US Shale Oil Producers Drag Down Oil Prices
Oil prices rose on Monday but the gains were limited as investors gauged whether an increase in U.S. drilling rigs and record stockpiles would undermine efforts by producers to cut output and bring the...
View ArticleCompanies Reduce Staff Dollar Remunerations As Naira Hits N522/$
As the receding Nigerian economy continues to take toll on the revenues of companies, they are finding new ways of reducing cost by cutting down staff remunerations and expenses. More companies are...
View ArticleNAMA Reviews Nigerian Aeronautical Information Procedure
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has set up a committee to commence the immediate review of the nation’s Aeronautical Information Procedure (AIP). The Nigerian AIP is a state document...
View ArticleBridging Skills Acquisition Gap For Rapid Industrialisation
One of the most effective ways to fight poverty and boost economic development of any nation is through job creation. Experts have identified skilled manpower as the main driver of rapid...
View ArticleFarmers Protest In Lagos Over Kidnapping
Most farmers in the Igbodo and Isiwo communities of Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday, cried out to the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode over spate of kidnapping activities...
View ArticleCourt Strikes Out Adegoruwa’s Suit Against Magu’s Confirmation
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday stroke out the suit filed by Lagos lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, challenging the continued stay in office of the acting Chairman of...
View ArticlePMB Vows To Address Housing Deficit
President Muhammad Bahari has vowed that his administration would leave no stone unturned in addressing the challenges of housing shortages to Nigerian public workers. Buhari stated this yesterday in...
View Article2018 Census Will Be Biometric Based – FG
The Sokoto State federal commissioner, National Population Commission, Barrister Muhammadu Aminu Jason has divulged that the 2018 census will be biometric based to avoid human errors. Aminu insisted...
View ArticleAdamawa Govt Approves N1bn For Pension Arrears
The sum of N1 billion has been approved by the Adamawa State government for the payment of pension arrears for state and local government pensioners in the state. The Chief of Staff to the governor,...
View ArticleDPR Seizes Vessel With 1.5m Litres Of Contaminated Petrol
The management of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has seized a vessel MT JAZI loaded with 1. 5 million of contaminated petroleum product. The product was being discharged at the Nakem Jetty,...
View ArticleSpiritual Rebirth, Only Panacea To Corruption – NCPC Boss
The executive secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Tor Uja has called on the federal government to include and sponsor heads of ministries, departments and agencies for the...
View Article13 Buildings, 16 Vehicles, Destroyed In Onitsha Tanker Fire – NEMA
Following the assessment conducted on the Onitsha Tanker Fire incident in Anambra State by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in conjunction with Anambra State Emergency Management Agency...
View ArticleNigerians Advised Against Inciting Statements
The African Youth International Development Foundation (AFYDEF) has cautioned Nigerians against the use of inciting and inflammatory utterances both on social media and the conventional media, saying...
View ArticleAl-Makura Assents To N69.9bn 2017 Appropriation Bill
Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, yesterday, assented to the 2017 appropriation bill of N69,971,427,596 passed by the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. Assenting to the bill in Lafia,...
View ArticleA/Ibom Bank Sacks 40 Workers, 50 More To Go
In its avowed commitment to re-position and fit into the current economic demand the Akwa Ibom State owned bank, Akwa Savings and Loans Limited, said it had disengaged about 40 employees. The bank’s...
View ArticleEFCC Investigates N188m Budget Padding In Ministry Of Women Affairs
The Minister of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Al-Hassan has revealed that zonal intervention projects worth N188 million in the 2016 budget domiciled in her ministry is being investigated by the...
View ArticleTraffic Warden Service Moves To Actualise Autonomy From Police
The Traffic Warden Service (TWS), has been granted a writ of execution to actualise its autonomy from the Nigeria Police Force. Documents at the disposal of LEADERSHIP reveals that the Traffic Warden...
View ArticleOnly Peace Can Guarantee Nigeria’s Economic Recovery, Prosperity – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has advocated peace in the country as the only means to achieve the overall development of the country, saying in the atmosphere of...
View ArticleSouthern Kaduna Killings: Death Toll Rises To 26, Victims Get Mass Burial
The death toll arising from Sunday to Monday’s attacks on four communities in Kaura and Jema’a local government areas of Kaduna State has risen to 26. LEADERSHIP findings also revealed that 10 of the...
View ArticleAPC Gombe: Why Party Reconstituted Caretaker C’ttee
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given reasons why the Gombe State Caretaker Working Committee was reconstituted, citing “irreconcilable differences” among members of...
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