Month: August 2025

For over two decades, communities in Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State have lived in the shadows. With no electricity supply, homes remained dark, schools under-resourced, and small businesses stifled. But a glimmer of hope is finally emerging from the heart of Balanga Dam. In a landmark move, the Gombe State Government has launched […]

Yesterday, the 2025 International Youth Day was celebrated across the globe under the theme ” Empowered Youth, Sustainable Future: Innovate, Include, and Inspire.” The theme was timely and inspiring, highlighting the crucial role of youth in building a sustainable future. In Jigawa State, the day was marked with a colourful event at the Banquet Hall […]

The Gombe State Government has formalized a deal to establish a state-of-the-art museum and restore several iconic historical monuments across the state. This bold move towards unlocking the economic potential of heritage tourism, was cemented with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a renowned heritage restoration experts, Exceeda Construction Ltd, at a […]

Federal government yesterday flagged off the 2025 National Pasture Planting Day at the historic Kawu Grazing Reserve in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It pledged to transform grazing reserves into hubs of sustainable livestock production, peaceful coexistence, and economic empowerment. The minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, described the […]

The federal government and some civil society organisations have called for the implementation of a Special Protection Programme for vulnerable populations, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), to reduce poverty levels across rural areas. They spoke  at a dialogue on “Special Protection, CSOs’ Build-up to the National Summit on Humanitarian and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria,” in […]

Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has said empowering women artisans is not an act of charity but a strategic economic imperative. She highlighted the immense potential of Nigerian women in driving national prosperity. Speaking in Abuja at the unveiling of TIKERA Africa – a platform championing African creativity and enterprise, the minister described […]

Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft operating in the North East killed 592 terrorists and obliterated 372 enemy assets in eight months. The CAS revealed these figureS in Maiduguri yesterday during a visit to Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum. In a statement […]

Marine police operatives on the waterways of Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State have smashed an illegal bunkering syndicate. They arrested two suspected oil thieves and impounded a wooden boat loaded with the product around the Okposo axis. LEADERSHIP gathered that the suspects in the illegal business usually ship petroleum products to some […]

President Bola Tinubu yesterday announced plans for Nigeria’s first-ever National Industrial Manpower Development Policy, saying the country’s greatest asset lies in its people rather than its natural resources. He stressed the urgent need to bridge the gap between educational output and industry requirements to unlock Nigeria’s economic potential. In a keynote address at the opening […]

Cross River State Head of Service (HoS), Dr. Innocent Eteng, has confirmed that Governor Bassey Otu’s implementation of the national minimum wage of N70,000. , He said the state government implemented it in line with the agreement the Otu adninistration reached with organised labour. Eteng stated this during an interview  with LEADERSHIP in Calabar yesterday. […]