Nollywood actress and budding producer, Uche Jumbo, has said her latest effort, ‘Damage’, which premiered at the Silverbird Cinema on August 5, was inspired by the true-life story of abused women folk. Uche, who was cornered during a Nation...
The recent revocation of the operating licences of three rescued banks, namely; Afribank Nigeria Plc, Spring Bank Plc and BankPHB by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) generated a lot of controversy within the nation’s financial system. The action ...
The federal government has concluded arrangement to pay the N2.5 billion severance benefits and pension arrears owed retirees of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST). According to the arrangement, the office of the accountant general of the federation w...
Promasidor Nigeria Limited has flagged-off a “Win Cash with Loya” promo to reward and excite its teeming consumers across the country.The general manager, Marketing of the company, Mr. Kachi Onubogu disclosed this at a media launch to flag-...
Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda, Friday swore in 16 commissioners and 20 advisers as members of the state executive council. Former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Faggo, who lost his bid to return to the House in the Ap...
An Onitsha-based activist, Comrade Uzor Uzor, has urged the Anambra State government to muster the political will to decisively deal with the nefarious activities of hoodlums at the Upper Iweka area of Onitsha in Anambra. “Many unsuspecting trave...
Four days after youths of the Eket community, Akwa Ibom, took to the streets to protest the poor quality and slow pace of work on the Eket-Ibeno road, the management of the construction firm has explained the situation. Project manager, Fountain Constr...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has said that Nigeria can only overcome the problem of corruption if there is a collective action against it. Waziri who spoke as the guest speaker at the 62nd a...
The minister of works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, has pledged speedy completion of the Okene-Auchi-Benin road, just as contractors resumed work on the Ore-Benin road. According to a press statement made available to LEADERSHIP, the minister made the pledge ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is to establish mobile courts to try drug hawkers, a statement said. A statement issued by the Zonal Public Relations officer of NAFDAC, Mr. Cyril Monye, in Port Harcourt on Frid...
Hundreds of workers of the Sagbama local government council area of Bayelsa State who were sacked, as a result of revelations from the report of the Finance and General Purpose Committee of the council over their alleged involvement in the N10m monthly...
No fewer than 13 families in Shuwa District of Madagali local government area of Adamawa, have been displaced by flood, the sole administrator of the development area, Alhaji Suleiman Duhu, has said. Duhu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that seve...
The Niger State government has approved the sum of N300m for water supply to the residents of Minna, the commissioner for water resources, Hajiya Hadiza Mohammed, has said. Mohammed made the information known at a post-executive council meeting briefin...
The special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on media and publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, has said that the presidency cannot call for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and a bus...
Damning reports emerged yesterday at the Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the Bureau for Private Enterprises (BPE), as a World Bank report between 1999-2003 indicted a former Director-General of BPE, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, for th...