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Activist Petitions EFCC Over Alleged Mismanagement Of Funds By Ex-NIMASA Boss

Dr. Bashir Jamoh

A lawyer and human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate alleged mismanagement involving the former director-general of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). In a petition seen by our reporter, Adeyanju accused the former NIMASA DG of mismanaging funds allocated for the construction of … Read more

We’re Against Student Loan, It Should Be Grant

ASUU Condemns FG's Plan To Scrap TETFund Through Tax Reform Bills

The Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the student loan programme of the federal government disbursed through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund. The President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the government should increase budgetary provision to the education sector or run a grant for the children of the poor. Professor Osodeke stated this … Read more

Lady Who Moved to US More Than 2 Years Ago Celebrates after Buying Her First Brand-New Winter Jacket

Lady Who Moved to US More Than 2 Years Ago Celebrates after Buying Her First Brand-New Winter Jacket

Two years after migrating to the United States, a Nigerian lady finally bought a brand-new winter jacket and celebrated her feat on social mediaAccording to the Nigerian lady in the diaspora, all the trench coats and winter jackets she had been using were not brand-newThe excited lady shared where she purchased the jacket and a … Read more

ECOWAS Court Orders Nigeria To Pay ₦5 Million Compensation Over Police Torture

ECOWAS Court Gets New President

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to pay ₦5 million in compensation to Oluwatimilehin Adebayo for the violation of his right to freedom from torture. In its judgment, delivered by Justice Dupe Atoki and sent to our correspondent on Thursday, the court directed the Nigerian government to conduct a … Read more

Azu, Others To Grace 6th Campus Journalism Awards

Azu, Others To Grace 6th Campus Journalism Awards

The Senior Vice Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Azu Ishiekwene, will deliver the keynote address at the 6th Campus Journalism Awards on Saturday, December 7, 2024, in Abuja. The Campus Journalism Awards, an annual event celebrating outstanding campus journalists across Nigerian universities, will hold at the Cosmopolitan University Hall opposite the National Hospital, Abuja. … Read more

BoT Criticizes Continuous Postponement Of NEC Meeting

PDP Rejects Anambra Local Govt Election Results

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has voiced its dissatisfaction with the repeated delays of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, as announced by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Senator Adolphus Wabara, Chairman of the BoT, expressed the board’s concerns during the opening of an emergency meeting at the … Read more

Screen LASIEC Members Now To Conduct LG Polls, Group Tells Lagos Assembly

Screen LASIEC Members Now To Conduct LG Polls, Group Tells Lagos Assembly

A civil society organisation, Secure World and Liberty Initiative, has called on the Lagos State House of Assembly to immediately commence the process of screening members of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) for confirmation of their appointment. The group noted that the nominations were by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu since six months ago. At … Read more

John Elkann: Italian dynasty heir at the helm of Stellantis

John Elkann: Italian dynasty heir at the helm of Stellantis

The 48-year-old billionaire manages the Agnelli estate.. Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP/FileSource: AFP John Elkann, who is taking the wheel at Jeep and Fiat owner Stellantis after the ouster of its CEO, is the discreet but steely heir to an Italian dynasty associated with Juventus, Ferrari and The Economist. The 48-year-old billionaire manages the Agnelli … Read more