United States President, Joe Biden has pardoned 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes and commuted the sentences of over 1,500 Americans who were released from prison and placed in home arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pardons and commutations, announced by the White House on Thursday meant that President Biden now holds the record for … Read more
Plateau federal lawmaker, Ajang Iliya, has dumped the Labour Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)Speaker of the house of representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, announced the defection of the lawmakers through letters he read upon resumption of plenary on Thursday, December 12The LP lawmaker hinged his decision on the protracted crisis rocking the opposition party … Read more
As the world becomes increasingly digital, a Gombe State based child protection activist, Barrister Martha Daniel has tasked the authorities to safeguard children from online exploitation and exposure to pornography. In a statement to LEADERSHIP on Thursday, Barr Daniel recalls that the Cybercrime Prohibition Prevention Act 2015 as amended in 2024, introduced stringent laws and … Read more
The Nigeria National Grid has disclosed that there is a looming nationwide power outage over directives by NMDPRA to halt gas supplies to GenCosThe company disclosed that the directive came as GenCos and the Nigerian government reportedly owe about N2 trillion to gas suppliersHowever, the NMPDRA refuted the report, saying that it did not issue … Read more
A fatal accident on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway has claimed the lives of two students from Borno State University (BOSU), sending shockwaves through the university community. The tragic incident, which occurred in the Jimtilo area, involved a Dangote truck that reportedly lost control and crashed into a BOSU student bus. Abba A. Massa, the university’s Information … Read more
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, will distribute 50 brand-new vehicles to different security agencies in Abuja on Thursday. This was disclosed by the media aide to the minister, Lere Olayinka, on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday. Olayinka shared pictures of the brand-new vehicles awaiting distribution, noting … Read more
Funke Akindele has sent a message to her fans ahead of the release of her movie Everybody Loves JenifaThe Nollywood actress appealed to her fans to take a stand against piracy while sharing measures that have been put in placeFunke Akindele’s video has since gone viral, spurring reactions from her fans and non-fans who shared … Read more
The Governor explained that the relationship he has with Oshiomhole goes beyond politics, adding that they share a strong bond. Okpebholo stated this on Wednesday during his valedictory session organized in his honor by the Senate He noted that he can always count on the senator’s advice. Okpebholo was the senator representing Edo Central until … Read more
Former candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the November 11, 2023, governorship election in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri and his running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd) have announced their resignation from the party. LEADERSHIP gathered that most of the party’s local government chairmen in the state also joined Eradiri and Nathus to leave … Read more
When Babatunde Omojuwa was admitted to study for his degree at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), he decided to graduate with a first class. Babatunde Omojuwa graduated with a degree from FUTA. Photo credit: LinkedIn/Babatunde Omojuwa.Source: UGC The decision he made came with so many challenges which tried to distract him and stop … Read more