Lauretta Onochie, former Special Assistant (SA) to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that Nigeria’s incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, did not support Buhari’s emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014. Buhari, a two-term president Read more…
…UNIJOS, UniAbuja join strike The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that a directive has been issued for all branches of the union nationwide to withdraw their services over the delay in the payment of Read more…
Presidential hopefuls under the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) will sign a pact to support whoever emerges as the party’s presidential candidate, LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered yesterday.This is an agreement reached in principle by the contenders, who will, however, have to Read more…
The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has doubted the possibility of the state-owned Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries functioning again. Dangote also stated that the refineries, which are under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Read more…
The presidency has said that Vice President Kashim Shettima’s comment at a book launch was not about the suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. During the launch of ‘OPL 245: The Inside Story of the $1.3 Billion Oil Block,’ Read more…
The Labour Party(LP) governorship candidate for November 8 Anambra guber polls, Dr George Moghalu has promised to give the state a quality and qualitative governance. Chief Moghalu made the pledge at All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha on Friday during the flag Read more…
A senior Ukrainian spy has been shot dead by an assassin using a silenced pistol on the streets of Kyiv. Col Ivan Voronich, a senior operational officer in Ukraine’s security service, was crossing the street near a block of flats in the Read more…
The Senate on Thursday called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Agunwa Anaekwe, in recognition of his distinguished service to the nation and his role in strengthening democratic governance. The Read more…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo, challenging the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the duly Read more…
The Senate has named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during Thursday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on Read more…
The interim national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, alongside other party leaders, have met with the chairmen of the party across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The meeting was attended by Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu (CP) has urged the people of the state to expose criminals masquerading as self government agitators. CP Orutugu’s charge was contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Read more…