News from the states and all the six (6) geo-political zones of Nigeria.
The Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has taken a bold step towards the exploration of oil and gas in Bida Basin. A statement signed and made available to LEADERSHIP by the Senior Special Assistant, Oil and Gas Development to the ...
Dr. Jeremiah Yabefa is the Provost of the Bayelsa College of Arts and Science (BYCAS). In this interview with Osa Okhomina of LEADERSHIP in Yenagoa, he spoke of the renewed plan by the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, through an effective educatio...
It is no longer news that several states in Nigeria, especially Kogi, Benue, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa and Rivers state are currently battling to handle the emergencies created by the flood in their communities. Mostly affected by this flood are com...
Benue State Governor, Dr Gabriel Suswam (CON), was a member of the President’s delegation to New York for the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He also attended the 3rd Nigeria Investment Summit at New York Palace hotel. The Go...
The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Funds (PTDF), Engineer (Dr.) Muntaka Rabe Darma, has lamented the refusal of the dwellers of the village where the petroleum college is located to vacate part of the premises, saying, &ldq...
The Governor of Niger state, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu has said that 50 people have so far been killed by floods since the beginning of the disaster and also property worth billions of naira destroyed. Governor Aliyu made this known, yesterday, when he ...
As travellers continue to count the number of manpower lost to the gridlock on the flooded Abuja-Lokoja highway, there are indications that the situation may grow worse. This is as a result of a truck that fell on the alternative road created by the re...
After one month of havoc which resulted in the displacing thousands of people from their homes, the water released from the Lagdo dam in Cameroon which resulted in flooding of several houses in Makurdi, Benue state has started to abate. This is just as...
The current Vice-Chancellor of the Gombe State University, Professor Abdullahi Mahdi, was the Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) from 1996-2004. In this interview with MIDAT JOSEPH, he speaks about the early times university founded i...
Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta has assured the Oko community in the state that his administration would build embankments on the shoreline of communities living on the bank of the River Niger. Uduaghan gave the assurance Wednesday in Asaba when m...
Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau on Monday said that Nigerians’ belief in nationhood was the first step in the efforts toward greatness. ``We are on a journey which also comes with challenges, but we must remain resolute and optimistic a...
Normalcy is gradually returning to Mubi in Adamawa, following the security beef up to contain the killing and destruction of communication masts in the town. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security beef up facilitated a cla...
The Zamfara Government on Friday received 137 female pilgrims who were deported from Saudi Arabia. The deportees, who arrived at the state capital Gusau, were received by the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Wakkala, at the Presidential Lodge. Addressin...
The member representing Etsako West 1 state constituency of the Edo State Assembly, Hon RazakMomoh, was on Thursday night shot and seriously wounded by unknown gunmen, who attacked him along the busy Akenzua street in Benin City. The incident, which to...
Governor AbiolaAjimobi of Oyo State has charged this year’s pilgrims to Mecca from the state to be good ambassadors of Oyo State. The governor, while addressing the pilgrims at the Hajj Camp, Olodo in Ibadan on Friday before their departure to th...