Category: News

The Presidency has reacted to recent criticisms of President Bola Tinubu-led administration by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, accusing him of peddling falsehoods and failing to acknowledge the significant reforms undertaken by the current government. The former vice president who was the 2023 presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the […]

The House of Representatives has pledged to investigate the immediate and underlying causes of the midnight conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in parts of the country. Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, Hon. Oboku Oforji, stated this during a session with officials of the West African Examinations […]

The search and rescue operations team at the scene of the flood disaster in Mokwa, Niger state said no fewer than 115 more bodies have been recovered. Director General of the state emergency Management agency, Abdullahi Baba Arah confirmed this to LEADERSHIP, through the agency’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Hussain. Abdullahi said contrary to the […]

The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has reiterated its commitment to delivering principled leadership at the grassroots, advocating for governance driven by values and democratic ideals rather than personality politics. The party gave the pledge at a recent event in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where aspirants for chairmanship and councillorship positions declared their intentions to […]

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has clarified as misleading, reports circulating on the social media and blogs, claiming that Senator Sani Musa was “rubbished” during a recent plenary session for allegedly failing to define the word “harmonised.” In a statement issued to journalists on Friday in Abuja, Akpabio dismissed these reports as untrue, […]

The Kano State Government has welcomed the Friday’s judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which set aside an earlier ruling by the Federal High Court in Kano that sought to stop the conduct of local government elections in the state. In a statement issued by Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, […]

Liverpool have completed the signing of Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen for 35m euros (£29.5m) on a five-year deal. Just hours after the Anfield club confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold would be joining Real Madrid in time to play in the Club World Cup, the Premier League champions ratified their move for Dutch international Frimpong after activating […]