NAHCON Reform Saves Pilgrims $18.8m
In a bid to adhere to a regime of prudence and accountability, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has saved Muslim pilgrims $18.8 million through sanction of the manner in which service...
View ArticlePMB Appoints New Heads For PENCOM, FMB, 21 Others
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointments of heads of various federal government agencies. The appointments, which are with immediate effect was made known through a statement issued by the...
View ArticleInflation Rate Declines To 17.26 % In March – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said the inflation rate dropped by 0.52 per cent in March to close at 17.26 per cent, the second decline recorded in two months. NBS had announced the...
View ArticleWe Will Bend Over For Chibok Girls’ Release – PMB
President Muhammadu Buhari vowed yesterday that his administration will leave no stone unturned in bending over backwards to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls who are still in the...
View ArticleFormer President Jonathan’s Ex-CSO, Gordon Obua Dies
Reports reaching LEADERSHIP have it that the former Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Gordon Obua is dead. A source disclosed that Gordon Obua died at the National...
View ArticleTrump Says North Korea ‘Will Be Taken Care Of ‘
US President Donald Trump has vowed that the “problem” of North Korea “will be taken care of,” as speculation mounted that Pyongyang might be preparing another nuclear or missile test. “North Korea is...
View ArticleNigeria Receives 500,000 Doses Of Meningitis C Vaccine
Nigeria has received 500,000 doses of meningitis C containing vaccine to combat the epidemic in the country, the WHO has said. The doses were sent by the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on...
View ArticleMeningitis Kills 33 In Niger
Thirty three people have died from the Cerebrol Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in Niger state out of 116 suspected cases recorded, an official disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. The...
View ArticleProfessor, 5 others die in road crashes in Abakaliki
The Dean, School of Basic Medical Sciences at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ebonyi, Prof. Robert Nneli is dead. He died in one of the two accidents recorded Thursday night at the notorious 131...
View ArticleElection Tribunal Upholds Obaseki’s Election As Edo Gov
The Edo Election Petition Tribunal, on Friday upheld the election of Mr Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Edo. Delivering the judgment, Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led...
View ArticleFG Inaugurates Ultra-modern Passport Office In Kano
The Federal Government has inaugurated a new ultra-modern Passport Processing Office in Kano State as part of plans to bring immigration services closer to Nigerians. The Minister of Interior, retired...
View ArticleGov Emmanuel Inaugurates Revenue Board in A/Ibom
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has inaugurated the state Board of Internal Revenue with a call on the members to explore ways of increasing the revenue profile of the state to fast track...
View ArticleChikun/Kajuru: We Are Proud Of Your Representation, Stakeholders Tells Hon....
Stakeholders from Kajuru/Chikun Federal constituency in Kaduna State have commended their representative in the National Assembly Hon. Yakubu Umar Barde for his quality representation of his...
View ArticlePeterside To Nigerians: Continue To Pray For Buhari
Director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside, has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for the All Progressives Congress...
View ArticleEaster: Wike Urges Christians To Make Sacrifices To Advance Development
Rivers State Governor, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, has called on Christians to use the period of the Easter celebration to to emulate Jesus Christ by making sacrifices that will advance the course of...
View ArticleEdo Election Tribunal: PDP’s Ize-Iyamu Says Judgment Unacceptable
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the 2016 Edo governorship poll, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, said in Benin City on Friday that the judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal which...
View ArticleSenator Canvasses Support For PMB’s Anti-corruption Crusade
The senator representing Kebbi north senatorial district, Dr. Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi (Mallamawan Kabi) has call on all well-meaning Nigerians to rally round the present administration’s efforts in...
View ArticleI’m On Same Page With NULGE Over LGA Autonomy – Gov Ishaku
Taraba State Governor, Ach. Darius Ishaku has said that his administration is on the same page with the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) over its call for local autonomy in Nigeria....
View ArticleDelta: Police Beam Search Lights On Lesbians, Ritualists
The Police detectives at the anti-robbery unit of Delta State Police Command have beamed their search lights on alleged lesbians’ practitioners and money ritualists across the state. The Police image...
View ArticleEaster: Dogara, IGP, Fayemi, Abubakar, Dickson Others Urge Christians To...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris , Minister of Mines Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi, Bauchi state...
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