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Most residents of the popular Trademore Estate located on Airport Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, have been trapped in their houses and many of them have been displaced, as massive flood submerged the estate after a torrential rainfall that…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says about 97,000 passport booklets issued were uncollected in the 36 states nationwide including Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Service Public Relations Officer, (SPRO) Comptroller of Immigration, Mr Tony Akuneme said this in an interview with the…

Former Ghanaian President, John Mahama, has urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle corruption with asset declaration. Mahama made this appeal in his keynote presentation, titled, “Asset Valuation As A Global Anti-Corruption Tool:- The Nigeria Experience” at the 53rd Annual Conference of the Nigerian…

Nineteen Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have kicked against the bill seeking to regulate and set standards for the practice of Christianity in Nigeria for lack of merits. The coalition of CSOs rose against the bill at a multi-stakeholder press conference in Lagos. It should…

The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has denied media report (not in LEADERSHIP) that it has approved the increment of salaries of political office-holders, judicial and public office holders by 114 per cent. In an exclusive discussion with LEADERSHIP, RMAFC Public…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu time to implement its agreement with the federal government. National president of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this while fielding questions from journalists during a colloquium…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the six area councils have assigned the statutory duties and obligation of revenue collection to the FCT-IRS as part of the move to harmonise revenue and improve the ease of doing business in the FCT. The…

Revenue  Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has urged the 36 States Houses of Assembly to hasten efforts on amendment of relevant laws to give room for upward review of renumeration packages for political, judicial and public officers. Its Chairman,   Alhaji…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has raised the alarm over the nationwide proliferation of unapproved herbal products, which it describes as “dangerous”. The NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that most…

The Sultan of Sokoto and the President, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa‘ad Abubakar has declared Monday 19th June 2023 as the 1st day of Zul-Hijjah 1444 AH. This follows the sighting of the new Crescent signifying the end…