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*Says it’s extra judicial killing By Deji Elumoye The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has called for thorough investigation of the alleged killing of Joseph Pessu, by armed soldiers in Warri, Delta state on Thursday morning. Omo-Agege, while reacting to the killing in a release on Thursday evening condemned the alleged gruesome […]
Federal Government begin conditional cash transfer payment of N20,000 to citizens in Anambra state. The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has step up his fight against coronavirus pandemic and its resultant effect on Nigerians by distributing cash to the poor and vulnerable citizens on Nigerian.The conditional cash transfer payment which was part of the stimulus package […]
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has said that the party’s lack of confidence in the activities of the Independent National Commission (INEC) has not changed and is even getting deeper. Speaking when he received a delegation of the European Union of the Election Exploration Mission to Nigeria led […]
The Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, has called on the federal government to intensify efforts in lifting citizens out of poverty. Ezekwesili’s statement was in reaction to a recently released World Bank report, which indicates that by 2030 about nine out of 10 extremely poor people in the […]
Buoyed by the success recorded with the Advanced Digital Awareness Programme for Tertiary Institutions (ADAPTI), the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) is focusing on training over 2000 primary and secondary school teachers and administrators before year end. The Administrator of the Institute, Dr. Ike Adinde, disclosed this in a chat with journalists, stressing that the training […]
Scores of protesting women took to major streets in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, wednesday, demanding a reversal of the earlier declaration of Prince Dapo Abiodun as the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state in favour of the preferred anointed governorship candidate of the incumbent governor, Sen Ibikunle Amosun, Hon Adekunle […]
The Senate on Wednesday adjourned plenary till Tuesday, November 6 following a motion to that effect moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan. The motion, which was seconded by Senator Emmanuel Bwacha(PDP Taraba North), will see the upper legislative chamber which resumed from its over two-month long annual vacation barely a month ago proceed […]
The philanthropist attitude of Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote group, was recognised and highlighted by Richtopia, a digital periodical that covers business, economics, and financial news, based in the United Kingdom, yesterday as the richest man in Africa was named as the sixth most charitable man in the world. Dangote recently endowed his foundation to […]
IN its quest to guarantee food security for Lagosians, the Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwumi Ambode, has hinted that the government would encourage the use of reusable plastic crates to aid transportation of farm produce as against the use of raffia baskets. Ambode, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji […]
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said the combination of its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, former governor Peter Obi has been well-received by Nigerians across the board, contrary to spurious publications allegedly being sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National […]
EKITI State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has approved N200 million to take care of car and housing loan requests by teachers, which were pending at the State’s Ministry of Education. Governor Fayemi, who gave the approval on Wednesday, also directed the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education to put in necessary documents for the […]
The Sokoto State Fire Service said on Thursday that it recorded 11 deaths and saved 77 lives in 533 fire incidents it responded to in the state in 2017. Alhaji Murtala Muhammad, the Director-General of the State Fire Service, gave the figures in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto. He […]
Lagos Online Exchange (OLX), leading classified advertising company owned by South Africa’s media giant, Naspers said it will from next month shut down its Nigerian and Kenyan offices due to the difficult operating environments. A statement sent to LEADERSHIP by Uche Nwagboso, communications lead, OLX Nigeria quoting the managing director, Lola Masha said “we made […]
Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja explained that the policy proposed by the federal government to tackle the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country is not meant to colonise any part of the country. He made this clarification in view of the vehement opposition to the policy in many parts of […]
The abductors of Mrs Tina Inegbagha, the wife of the paramount ruler of Ayakoro community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have demanded a ransom of N100 million to free her from captivity. Kidnap-syndicate Newsmen recall that some yet to be identified gunmen, had on Dec. 16, invaded the coastal settlement to abduct the monarch’s […]
A 19-year-old woman has narrated to operatives of Lagos State Police Command how her ‘Madam’ assaults her daily, while the husband sodomises her at night. The Lagos-based couple is currently being investigated by the Police over physical and sexual abuse of the maid at their Aunty Toyin Street, Kodeibo Estate, Isheri-Oshun, Lagos. Maid,Blessing Joseph, raped by […]