has given out N256 million to 491 Fadama Users' Groups (FUGs) among the 68 Fadama Community Associations (FCAs) across the state. Mr Donald Ojebo, Communication Officer for the programm...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will soon close down Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps so as to encourage the occupants to start living their normal lives. Alhaji Alhassan Aliyu, NEMA’s North-Central Zonal Coordinator, tol...
The Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, has approved N3.9 billion for the payment of all outstanding commitments . A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Abdullahi Bala, stated that commitments ...
The Borno Government is to set up a committee for effective fertiliser distribution, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Usman Zannah, has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Maiduguri, that the committee would&n...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it is prepared for the imminent collapse of Lake Nyos and the potential disaster it poses to Benue and other states in Nigeria. Alhaji Alhassan Aliyu, NEMA’s North-Central Zonal Coordinator, to...
Some motorcycle riders, popularly called "Okada", said the ban on their operations in some parts of Ikeja by the Lagos State Government has imposed economic hardship on them. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nige...