Month: August 2025

A former Benue State commissioner for Lands and Survey, John Tondu, has said only the 36 governors of the federation can address the worsening insecurity in the country by deliberately granting local autonomy as guaranteed by the constitution. Tondu noted that while governors usually pass the bulk to the federal government because it controls security […]

The federal government has announced a new national skills programme aimed at connecting 20 million young Nigerians to jobs, training, and entrepreneurship opportunities by 2030. At least 60 percent of beneficiaries are expected to be women. This is just as Vice President Kashim Shettima has assumed the chairmanship of the reactivated Board of Generation Unlimited […]

Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidates will be on the ballot for the upcoming by-elections scheduled for in various constituencies in 12 states across Nigeria. This followed a ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja in favour of the party in a suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The SDP’s national publicity secretary, […]

The federal government has launched the Tertiary Institutions’ Staff Support Fund (TISSF), an interest-free loan scheme designed to improve the welfare, professional growth, and financial stability of Nigeria’s tertiary institution workforce. The minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, unveiled the initiative in Abuja on Thursday. He described it as a strategic empowerment platform that would […]

Plateau State MultiDoor Courthouse (PMDC) and the Tattaaunawa Roundtable Initiative (TRICentre), with support from the Government of Sweden through the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has held a two-day capacity-building workshop on Collaborative and Alternative Dispute Resolution (CDR/ADR). LEADERSHIP Friday reports that the  programme was held under the project “Improving Access to Women’s Housing, Land and […]

The Apo Division of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has commended the FCT Administration Task Force for demolishing suspected criminal hideouts in Apo Cadastral Zone District, describing the operation as a critical step in improving security in the area. Police officers who monitored the demolition yesterday, although declining to speak on record, affirmed […]

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has received the report of the geospatial mapping that the administration conducted to use as a guide to address the root causes of farmer-herder conflicts and for the development of livestock in the state. LEADERSHIP Friday reports that the state government engaged the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University, […]

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has enjoined journalists to prioritise national interest in their reportage to help build a better society. AbdulRazaq made the appeal at the grand finale of the 2025 Press Week of Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin, the state capital. Represented by his chief press secretary, […]

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken delivery of four Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) hybrid buses from the Presidential CNG Initiative (PCNGI), to enhance public transportation in the nation’s capital. The mandate secretary of the FCTA Transport Secretariat, Chinedu Elechi, who received the buses on behalf of the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, said the initiative […]