Wide ranging debates in the House of Representatives yesterday pushed for greater financial autonomy for Local Government Authorities (LGAs) as federal lawmakers insisted that such autonomy would spur accelerated development of rural areas. The resolut...
Following the unexpected presentation of the acting Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar to the World Civil Defence Day Celebration yesterday, the love lost relationship between the officers of the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Securi...
The Kwara State Government has commissioned the N 42.5 million Ohan Bailey Bridge project along Ilorin-Igbeti road, even as he assured Kwarans that it will continue to upgrade deplorable federal roads in the state to enhance economic activities of the ...
The Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, is to give mass burial to about 37 unclaimed corpses deposited in the hospital. Head mortician of the hospital, Mr. Sylvester Gendaga, who disclosed this to LEADERSHIP, said, that the cumbersome a...
An official at the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Yusuf Bado Mok yesterday denied speaking on behalf of the AGF, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN) over his readiness to back the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)...
The Port Harcourt zone of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if oil servicing companies in Rivers State refuse to recall their sacked workers. Chairman of the zone, Comrade ...
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank Governor (CBN), says the apex bank is planning to compel banks to open special branches for persons with disabilities nationwide. The CBN governor made this known on Thursday, in Abuja, when the Joint ...
Pastor Ishaya Izang of COCIN Church, Tilde-Fulani, Toro Local Government, Bauchi State, has described as “very shameful and embarrassing’’, an alleged attempt by some members to bomb the Church. The members, who allegedly attempted to...
The value of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday rose by 46 per cent as the market indices also improved by 0.35 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that investors staked N3.8 billion on 556.22 million shares e...
Amb. Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, on Thursday in Abuja, assumed office as the new President of the ECOWAS Commission. He takes over from the immediate past president of the commission, Amb. Victor Gbeho of Ghana. Speaking at the handover ceremony, which ...
INEC on Tuesday tasked political parties to imbibe internal democracy and strengthen the polity. Alhaji Haliru Tambuwal, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kaduna State, gave the charge during a stakeholders’ forum ahead of the Saturday ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Thursday that it had prevented a Pakistani drug cartel from coming into Nigeria with 13kgs of heroin worth N120 million. The spokesman for the NDLEA, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, said this in a statement...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is working with the Police to ensure security in the country, Dr Ade Abolurin, has said. Abolurin, the Commandant-General of NSCDC, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on the International ...
A retreat in expectations for further monetary easing in Europe and the United States sent stock markets lower on Thursday. Meanwhile, the euro neared a one-week low ahead of a Spanish bond auction and the latest summit of EU leaders. China...
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted the CPC in Bauchi State a leave to amend its notice of appeal against the election of Gov. Isa Yuguda. The court further granted Alhaji Yusuf Tugar, the CPC’s governorship candidate in that election another l...