Month: August 2025

Owhelogbo community, Isoko North local government area of Delta State, is lamenting the murder of three persons within eight months for ritual purposes. The recent occurrence was the gruesome murder of Mercy Odhegba, a POS attendant who was killed by yet-to-identified gunmen in Warri, Delta State. Condemning the killings, former Secretary to Delta State Government, […]

To curtail widespread corruption in government and allied institutions, the Akwa Ibom State government  has placed all its financial transactions under the Single Treasury Account (TSA). This, LEADERSHIP learnt, was part of the resolutions reached at the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting held at the Exco Chamber of the Government House, Uyo, the state capital […]

In solidarity and academic support, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU), Bauchi, has awarded scholarships to three indigent students. Our correspondent reports that the awards were presented to the recipients on Thursday at the university’s Gadau Campus. The scholarship beneficiaries are Khadija Usman, a 300-level student from the Pharmacy Department; […]

Project CHAMP administered holistic healthcare services on 217 residents of the Gishiri community during an outreach programme in Abuja. The outreach ended the six-day maiden edition of the ‘Community, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Medicine and People Empowerment’ (CHAMP) workshop, which trained and networked 27 community and healthcare workers from across the country on how to administer […]

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 25,642 victims of human trafficking and secured 750 convictions since its establishment, the attorney-general of the federation and minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has said. At the 28th National Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum and Summit on Human Trafficking held in Abuja on Wednesday, Fagbemi […]

Former member representing Jos South/Jos East federal constituency, Hon. Musa Bagos, has said Plateau State Governor Barr Caleb Mutfwang is redefining governance and setting an unprecedented pace of development in all sectors. Bagos told our correspondent in Jos that, “Based on verifiable facts and growing public confidence, I wish to unequivocally state that Governor Mutfwang […]

Federal government and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address the union’s l grievances. The agreement was reached at a high-level conciliation meeting convened by the minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, in Abuja. In a statement issued by the ministry’s head of press […]

President Bola Tinubu has swore in Dr Nnanna Uzor Kalu as the commissioner representing the South East geopolitical zone on the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), ending months of delay in completing the board’s composition. The ceremony, which took place yesterday at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, came just before the commencement […]