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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that there is no vacancy in Lugard House and Aso Rock Villa in 2027 is undemocratic. The rally had endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, for second term office, ahead of the 2027 election. […]
The League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State has blamed the gale of brain drain in the country and the falling standard of education in the country on frequent strike actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The clerics, in a statement by the secretary general of the body, Imam Tajudeen Adewunmi, […]
A total of 10,000 households and 30,000 children have benefited from the Katsina State government programme targeting food security, nutrition, income and expenditure management. Governor DIkko Umaru Radda, who disclosed this at the World Statistics Day 2025, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to using data to drive inclusive development, adding that the state’s success in supporting […]
Renowned journalist and the former managing director and Editor-in-Chief of Punch Nigeria Limited, Sir Ademola Osinubi, was literally “drenched” in tributes and commendations as he celebrated his 70th birthday in a graceful manner on Monday, 20th October 2025. The 70th birthday thanksgiving and Eucharist service, which took place at Methodist Cathedral of Peace and Excellence, […]
Chief commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Bashir Abubakar, says the organisation has resolved over 1.2 million cases since its establishment 50 years ago. He, however, said 522,778 complaints were under active consideration. At a press conference in Abuja to mark the golden jubilee of Nigeria’s Ombudsman institution, Abubakar described the milestone as a […]
At last, nemesis has caught up with one Christopher Linus Augustine, 28, from Ikot Abia community in the Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State, who is alleged to have abducted a 14-year-old minor on her way from school, took her to an uncompleted building and sexually assaulted her. The victim, LEADERSHIP gathered, is […]
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 […]