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The former managing director and Editor-in-Chief of National Concord Newspapers, a woman with a pen of courage, Dr Doyin Abiola, is dead. Doyin, a woman of many firsts, widow of the late business mogul and politician Chief MKO Abiola, was said to have passed away on Tuesday night at the age of 82. The eminent […]
Family members of Dr Doyin Abiola, wife of winner the of June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola were holding meetings to fine-tune preparations for the funeral of the late former Managing Director of the defunct Concord Newspaper. Dr. Abiola died on Tuesday evening at the age of 82. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the […]
Former presidential candidate and Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, was on Wednesday detained by the Police at the Force headquarters in Abuja. Sowore was detained after honouring an invitation from the Inspector General of Police’s Monitoring Unit over a petition allegedly filed against him by yet-to-be-named persons over allegation bordering on criminal defamation. The rights […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Wednesday, announced that it has temporarily shut down its result-checking portal due to technical problems, just hours after releasing the 2025 WASSCE results. This was shared in a statement on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle. “WAEC hereby informs the general public that the result checker portal @waecdirect.org […]
President Bola Tinubu has extended his deepest condolences to President John Mahama, the government and people of Ghana over the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of two of his ministers. Defence Minister, Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, were among six other victims of a military helicopter that crashed on Wednesday. […]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that a significant number of abandoned estates in Abuja and other parts of Nigeria were owned by civil servants who used stolen public funds to finance their construction. Olukoyede made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at a policy dialogue organised by […]
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Oladele Alake has paid glowing tribute to the late former Managing Director of Concord Press of Nigeria, Dr. (Mrs.) Doyin Abiola, describing her passing as a personal loss. Alake also credited the deceased with leading him up the media corporate ladder to become what he is at the moment. […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has accused the renowned Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal popularly known as KWAM 1 or K1 De Ultimate, of spilling alcohol aviation workers during a boarding process at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday. LEADERSHIP reports that KWAM 1 is a prominent socialite, traditional title […]
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of one of its most distinguished members, Dr. Doyin Abiola (née Aboaba), who died on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the age of 82. In a statement issued to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, NPAN President Kabiru Yusuf described Dr. Abiola […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has thrown its weight behind the Credit Card Initiative of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CreditCorp). The Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, disclosed this on Wednesday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation, held at the NYSC National […]