Hon. Uzor Azubuike represents Aba North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State at the National Assembly. In this encounter with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s RUTH CHOJI, he condemns calls by some sections of the country for a National Sovereign Conferenc...
The Vice Chairman of Reps Committee On Petroleum (Up Stream) Honourable Moshood Mustapha in this interview with newsmen in Ilorin Kwara State, speaks on the ongoing probe of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and shares insights on seve...
Eight suspected cultists,all below the ages of eighteen were yesterday arrested in Nyongun Village of Wadata area in Makurdi Local government of the state by men of the Benue State police command. They are Terseer Iorbee, Emmanuel Ogaba, Donald Iornum ...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has advocated an integrated approach to tackling the perennial challenges facing the nation’s three refineries so as to ensure maximum output within the shortest possible time. To ...
A clergy man, Mr. Enoch Massin, in Nasarawa town of Nasarawa state has committed suicide by hanging. Family sources and police authorities told leadership Sunday that the late Massin, an unemployed professional teacher who was sacked by his...
The Petroleum Product Pricing and Regulation Agency (PPPRA) may have put on hold payments of all outstanding monies and subsidies it owe some oil majors and importers of petroleum products as it sets to review claims of unpaid subsidies by these compan...
Worried by the challenge posed by gas supply to power generation, the Federal Government yesterday held a one day summit with gas producers with a view to finding a lasting solution to the issue. Speaking at the forum, Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nn...
The Chairman House Committee on Ethics and Privileges has described the donation of N100 million by the Central Bank of Nigeria to the victims of recent Kano bomb attack as insufficient. The Chairman of the committee, Barr. Gambo Musa Dan-Musa, told LE...
The son of the late Sergeant Sunday Badang, the Anti-bomb Squad policeman who was killed in an explosion while trying to diffuse an explosive device in Kaduna last week has told LEADERSHIP SUNDAY how his father symbolically waved him goodbye and his wi...
The Federal Government has asked motorist to embrace the new drivers' and vehicle licensing introduced by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), stating that the scheme will assist security agencies to tackle insecurity. The Minister of Information,...
The spate of security challenges in the country has been linked to the entrenchment of corruption in the country, Diane Mkohn, a United States Of America envoy has said. Mkohn, who is the Director, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the US ...
On Monday, February 13, 2012 residents of Railway Line in the Old Port Harcourt staged a peaceful protest over the plan by the Rivers State government to demolish their homes to pave way for a tank farm. It was said that Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaech...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) recently commenced enforcement of a park and pay policy which makes it mandatory for motorists to pay a minimum of N50 for 30 minutes to park in marked parking spaces on major streets in the city. In ...
Despite public outcry against its concessioning of security of its waters, the federal government has refused to reason with the Nigerian citizens. By contracting Nigeria’s maritime security to a private firm, experts say the federal government h...
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, they say. Now that the Federal Government has announced plans to borrow almost $8billion, (about N1.3trillion), the question on the lips of many Nigerians is: "Is this the beginning, of the nat...