New NYSC D-G Assumes Office, Promises to Sustain Founding Fathers’ Vision
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Fadah, has promised to sustain the vision of the founding fathers of the scheme. He said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the formal handing/taking over ceremony from the outgoing Director-General,…
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai And the Toast in Honour of Amaechi
By Oby Ndukwe The political arena has witnessed a massive boost with key presidential aspirants of the two major parties leading their teams to different states of the country in a bid to get endorsement by revered Traditional Rulers and…
Frontline PDP Governorship Aspirant in Abia State Promises to give Priority to Education
A frontline governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Mayor Lucky Igbokwe, has promised to declare quality free and compulsory education from primary to secondary school if elected Governor in 2023. The 40 year old, philanthropist…
Showers of Encomiums as LEADERSHIP Newspaper Presents ‘Best Governor of the Year Award’ to Governor Inuwa Yahaya
…Vice President, First Lady, Governors, Ministers and Other Eminent Nigerians Attend Ceremony …”Award Will Spur Us To Do More Good Work To Gombe People ”— Gov. Yahaya For turning the people’s electoral hopes and expectations into tangible realities with attendant…
2023 Presidency: Count Me Out – AfDB Boss, Adesina
After a group purchased N100 million expression of interest and nomination forms for him on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
Atiku Vs Journalists: Activist Calls for Law to Protect Pressmen on Duty
As veteran journalist and activist, Comrade Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, has called for a law to protect the press after reports of recent harassment and intimidation by Presidential Aspirant Atiku Abubakar’s aides at the Plateau State Peoples Democratic Party PDP Secretariat. Atiku…
Building Demolitions: HURIWA Slams FCTA Over Alleged Oppression of Abuja Home Owners
… Says Housing Should Be An Enforceable Human Right Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, slammed the Federal Capital Territory Administration led by the FCT Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello, over the rash demolitions…
Thin Line Between Online Publications/Libel
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “Where there is discord, may we bring harmony… where there is despair, may we bring hope.’ – Margaret Thatcher.” The age of the Internet has come with it a lot of new challenges and broader perspectives in…
Why DSS Must Arrest Sheikh Abubakar Jibril – Rights Group
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Monday, tasked the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Jibril, for allegedly inciting Muslims against the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of…
Kano Guber: Rufa’i’s Aspiration Boosts ADC’s Chances, Rattles Opponents
The aspiration by Balarabe Rufa’i, a young generation activist to the governorship of Kano State under the African Democratic Alliance (ADC) is said to be changing the permutations across all the political parties in favour of the ADC, a hitherto…
Oyo GGovt. Seeks Traditional Institutions’ Participation in Anti-graft War
Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) has called for the support of traditional rulers, in order to win the ongoing war against corruption. The Chairman, Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency, (OYACA), Hon. Justice Eni Esan (rtd.) said this today, during a courtesy…
