The second defence witness in the ongoing trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha yesterday told a Lagos High Court in Igbosere how he was detained and tortured in order to confirm that the accused person was involved in the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. K...
With its oil wealth and population, Nigeria could be an anchor for African prosperity, but has challenges to overcome. Having received increased powers over the economy in her second coming, the nation’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ske...
Rivers State Governor, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said that he would soon approach the state House of Assembly for approval to obtain a loan of N100 billion from a new generation financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB). The governor, a few w...
Authorities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) known as Operation Restore Hope yesterday met with officials of the Bayelsa State owned Security Outfit known as Famou Tamgbe over the recent allegations near clashes with the Police as well as the kil...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, has nullified the election of Senator Atiku Bagudu of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) and declared former Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) Minister, Sen. Mohammed Adamu Aliero as...
Chinese investments in Nigeria by June of this year hit $8.2 billion, and is expected to reach $10 billion by the end of the year. The Chinese Economic and Commercial Counsellor in Nigeria, Rong Yansong, has disclosed.Yansong who made this known during...
The tough operating environment notwithstanding, the directors of Dangote Flour Mills have recommended a dividend of 20 kobo per share to the shareholders of the company, while posting a turnover of N67.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010. T...
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has commended Nigerian entrepreneurs for their continuous effort at growing the nation’s economy and creating employment for millions of Nigerians despite...
The lawmaker representing the central axis of Kogi State at the National Assembly, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman has called on the federal government to complete Osara Dam,to boost the socio-economic activities in Ebiraland. He made the call at Osara,...
The National Secretary of the Democratic Peoples Party, Alhaji Mohammed Danazumi, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to review the Privatisation Act and its implementation. Danazumi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...
Play is a very essential part of a child’s development. Despite this, many parents in this part of the world see it as a distraction to their child’s learning. RALIAT AHMED writes on the many benefits play holds for children. All work and n...
True to his recent pronouncements that he was soon going to convene an all-encompassing economic summit in the state to consolidate his socio-economic programme, Governor Murtala Nyako has announced plans for the programme. The summit which will afford...
Nigeria’s new Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says she has been threatened by ‘vested interest’, not to return to Nigeria, stressing however that she was not the type of person who is easily cowed by threats. Speaking on ...
Lead lawyer to the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), yesterday, faulted the refusal of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to receive court processes by the PCA against the NJC and other defendants, saying that the deve...
About 10 students of the Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, may have lost their lives in mysterious circumstances. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the students of the institution had lost an unspecified number of their mates in the past three da...