The Presidential Committee set up to look into the problems associated with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), yesterday in Abuja submitted an interim report to the Federal Government. Submitting the report to the Secretary to the Governmen...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday granted United Bank for Africa (UBA) the final licence to operate a mobile payment service known as U-MO. According to a statement issued yesterday and made available to Leadership by the divisional head, mar...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday asked members of the Board of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NIBET) to execute their tasks diligently and transparently to attract the confidence of consumers and the goodwill of international partners. ...
Nursing mothers in Eket, Akwa Ibom State have expressed concern over the lingering scarcity of vaccines for immunising new born babies against preventable childhood diseases. LEADERSHIP checks at health facilities in Eket and its environs revealed that...
The negotiation between the Bauchi State government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the implementation of the new national minimum wage has ended in a deadlock as workers to receive old rate this month. According to a statement issued by the...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has stated that in a bid to reduce poverty and unemployment in the country, the federal government is to establish a National Grassroots Revolving Loan Fund that will provide so...
A total of 166 non-oil indigenous firms have finalised plans to invest N1.5trillion in the Nigerian economy within the next 12 months. The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, confirmed the development during a meeting with the Agro-b...
Former National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dr Simon Okolo has urged the federal government to focus on the development of renewable energy as a veritable source of power g...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has issued a directive to all telecom operators to refrain from sending alert messages to subscribers on account of the status of their SIM card registration. Head, Media and Public Relations of the Commiss...
Nigeria Meteorological Agency(NIMET) has been at the center of a raging storm in the aviation industry.In this interview with LEADERSHIP’s Kingsley Alu, the Director-General of the agency, Dr.Anthony Anuforom,speaks on issues critical to safety i...
An Abuja Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a manual worker to two weeks imprisonment for stealing a half bag of dried pepper. The accused, Nura Musa of Mararaba, Nasarawa State was also given an option of N400 fine by Senior Magistrate Asmau Akanb...
A Civil Society Activist, Comrade Hassan Isah, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja against President Goodluck Jonathan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Attorney-General of the Federation, Prof. Shuaibu Oba Abdulraheem...
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has expressed its regret over what it perceives as President Jonathan ‘s dictatorial tendency.It said that that this tendency was unfolding this early in his administration in which he adopted e...
Nigerians living abroad have been urged to find a way to work together with the government of the federation on how developments can be brought to the country through their professional skills.Speaking in an exclusive interview with our correspondent, ...
An Abuja-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Save De Masses, has warned Nigerian political leaders to desist for using the country’s youth for political thuggery, riots and other social vices.In a press release made available to Leadership...