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The Senate has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its outstanding performance in fighting economic and financial crimes, particularly the progress recorded in 2024. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Udende (Benue North East), who hailed the EFCC’s professionalism, dedication and patriotism despite numerous operational challenges. […]
Caring Lot International Initiative (CLII),and National Association of Seadogs(NAS), Sahara Deck, yesterday advocated stronger collaboration among stakeholders to increase Alzheimer’s disease awareness campaign. Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behaviour. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. The call was made in Abuja at an […]
Following the discovery that some political appointees have refused to declare their assets in Niger State , the state government is set to force them to comply with the statutory requirements or risk being sacked. LEADERSHIP gathered that the official notification from the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Niger State Office, has alerted the […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday handed over his seat briefly to teenage girl, Joy Ogah, who acted as Nigeria’s ‘Vice President’ for a day, using the opportunity to advocate greater investment in girl-child education and protection. The symbolic gesture took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during a meeting between the Vice President […]
The long- suffering people of Omu Aran, the headquarters of Irepodun local government area of Kwara State have described the ongoing rehabilitation of Omu Aran water works as a life saver. LEADERSHIP reports that the Omu- Aran water works commissioned in 1977 is undergoing rehabilitation for the first time. Speaking on behalf of his […]
House of Representatives has resolved that its leadership, under Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, intervene in the dispute between Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance(as amended), moved by Hon. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa (APC, Kano) and […]
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has revealed that it has initiated over 120 projects with many of them completed for the Ogoni people. The project coordinator of the HYPREP, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, who made this declaration, during the organisation’s appearance at the public hearing session convened by the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee […]
Ahead the governorship election in Anambra State in November 8, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has charged the media practitioners on the appropriate reporting of the election. Represented by his deputy at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Mr. Wilfred Ifogah, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr. Sam Okumekun […]
Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has approved the implementation of 70% of the 2024 CONPCASS/CONTEDISS salary structure for staff of the state-owned tertiary institutions, effective October 2025. The governor said the approval was part of his administration’s commitment to improving workers’ welfare and revitalising the education sector. The government further said the approval followed a […]
The CLEEN Foundation (CF), a civil society organisation (CSO) has expressed dismay at the poor administration of Criminal Justice Law (CJL), noting that deficit in funding, human capital and other challenges had combined to hamper effective enforcement of such legislations. Speaking at the ongoing two- day capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening the implementation of the […]