The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has condemned in strong terms the recent attack on the family of Rev. Daniel Umaru of the Ekklisiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) also known as the Church of the Brethren Read more…
Month: July 2022
As earlier reported by LEADERSHIP, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has officially unvailed Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as his running mate for the 2023 elections. The unveiling took place on Friday morning in Abuja. Obi said Baba-Ahmed was eminently Read more…
The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is on his way back to the country from France. LEADERSHIP earlier reported that the APC national leader travelled to France on June 27 for “important meetings”, according Read more…
DOZIE OKONKWO masquerading as “Agbarusia NGENE” and his paymasters have gone overboard with lies and falsification of facts in Utuh. Simply put, concerned Utuh people are wondering whether he and his paymasters are referring to the same community they are Read more…
A London court has ordered the continued remand of former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, over the controversy surrounding their alleged involvement in organ harvesting in London. The court directed that Ekweremadu and his Read more…
The Nasarawa State Government says it has confirmed six cases of the monkeypox outbreak in two Local Government Areas of the state, Lafia and Keffi. Pharm. Ahmed Yahaya, the State Commissioner for Health disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Thursday Read more…
A Priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Rev Fr Emmanuel Ojeifo, has lamented the abduction of Catholic priests in the country. Ojeifo, a former personal secretary to the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Read more…
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Southeast Zone has called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to order for the immediate release of detained journalist, Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe. Ezenekwe, Anambra-born journalist and publisher of 247UREPORTS (www.247ureports.com) was reportedly Read more…
Pope Francis of the Catholic Church on Thursday ordained a new Maiduguri Catholic Bishop, Rev. Dr John Bogna Bakeni, who is now the 1st Maiduguri Catholic Bishop. The ordination took place at the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Maiduguri, the Borno Read more…
The Anambra State Government says it commenced the demolition of illegally constructed buildings earlier marked for demolition in Onitsha on Thursday.Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists Read more…
The feeling of resentment between Boris Johnson and Russia is mutual, the Kremlin has said as the UK Prime Minister announced his departure from office. “The government crisis [in Britain] is wide-ranging, we see that,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Read more…
With Russia’s military action in Ukraine in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Kyiv that it should quickly accept Moscow’s terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action. Speaking Read more…