Borno State governor Alhaji Kashim Shettima stated yesterday that security forces have arrested a top commander of Boko Haram accused of orchestrating attacks on policemen and clerics. “I believe the worst is over,” Shettima to...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria Sebastian Hon and human rights activist Femi Falana have challenged the plan to shut down telecommunications services in Abuja on October 1 over security concerns. The duo, who spoke at separate interviews with L...
The 2011 Annual Lecture and Awards by Conferences Limited, a subsidiary of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group, comes up in Abuja today. According to a statement by LEADERSHIP, the conference, which holds at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotel...
The Director General of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr Frank Nweke Jnr has admonished the governments at all levels to reassess their concept of security votes in line with the security needs of the country. Nweke said this has become impera...
Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has blamed wrong government policies for the extinction of the once-flourishing textiles and plastics industry in the country. He told the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday that the `death’ of those industries...
A coalition of civil society and Non-Governmental Organisations for justice has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate suspension of the implementation of the new driver’s license and plate numbers pending the determination...
The United States government, government of Belize, United Nations, the Commonwealth and other groups have shown concerns on the death of the Nobel Peace prize Winner, Wangari Maathai who died on Monday, 26th of September 2011 in Nairobi. The Kenyan No...
A serious crisis might have started brewing in the Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) over the recently concluded primaries of the party for the December 2011 Local Government Elections. The ruling party purportedly held its prima...
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA), Chief Arthur Maduekwe, has stated that patronage was key to the survival of the sector. He made this submission when the association paid a visit to the Minister of St...
The first pre-independence concert being organised by the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation will now hold in Lagos, the corporation has disclosed. The new venue was announced in Abuja by the Director-General of the Corporation, Otunba Olusegun R...
The President of Veterinary Council of Nigeria, Prof. Gabriel Ogundipe, has expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of service delivery of resident Veterinary Doctors in the country. He called on them to upgrade their skill level so as to meet the e...
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), has called on entrepreneurs in Nigeria to take advantage of the large economic base in the country to drive national economic growth and development. The Chairman of NESG, Mr. Folusho Philips, who stated this ...
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has advised mobile phone subscribers to ensure they registered their SIM cards as the registration ends today. NCC Head of Media, Mr Reuben Muoka, gave the advice yesterday in Abuja, in an interview with the ...
The governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the readiness of his administration to partner with construction gaint, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in the area of road construction. Governor Aregbesola stated this in Osogbo yesterday during ...
The Nasarawa State Government has warned that it will no longer tolerate any act of sabotage or vandalisation of public facilities. Governor Tanko Almakura gave the warning while inaugurating an electricity transformer at Angwan Lambu in the Keffi Loca...