MOYINOLUWA BLOG

The Southeast leadership, made up of political, traditional, religious and business leaders, has engaged in a brainstorming session aimed at finding lasting solutions to the challenges of development in the region. The leaders have drawn up a nine-point communiqué to buttress their point. The meeting was convened by Rear AdmiralContinue Reading

The Network of Civil Society Organisations in Borno State (NECSOB) has strengthened its partnership with the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), to protect farming communities through the NCTC-led AgriShield initiative. The Executive Director of NECSOB, Abubakar Abdullahi Suleiman, disclosed in a statement thatContinue Reading

Bandits that abducted 15 Islamiya Students from the farm of their teacher have given the villagers an ultimatum to pay N100 million ransom. The bandits last week demanded the ransom as the condition for releasing the students to their parents, promising not to hurt them. Speaking to LEADERSHIP yesterday, theContinue Reading

A Kano Magistrate’s Court sitting at Norman’s Land of the municipality has remanded three men in a correctional facility over alleged conspiracy, attempted kidnapping and demand for ransom. The defendants, identified as Balarabe Joro, Ibrahim Idris and Alasan Sale, were arraigned before Magistrate Court No. 14 on the charges. TheContinue Reading

Despite repeated government crackdowns on street trading in Benin City, Edo State, traders continue to occupy pedestrian walkways, road shoulders and other unauthorised spaces, obstructing movement and raising concerns over public safety and urban order. The persistent practice has forced pedestrians to either navigate through crowded trading spots or walkContinue Reading

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised to transform the newly completed Apo-Karshi Road into a major tourist attraction in Abuja, with plans to provide recreational facilities and other amenities around the corridor. Wike gave the assurance yesterday during an inspection of the road, which wasContinue Reading

Indigent women in the agrarian communities of Eko Epe and Ijebu Epe in the Epe area of Lagos State have called on the state government to provide them with funding, fish processing facilities and modern equipment. The women in underserved riverine communities told LEADERSHIP they can contribute meaningfully to localContinue Reading