The presidency has revised the major elements in the revenue framework in the proposed 2012 budget, though the budget proposal is yet to be officially forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration.The director, Budget Office, Dr. Bright Okogu, d...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) yesterday stated that the issue of workers’ salaries prompted it to share N611 billion to the three tiers of government.The minister of state for finance, Dr. Yerima Ngama, stated this yesterday...
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said, yesterday, at the Nigerian Army Engineers Rowing Out ceremony tagged ‘Sappers Reunion 2011’ held at the Nigerian School of Military Engineering (NASME), in Makurdi that Nigerians l...
The immediate past Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Suma’ila Makama, has said that conducting a census requires a lot of courage and sensitisation. Makama made the observation in Abuja on Monday night at a dinner or...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday threw out a petition by the Congress For Progressive Change (CPC), challenging to President Goodluck Jonathan's victory in the April 16 elections. The tribunal in its ruling u...
Nigeria spends N3.9 billion annually on importation of 95 percent dairy in the country in the form of powdered, evaporated, canned, sweetened, condensed milk and other dairy products. The director-general of Raw Material Research and Development ...
Rising from an emergency meeting in Kaduna to deliberate on the proposed plan by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy on the downstream sector, a group which identifies itself as Concerned Christians in the North yesterday said that the remova...
Baby Gabriel, born at midnight at Gwarinpa General Hospital Abuja, officially makes Nigeria’s population of 167 million as the world celebrates Day of Seven Billion People on Monday. The father of the boy, Mr Ibu Simon, who hails from Cross River...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday that Abuja airport had been identified by drug traffickers as their new route for the illicit business. In a statement in Lagos, the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju said ...
Rotary International, district 9125 at the weekend conferred distinguish service award on the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim and Chairman of LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group Ltd, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, for what it described as thei...
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said 13,000 officers would be deployed to prevent crimes during and after the Eld-el-Kabir celebration.Mr. Michael Zuokmor, the Commissioner of Police in the FCT, said this on Friday while parading...
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, last week unveiled his policy thrust before the Senate, especially the policies that have spawned public uncertainty. In the process he seems to have again stirred hornet’s nes...
Notwithstanding the appearance of new activism by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s SHUAIB SHUAIB takes an excursion through the corridors of financial impunity in Nigeria and writes that staged prosecutions...
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Akwa Ibom has said that the removal of petroleum subsidy will engender a stable economic system in the country. The Chairman of the association in the state, Mr. Linus Udofia, said this...
The Nigerian telecoms industry has in the last 10 years evolved to become the number one market in Africa and one of the major players, Etisalat Nigeria marks three years of operation this week. In this interview, chief executive officer, Etisalat Nige...