Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said he would dialogue with bandits who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Gumi who disclosed this in an interview with LEADERSHIP last night in Kaduna, said he would...
Worried by the declining capacity of many countries to settle their debts, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has urged mineral-rich African countries to use the proven mineral reserves of their countries as equity in joint ventures to avoid falling into debt trap. His Special Assistant on Media,...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) have pledged commitment to promote gender equity and advance the careers of women in both organizations. NEITI's Executive Secretary, Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, and the Chairman of NiDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa agreed on the partnership at...
The Federal Government has flagged off an empowerment scheme worth N306 million sponsored by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, Hon. Ibrahim Kabiru Masari for the good people of Katsina State. Vice President Kashim Shettima who flagged off the scheme on Saturday in Kafur, Katsina State,...
A source close to the family of Herbert Wigwe has dismissed the report that his father, Pastor Shyngle Wigwe, slumped during the funeral of his late son. The earlier report has it that the father of the late Access Bank Holdings Chief, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, collapsed during his son’s funeral...
The bodies of Herbert Wigwe, Wife and Daughter were committed to Mother Earth on Saturday, March 9, 2024, amid tears from hundreds of sympathisers in Rivers State. The Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe died in helicopter crash in California, near the Nevada border, on Friday,...
The Federal Government has condemned the abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Wurge Community in Ngala LGA, Borno State by a group of armed ISWAP terrorists, and the abduction of school-age children at Government Secondary School (GSS) Kuriga in Gwagwada District, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State, by a group...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has lambasted the Tinubu-led administration over the rising insecurity in the country. Atiku who posted this on his X account on Friday, March 8, 2024, reminded the government that the security and welfare of citizens is its primary responsibility. He lamented that the problem of insecurity...
The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has pledged to double the number of female Engineers in Nigeria over the next five years. The EVC/CEO made the pledge during the official launch of “Developing Engineering Leaders...
The Federal Government's food security drive has received a major boost with a consortium of mid-sized agriculture companies pledging to support millions of farmers across different value chains in the country. The companies have sought collaboration with the Tinubu-led administration to tackle the nation's food insecurity. Speaking during the group’s courtesy...