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The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), under its national executive council commendation programme has honoured the inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and 10 other senior officers in recognition of their dedication and exceptional service to internal security. The programme, designed to celebrate the efforts of officers who have demonstrated protracted commitment to duty, highlighted […]
Police yesterday confirmed the death of eight persons after residents said scores were feared dead in the collapse of a gold mining pit in Kadauri village, Maru local government area of Zamfara State. Speaking with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, the councilor representing Maru ward, Sani Abdullahi Maru, however said only 11 people died while scores sustained injuries. […]
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has disbursed a total of N99.5 billion to students and institutions in just 16 months since the loan scheme was launched on 24 May 2024. According to official data obtained by LEADERSHIP Weekend from a Student Loan Disbursement Status Report dated 24 September 2025, a total of 510,378 students […]
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Friday on a working visit to the former seat of government as Nigeria prepares for a low-key 65th Independence Anniversary. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President moved to Lagos after attending the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi […]
It was an event organisers had hoped, perhaps optimistically, would be civil. Then comes a shout: “Shut the f**k up!”
The King and Queen will meet the new Pope during a state visit to Vatican City next month.
The Kano State Shura Council has announced that it will investigate allegations of blasphemy made against a prominent Islamic scholar, Malam Lawan Shuaibu Abubakar Triumph, following petitions forwarded by the State Government. Secretary of the Shura Council, Shehu Wada Sagagi, disclosed this during a press briefing on Friday evening that the committee, chaired by the […]
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board, marking his first major directive since his reinstatement after a six-month State of Emergency imposed on the State by President Bola Tinubu in March this year. The announcement was contained in a special government’s statement issued on Friday evening […]
Former Vice President and leading opposition figure, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Ibadanland in Oyo State was lucky to have Oba Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan. Atiku, a political ally of Ladoja before the latter’s ascension to the Ibadan throne, described Ibadan as a signpost of republicanism in traditional leadership in Nigeria, saying […]
The Sudanese Alliance for Rights has filed a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague against four senior figures of the Port Sudan Authority. The lawsuit cites Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is both the nation’s army chief and head of the country’s Sovereign Council, as well as leading military figures, […]
