Below are the headlines found on The Leadership Online Newspaper for today, Saturday 2nd September, 2017.
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
BY Terfa NaswemPolitics so they say is a dirty game. But such games in politics could be dirty or not, depending on so many prevailing factors. Political indices have portrayed the significance of politics and how politics can alter so much of whom we are and what we are as well. But there is no one who is not at least passive when it comes to politics. There are active and passive politics which has given rise to active and passive politicians as wellAnyone who says they have no interest in pol
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
A LIFE IN BRIEFHajia Talatu Dan Azimi is from Makurdi, the Benue State capital. She lives and does her highly successful masa production business in the city. She was married at a tender age and was widowed 11 years ago. She has eight children, five boys and three girls. She has become an employer of labour by diligently doing what she knows how to do best.BY HEMBADOON ORSARYOUR BACKGROUNDMy name is Hajia Talatu Dan Azimi, I live at Number 20, Kano Street, Wadata in Makurdi the state capital, I
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
President Muhammadu Buhari acknowledging cheers from Muslim faithful shortly after observing Eid el-Kabir Prayers at the Daura Eid Prayer Ground in Daura, Katsina State, yesterday. PHOTO BY STATE HOUSEThe post President Muhammadu Buhari Acknowledging Cheers From Muslim Faithful appeared first on leadership.ng.
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
By Adebayo Waheed, IbadanThe National Association of Resident Doctors (NARDs) has threatened to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike, beginning from Monday, to protest non-payment of their salaries.The president of NARDs, Dr Olusegun Olaopa of University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, who disclosed this in a statement he issued yesterday, said the resident doctors have decided to commence an indefinite industrial action on Monday to press home their demands.According to him, the action is s
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
BY Sunday Isuwa, AbujaThe federal government and the United Kingdom (UK) have concluded plans to begin a crackdown on the barbaric crime of human trafficking in Nigeria.Accordingly, in a bid to ensure a world, free from this abhorrent trade, the British government has committed 7 million to tackle the root causes of human trafficking in Nigeria.LEADERSHIP Weekend reports that there are an estimated 46 million people living in modern slavery across the globe who have been trafficked, coerced or o
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
By ABU NMODU, Minna and SALIHI ABUBAKAR BELLO, KanoFormer head of state, General Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd), the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji (Dr) Yahaya Abubakar and the Emir of Minna, Alhaji Dr Umar Farouk Bahago, yesterday called on Muslims to pray and work for Nigerias unity and progress.Speaking after a special prayer to mark this years Eid-el-Kabir, they also stressed the need for every Nigerian to work for peaceful coexistence and progress of the country.Specifically, the former head of state express
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
E-PAPER 2ND SEPTEMBER,2017.The post E-PAPER 2ND SEPTEMBER,2017. appeared first on leadership.ng.
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
BY MSUE AZAKaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Fridayattended the Eid prayers in Birnin-Gwari tocelebrateEid-el-Kabirwith the people of the town.el-Rufai, who lateraddressed thousands of Birnin Gwari residents at a reception after theEidprayers at the palaceofthe Emir of Birnin Gwari, said thathis administration isvigorously pursuing comprehensive development in the state,and there is no going back on the determination to achieve cogent development for the people.El-Rufai arrived the towna
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
In a retaliatory move, the U.S. has given Russia 48 hours to close three of its missions in San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York.The spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State, Heather Nauert, said in a statement on Thursday that the move was to achieve parity in diplomatic missions.Moscow had asked Washington to reduce its missions officials in Russia in retaliation for the seizure of property belonging to Russians and expulsion of dozens of Russian nationals by President Barack Obama.
Sat, 02 Sep 2017
The Nigeria Union in South Africa has confirmed the killing of a member, Kingsley Ikeri, at Vryheid town in Kwazulu Natal Province on Aug. 30.Ikeri, 27, was a businessman and native of Mbaitolu in Imo.Mr Bartholomew Eziagulu, Chairman of the union in the province, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Durban on Friday that Ikeri was allegedly tortured to death by the police.He said the unions investigations revealed that the police arrested the deceased and a friend on suspicion that they wer
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