Category: News

Worried by the preponderance of abandoned and substandard projects in the country, the House of Representatives has initiated a bill for an act to establish the National Independent Project and Monitoring Agency (NIPMA). The agency is being conceived to ensure transparency, accountability, and effective monitoring and evaluation of public projects in the country. Sponsored by […]

An iron scavenger has been arrested after he was allegedly found in possession of a pump-action rifle in Auchi, Edo State. The discovery has raised fresh concerns about insecurity and illegal arms circulation in the area and thrown residents into shock. The incident came to light after a video posted on TikTok by user @leftistscorner […]

Former deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2024 election in Edo State, Osarodion Ogie, on Friday, denied report suggesting that he was planning to rejoin the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ogie, in the 2024 governorship election won by Governor Monday Okpeholo was the running mate to the PDP candidate, Barrister […]

Popular veteran musician, film director and producer, songwriter, and music producer, Obafemi Lasode, is dead. The veteran who was born in December 1955, gave up the ghost on Friday at the age of 70. Former President of Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Dr Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli announced Lasode’s passage on Friday. Tee […]

President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the passing of Dr Ibrahim Bello, the Sarkin Katsinan and Emir of Gusau in Zamfara State. The monarch died Friday morning in Abuja at the age of 71. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga described the traditional ruler’s death as a collective loss beyond his […]

The Anti-Sexual Violence Lead Support Initiative (ASVIOL Support Initiative) launched an economic empowerment programme for residents of the Tudun Biri Community in the Igabi local government area of Kaduna State yesterday. Tudun Biri came to the limelight following the unfortunate drone airstrike by the Nigerian military, which killed over 100 residents on 3rd December, 2023. […]

The Presidency has strongly rejected accusations by 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has marginalised Northern Nigeria in the distribution of national resources. LEADERSHIP reports Kwankwaso made the comments on Thursday during a stakeholders’ dialogue on the 2025 constitutional amendment, held in […]

The sleepy communities of Ndi Ejezie, Umualoma and Ndiakuwata was thrown into mourning as suspected IPOB/ESN members killed seven persons, with several others sustaining various degrees of injuries. This was made known through a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Henry Okoye. According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP […]

The federal government, through the FGN Power Company, in collaboration with Siemens Energy, has commissioned a 63MVA, 132/33KV mobile substation at the Eleyele Transmission Substation, Ibadan, Oyo State with a view to boosting power supply in the state. This milestone, delivered under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) was designed to enhance electricity supply to Eleyele […]