Following a series of meetings between the federal government and labour organisations over the astronomical increase in the pump price of petrol, occasioned by subsidy removal, which subsequently triggered angry reactions and unprecedented protests ac...
Agony now trails the family of an Igbo trader, Emeka Ahabuike, who lost his three children and life savings in one fell swoop to a strange fire in Jigawa State. MUHAMMAD ZANGINA KURA, reports. Emeka Ahabuike, a trader in Jigawa State is a bitter man. I...
MIDAT JOSEPH discovers the squalor and pains that have become the lot of the Kaduna Lepers’ Village, known as Hayin Gabriel. The signs of despondency and squalor are latent. They take a firm grip on the decrepit landscape. Penury is written...
Mr. Okey Ikpe, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Office Machines Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Office Machines Network LLC, USA, is one of Nigeria’s most experienced Information and Communication Technology experts, who has ma...
The remains of the Channels television reporter, late Enenche Akogwu, was yesterday, laid to rest in Ai-Odoo clan, Ago Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue state. The late Enenche was shot and killed in the last Friday’s bomb blasts ...
Former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon has said that suicide bomb attacks in parts of the country are the handiwork of foreigners who infiltrated the ranks of a radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Gowon, who disclosed this on Thursday night ...
For failing to appear before to answer contempt charges preferred against them by the executive of the Ogun State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) a Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a bench warran...
Four years after her only son, Charles, disappeared from home, Madam Sabina Okoro, 70, has been agonising over his whereabouts. She wants to see her son’s corpse even if he’s dead. NNAMDI MBAWIKE , reports. When Charles Okoro escaped ...
Ezowa or gbegiri, also known as beans soup is a local soup popular with the Nupes and Yorubas. It’s also widely eaten by other ethnic groups, like the Igbos and Hausas as well as other countries in West Africa. It is a highly nutritious soup beca...
Not a stranger to controversy, Hon. Dino Melaye dismisses the Christopher Kolade Committee empanelled by President Goodluck Jonathan to oversee the use of subsidy savings as an Owambe one litre price. Speaking to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’S RUTH CHOJI, ...
Senator Mahmud Kanti Bello represented Katsina North Senatorial Constituency of Katsina State from 1999-2007, before losing his seat to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in controversial circumstances. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, he warn...
I’m glad to welcome you to your favourite column this week. I intend to continue to show you some examples of family values. God’s purpose in this message is for you to develop godly family values which generations after you will keep. And ...
Governors of the 19 Northern states yesterday night, precisely at 2:00am in the morning, rose from a meeting with Vice President Namadi Sambo with a vow to putting a stop to the activities of the islamic extremist group, Boko Haram. The governors noted...
The Supreme Court yesterday sacked five state governors: Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa),Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River) who overstayed their four- year tenure. In a unanimous land...
Members of the dreaded Islamic sect the Boko Haram yesterday launched a fresh attack on the Mandawari police station in Kano, scaring residents of the area with sporadic gunshots. An eye witness told Leadership WEEKEND that the suspects stormed the are...