MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the insurgency in the state destroyed more than 5,000 school structures and forced about 2.2 million children out of school at the peak of the crisis. Zulum stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while inaugurating several completed projects across the state. The governor said the destruction […]

Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, SAN, has defended the proposed increase in the retirement age of magistrates and law officers in the state, saying the measure is designed to correct an imbalance created by the constitutional extension of High Court judges’ retirement age from 65 to 70 years.

By Garba Shehu This year, the Leadership newspaper is conferring its prestigious Man of the Year award on two Nigerian icons in recognition of their leadership journeys: Prince Nduka Obaigbena, one of Nigeria’s most famous and admired media figures, is a man who shaped, and continues to shape, different eras in Nigerian journalism. Abdul Samad […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr. Kelechi Anosike, has promised to abolish taxes on barrow and truck pushers and institute a welfarist tax regime to reduce the burden on workers, traders and artisans if elected in February 2027.

By Chris Agbedo I have read Valentine Obienyem’s “Fr. Alia and the Seduction of Power” with a mixture of concern and sadness. Concern, because the conduct attributed to Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Benue State, raises questions that deserve serious scrutiny. Sadness, because the article, in its passionate condemnation of the priest-governor, seems to […]