Inflows Into TSA Rise To N5.2trn
20,000 accounts belonging to MDAs closed – Accountant-general DMO to float bond for small savers The federal government has generated a whooping N5.244 trillion through the Treasury Single...
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Atiku Visits IBB, Again Canvasses Country’s Restructuring
Capt Yahaya Gombe, Amb. Yahaya Kwande , Alhaji Kowaronga Gada and Alhaji Jamiliu Jibrin, stated that he was at Babangida’s residence to wish him well after his return from medical vacation abroad. The...
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1.7 m Candidates To Write 2017 UTME –JAMB
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, says 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)....
View ArticleDeclare Office Of FCT Perm Sec Illegal, Plaintiff Tells Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to declare the office of the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) illegal. A legal practitioner, Mr. Chidi Nwankwo, is praying the...
View ArticleThe Vile Abuse Of Our Children
Of late, we have been inundated with horrid tales and grim pictures of children who have been domestically abused or molested by their parents, guardians or relatives. Most of these tales and pictures...
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Mikel Struggles For Form In China, Suffers Sixth Consecutive Loss
John Obi Mikel and his Tianjin Teda teammates are struggling for form ahead of the start of the Chinese Super League. The Nigerian captain was named in the starting line-up as Tianjin Teda suffered a...
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UCL: Di Maria’s Brace Slays Barca, Benfica Humble Dortmund
Barcelona were, yesterday, in the UEFA Champions League, mauled, shellacked, hamered and embarrassed 4-0 by a highly eclectic Paris St Germain, thanks to a brace from Angel Di Maria, Julian Draxler and...
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D’Tigers, Tigresses To Battle China, France, Others For AfroBasket
Nigeria’s senior national basketball teams, D’Tigresses and D’Tigers, LEADERSHIP Sports understands, would engage top-ranked teams in international friendlies, as part of the build-up to this year’s...
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Trump’s National Security Adviser Resigns
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his contacts with Russia, the White House has announced. Mr Flynn is alleged to have discussed US sanctions with the Russian...
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Erdogan’s Win-Win Policy In Africa
Rather than creating new relations of dependence, tutelage and exploitation as the colonial powers did, Turkey carries out a ‘win-win policy’ in Africa which is a policy of mutual empowerment based on...
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PDP Will Return To Power In 2019 Stronger – Agabi
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 Nasarawa State governorship election, Dr Yusuf Agabi, has said the party would return to power in 2019, not only in the state but also at...
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Senate Queries Fashola Over Additional N2bn In Housing Budget
The senate yesterday queried the minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), over a strange N2 billion allocation in the 2017 budget for regional housing scheme by the...
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Recession: Tambuwal Suggests Capital Projects Execution As Way Out
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has suggested possible pathway for the nation to overcome recession, saying that embarking on capital projects such as road construction and injection of...
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Ortom Appoints New SSG, Drops 5 Exco Members
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday announced the appointment of Professor Anthony Ijohor, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as Secretary to State Government and also dropped 5 members of...
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Wike To APC: You Misinformed Osinbajo About Stakeholders’ Meeting
Rivers State governor, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike has berated the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for allegedly misinforming Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, that...
View ArticleFG Gives Cash Grants To 56 Innovators
The federal government yesterday in Abuja encouraged 56 inventors and innovators from the six geopolitical zones of the country with cash grants to promote and fine-tune their various projects....
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The Alarm Over Fake Naira A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafiya, has raised the alarm over what he perceived as a dangerous trend in which a whole 20 per...
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PMB’s Death Rumour Is A Distraction – Lawmaker
When the rumour of the death of President Muhammadu Buhari hit town, a lot of Nigerians were surprised and they were concerned that the country was not ready for such an incident at this critical...
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Transporters Rally Stakeholders’ Support For Shippers Council On Truck...
The Road Transport Employers’ Association (RTEAN) has hailed the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) over its planned consolidation of trucking companies operating in the nation’s maritime industry....
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Ogbeh Commends FG On Plan For Modular Refineries
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh has commended the federal government’s initiative to introduce modular refineries to replace the illegal refineries in the Niger...
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