Nigeria’s hope for a successful outing at the 13th edition of the IAAF World Championship which gets underway today in Deagu, South Korea, after a disappointing performance two years ago in Berlin, Germany rest on Africa’s queen of track, B...
In what could be regarded as a black Friday, a suspected suicide bomber attacked the United Nations (UN) House in Abuja, leaving a one-year-old and 39 others dead with over 200 injured, just as workers and visitors to the building were trapped there. B...
The outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu yesterday inaugurated 30 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) amidst tight security in spite of the directive of the Nigerian Bar Association, directing its members and the new S...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday described the bombing of the UN House, Abuja as a bestial act that should be condemned by all and sundry Comrade Owei Lakemfa, the Acting General Secretary of the congress said in Abuja that the congress is s...
Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday spurned reports in the media that his residence was engulfed by fire. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, Umar Sani noted that Sambo was hale and hearty ...
Irked by the suicide bombing that occurred yesterday at the United Nations buildings in Abuja, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday condemned the bombings saying that, government and all security agencies must rise to the occasion, as it also d...
Former Head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar has attributed the upsurge in protest against governments of Asia and Africa to long tolerance of the people in bondage even as he said the crisis in Libya would not have escalated to its present level ...
About 20 bodies have been evacuated from the site of the bomb explosion at the UN House in Abuja, while security personnel have cordoned off the area. LEADERSHIP gathered that a man suspected to be a suicide bomber, rammed his car, which was loa...
The Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has disclosed plans to create a hub for power exportation in areas that lack evacuation in a bid to confront the nation’s power challenge. Nnaji stated this while receiving the Abia State governor, Theodo...
The international Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1995 was invited by the Nigerian government to help formulate a comprehensive national employment policy that would give room for more decent job for Nigerians, reduce unemployment and make the country att...
When starting on a journey, most people like to have a list of items that they will need. Before departure they make sure they have all the items. That is to ensure they do not spoil their trip by forgetting something, or not being well equipped for th...
When Ramadan is over, Muslims celebrate with a feast that lasts three days. Since the idea of a feast is associated in people’s minds with playing games, fun and enjoyment, as well as having much to eat, it may seem to an outsider that this is a ...
Recently, the Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Capt. Adebayo Araba, addressed the media in Zaria where he spoke about the milestones recorded by the college, the planned self-sustaining strategy of the institution as well a...
President Goodluck Jonathan recently approved the appointment of new secretaries for the mandate secretariats of the FCT administration. The secretaries have since assumed office. CATHERINE AGBO writes on the challenges before them When the federal gov...
Nigeria’s erudite priest, Monsignor Matthew Hassan Kukah, who was recently appointed Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese by the Vatican yesterday met with the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, in Rome. The Papal meeting, LEADERSHIP rel...