The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has placed a ban on tree felling in the Federal Capital Territory. Dr Abubakar Yabo, Director of the AEPB, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja. Yabo sa...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr. Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to use all security and intelligence network at his disposal to unmask the sponsors of the dreaded Boko Haram sect and deal with them decisively. Respo...
The Kaduna State Government has donated N250,000 to the family of Warrant Officer Abel Marcus of 1 Division, Intelligence Group, Nigerian Army, who died in May while on a national assignment during the post-election violence in the area, the News Agenc...
Gombe State Deputy Governor, Mr. David Miyims Albashi, yesterday left the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, for the National Hospital, Abuja, from where he was said to have been airlifted to Germany for more medical treatment. The deputy governor, who was...
A person facing theft charges before a Magistrates’ Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has claimed it was his first time of stealing. Azuna Okafor, 22, of Sauka Kahuta village, Abuja, who was arraigned before Justice Hadiza Shagari of...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), yesterday, closed accounts belonging to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in both Oceanic Bank and Mainstreet Bank, formerly Afri Bank. LEADERSHIP gathered that the NDIC officials visited the ba...
Kaduna State Governor, Mr Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa said yesterday that his administration has achieved maximum success within the last 100 days. Reacting to this claim, the opposing political party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), argued that the People...
The TY Danjuma Foundation has distributed relief materials to flood victims in Taraba state through the foundation’s ‘Quick Impact Grant Making Scheme’. A statement from the Foundation, which was made available to LEADERSHIP, disclose...
The Head of European Union delegation to Nigeria, Dr. David Macrae, has pledged partnership with the Nigerian government in combating international terrorism, Speaking at the 8th National Seminar On Economic Crime organized by the Economic and Financia...
The federal government has appointed Mr G.C Amuchi as the new managing director for the The Federal Road Maintenance Agency. He replaces Mallam Kabir Abdulahi who was appointed in July 2009 by Late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The government has als...
For Nigeria to remain at par with other developing countries like Malaysia, the country must have sustainable plan of action as embedded in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to attain the much needed development in the sector. This was the submission o...
Guaranty Trust Assurance Plc. has recorded an impressive growth in its half year result as its profit before tax rose by 40 per cent. The unaudited result made available to LEADERSHIP in Lagos showed that PBT went up to N713.6 million compared to N511....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted a licence to Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Standard Bank Group, to operate mobile payment services in the country, a development that will give further impetus to Nigeria’s drive towards a cashless e...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has warned estate owners to desist from over billing residents, urging them to abide by the rules of the industry. Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Sam Amadi, gave this warning yesterday in Abuja at ...
The Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, has pointed out that the revenue required to drive efficient electricity industry be it generation, distribution or transmission came presently from consumers through the distribution companies, saying that...