Residents of Oremeji in Aradagun near Badagry, Lagos, were on Sunday thrown into shock when a man presumed dead suddenly resurrected after three days in the mortuary. It was gathered that the man, simply identified as Mr Agosu, died of an undiscl...
A 12- man armed robbery gang has invaded Diamond Bank Plc along Oyemekun Road, Akure, the capital of Ondo State, killing no fewer than 15 customers of the bank. LEADERSHIP also gathered that the robbers arrived the bank at about...
Chief Emeka Wogu, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, on Tuesday said that the Federal Government would save about 6 billion dollars by removing fuel subsidy. Wogu said this while declaring open the 5th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of...
Elders in Jeme-Anigor, an agrarian community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State are confused as to what to do about a booming sex trade, abortion and other illicit sex acts involving teenage girls. LEADERSHIP learnt but c...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has urged the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to brace up and deal with the security challenges facing the county by halting the drift to anarchy. Receiving an 11-member peace delegation of the ACF led by the f...
PATRICK OCHOGA in Benin City writes on the deft moves by General Charles Airhiavbere to be the next governor of Edo State in 2012. Retired Major General Charles Airhiavbere, gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (...
National leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) may have found itself in a quandary over issues bothering on zoning. This was even as the Mid West Bar forum threatened to boycott the upcoming national conference if other zones did not concede...
Analysts and market players have reacted to the devaluation of the naira announced on Monday by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).While the move was seen as most expedient given the current state of the economy, the underlying fact is how well Nigeria ...
The Ministry of Youth Development is set to host an international conference to sensitise Nigerians on the need to change their attitudes and behaviours that could lead to violence against women. The Minister of Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdulla...
Professor Steven Torkuma Ugbah, governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Benue state for the April general elections. He spoke recently with a select group of journalists in Makurdi. SOLOMON AYADO was there for LEADERSHIP. ...
It didn't take long for Casper Smart to become a household name. That's what happens when you're a 24-year-old dancer who happens to be dating Jennifer Lopez, 42. So who is this Mr. Smart? Here's everything you need to know, including t...
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the ban of hawking, trading on the walkways and peddling by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) in Abuja. LEADERSHIP investigations yesterday revealed that while some residents were in support of the ...
Stakeholders in the country’s power industry have appraised issues of standardisation in the sector and concluded that there is need for products and services to conform to international standard to rid the industry of substandard electricity pow...
President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved Mrs. Farida Waziri of her job as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). LEADERSHIP gathered that her removal is shrouded in controversy, as her tenure is due to expire by June next year...
A 200-level student of Niger State College of Education Minna, Malam Shuaibu Bala, was murdered Monday in Maitumbi, a suburb of Minna, during a disagreement with his neighbour, Yahaya Ali, over a balance N800 from the sale of a phone ...