ABUJA: The National Chairman of Association of Local Government Vice-Chairmen of Nigeria, ALGOVC and leader of the APC South East Forum in Abuja, Hon. Lawrence Onuchukwu has called on the Nigerian political class to close rank and work for the realisation of the Igbo presidency in 2023.

Jewish history and culture in Morocco will soon be part of the school curriculum — a “first” in the region and in the North African country, where Islam is the state religion. The decision “has the impact of a tsunami,” said Serge Berdugo, secretary-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco. It “is a […]

DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo Agege, All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta Central has called on Urhobo people at home and in the Diaspora to promote unity and cohesion among themselves at all times.

EX- Niger Delta agitators have asked a surveillance firm, Ocean Marines Solution Ltd – OMSL, to honour the directive of the National Petroleum Development Company, NPDC through Heritage Operational Services Ltd to retain them in the surveillance contract of OML30 that was taken over from Erasko Ltd. They claimed the company OMSL reneged on the […]

A medical expert, Dr Chinonso Egemba, says that ‘Wet Dreams’, experienced in adolescents or in adulthood usually while asleep, is not a disease or “Spiritual attack”. Egemba, who is popularly known as ‘Aproko Doctor’, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Awka, that there is the need to correct such perceptions to […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) Aare Afe Babalola, SAN has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari over his refusal to appear before the House of Representatives. The legal luminary noted that the invitation by the lawmaker was not out of place considering the series of killings and other heinous crimes […]

By Dirisu Yakubu & Alice Ekpang The 30 months old civil war between Nigeria and Biafra cost the former a whopping £130 million, an academic, Adetunji Ogunyemi has revealed. Ogunyemi who disclosed this while facilitating a session at the ongoing media training workshop in Abuja organised by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, a German Non Governmental Organization, decried what […]

…To flag-off distribution of empowerment items to constituents The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, will on the 20th of December, 2020, commission development projects across Nsukka/Igbo Eze South Federal Constituency in the state. Vanguard gathered that the projects were attracted by the federal lawmaker representing the constituency in the House of the Representatives, Pat […]

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has inaugurated its state, local government and ward executives in Rivers State, vowing that it would clear all elections come 2023. The development was following the decision of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the party, last week, which dissolved all structures of the party at the state, local government, […]

***Says leadership, not religion is Nigeria’s problem By Dapo Akinrefon The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday, said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks courage to tackle the security challenges facing the country adding that leadership remains Nigeria’s biggest problem. Speaking shortly after his ordination as an Apostle at the Saviour’s Ministries in Lagos, […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Federal Ministry of Education, FMOE, weekend disclosed that Benue state accounts for over 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria placing the state on the list of states with low school enrollment rates. The Director, Basic and Secondary Education in the Ministry, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir made this known at the ceremony for […]

Melody Uweh, it’s nice to speak to you for the second time this year. How has the journey been so far? So far so good, the journey has been very promising. You know when I look back at what I’ve done in the past 12 months I would say that the future is bright. There […]

Gallant troops of 28 Task Force Brigade of Sector 1 Operation LAFIYA DOLE inflicted heavy casualties on Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) that attempted to attack Askira Uba in Borno State yesterday. The terrorists were suspected to have come from Sambisa Forest, mounted on over 15 gun trucks and approached the town from different directions simultaneously. […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja At a pump price of ₦167 per litre, Nigerians are currently overpaying for fuel, an industry expert, Alhaji Rabiu Bello has revealed. Bello, a former Chief Operating Officer/Group Executive Director, Upstream Business Unit at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC disclosed this at the weekend during a roundtable on ‘Deregulation […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Nigerian media practitioners have been urged to rededicate  themselves to the task of nation building through objective constructive reporting   and professionalism as a mark of tribute to the legacy of the late Chairman and publisher of LEADERSHIP Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah. Mr Nda-Isaia died in Abuja on Friday night, after a brief illness. […]