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A Kano State High Court has sentenced two men, Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for the murder of Buhari Imam, a lecturer with Northwest University, Kano. The convicts — Hussaini of Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters and Zakariyya of Unguwar Malam Quarters, Kumbotso local government area — were found guilty on a […]
A resident of Bayan Dutse, Wailo in Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi State, Auwalu Muhammad, has connived with five other persons to remove the eyes of his seven-year-old sister, Rukayya Muhammad, for money-making rituals. LEADERSHIP learnt that Muhammad led Rukayya to a bush in Wailo, where he removed her eyes. The victim was rushed […]
Many Nigerians in the diaspora have raised certain questions regarding the new tax reform laws and the possible implications. In a recent engagement with some Nigerians in the diaspora, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele explained the key provisions of the new tax laws, provided clarifications to […]
To combat the menace of insecurity ravaging the north and retool the region’s economy, its leaders must speak with one voice, Governor Dauda Lawal has said. Governor Lawal spoke, yesterday, in Abuja, when he chaired the first day of the Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialisation Summit. Governor Lawal commended the Northern Elders Forum for its […]
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara state, yesterday, strengthened the operations of the Zamfara State Transport Company as he unveiled 50 new 18-seater buses. Inaugurating the new buses, Governor Lawal said it marked a fulfillment of a promise and a legacy which demonstrated Zamfara State’s commitment to greatness and excellence. Governor Lawal reiterated that the event […]
Japan’s parliament has voted in the country’s first ever female prime minister.
A chess grandmaster has died unexpectedly at the age of 29.
An official preliminary report into last month’s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon has been released, putting the blame on a faulty steel cable and other maintenance flaws.
Last week, in my column The Theatre of Presidential Pardon, I made a factual error. I had written that the case of Maryam Sanda, convicted of killing her husband, was still pending before the Supreme Court. A close friend later called to inform me that the case had been decided in 2023, with the apex […]
Since assuming office, what principles have guided your leadership? My guiding principles are honesty, sincerity, and hard work. When His Excellency, Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, appointed me as Managing Director, he gave me a great responsibility to revive an agency that had been inactive and under a ministry for over 40 years. He trusted me […]
