The Niger State government has expended the sum of N24.09billion in payment of pension related commitments between 2007 to date. The director-general of the Pension Board, Alhaji Benu Yahaya, disclosed this yesterday in an interview with LEADERSHIP WEE...
In line with the spirit of this year’s independence celebrations, the Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has granted prerogative of mercy to 42 prisoners in the state who were serving jail terms for various offences. ...
The Niger State Police Command has arrested 71 robbery and other offences suspects within the last three months even as the commissioner of police, Ibrahim Maishanu, said that the command was faced with a myriad of operational problems. The commissione...
The Jigawa State government has paid over N101million as a subsidy for the accommodation fees of the state intending pilgrims at the Holy Land. The executive secretary of the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Sani Alhassan Muhammad, revealed this in an int...
BASIRAT NAHIBI has been in the forefront of empowering women in Africa and giving them a voice. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the founder of Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment in Africa (WAELE/ARCELFA) spoke on their l...
Hon Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim who represents Offa/Ifelodun/Ovun federal constituency of Kwara State says that at 51 Nigeria is no longer a toddler and should be able to deliver the best to the citizens given its abundant human and material resources. He sp...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday set aside its subpoena directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) chairman, Prof. Atahiru Jega, to appear before it with some el...
Thirty-six state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors forum yesterday met in Abuja over matters arising from the payment of minimum wage, sovereign wealth fund, petroleum subsidy and other issues. LEADERSHIP gathered that the Minister ...
Kaduna State Governor, Mr Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa yesterday urged the chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the State, Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro Coca-Cola to seek knowledge and be better informed on national issues instead of exhibiti...
Worried about the negative effect of another long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), the House of Representatives yesterday moved to end the union’s on-going one-week warning strike. Adopting the resolution...
The Nigerian Army yesterday reassured Lagos residents that all security agencies in the state were working together to ensure the safety of the state. General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Major-General Kenneth Minimah, gave the assuran...
Women numbering about 70 yesterday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against the list of chairmanship candidates released by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The women described The Nation newspaper of Monday 26, in which...
The Paramount Ruler of the Ebeni Ibe Atissa Kingdom, in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa state, King Godwin Igodo, yesterday regained freedom after 27 days in the kidnappers den. King Igodo was released Tues...
As Nigeria celebrates her 51st Independence Anniversary, the Obong of Calabar ,His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V), has called for the immediate convening of a national conference to discuss the Nigerian project. &ld...
Again, the Abia State nominee to the recently dissolved board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr Alloysious Nwagboso who was rejected by the Senate last time may yet face re-nomination challenges. His nomination has ...