UNITED States (U.S.) President Barack Obama has said American forces would not get bogged down trying to topple Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, but stopped short of spelling out how the military campaign in the north African country would end. Hours after, well armed and organized troops loyal to the Libyan strongman reversed the westward charge […]
THE Court of Appeal, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State yesterday adjourned sine die a suit filed before it by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2007 gubernatorial election, Mr. Segun Oni, challenging his ouster from office as governor of the state. According to the court, the report of the panel set up by the National […]
AMID persistent political violence in some parts of the country, elective office seekers and other party leaders yesterday appealed to their followers to refrain from acts that can affect the smooth conduct of the April polls, which begins with National Assembly elections on Saturday. The police have also scaled up their preparations for the polls […]
THE Federal Government yesterday explained the depletion of the country’s foreign reserve from $42 billion in 2008 to less than $32 billion in 2010, saying it was a price the country had to pay for maintaining a stable exchange rate. Speaking at an interactive session with the organized private sector under the auspices of the […]
ALTHOUGH Britain and the United States (U.S.) have expressed concern over the spate of political violence that has rocked some states across the country, South Africa has expressed optimism that Nigeria would hold a successful general election next month. South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Kingsley Mamabolo, who stated this on Monday in an […]
Challenges Buhari, others to debate • ‘Workers can now sue for breach’ • NLC demands for signed copy President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he secretly signed the N18, 000 Minimum Wage Bill into law to avoid unnecessary pressure on the state government and other affected relevant agencies.In the last few days, there has been controversy over […]
The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has thrown his weight behind the decision of candidates of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) to shun the presidential debate held on Monday. The former FCT minister told LEADERSHIP in Abuja yesterday […]
Various crises in Ogun State remain intractable three days to elections. FRANCIS FALOLA examines possible effects of the crises on the polls. With elections approaching, none of the governorship candidates in Ogun State can confidently say that the battle is over and victory is his. The three leading governorship candidates in the state are Chief […]
NOT fewer than 10 people were reported to have been killed, following gunmen’s attack, few minutes to the zonal rally of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) in Maidu-guri, the Borno State capital. The attacks, according eyewitnesses, were carried out at aTotal petrol station near the venue of the rally, as well as in Gwange […]
The midnight invasion of Iheakpu-Awka community by Akatakpa Masquerades and youths from neighbouring Ibagwa-Aka community in the Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area, Enugu State, was not spontaneous, but a seemingly premeditated act described by many as barbaric and brutal in concept and maniacal in execution. The mayhem had left in its wake the death of […]
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