Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako has resigned his appointment following incessant collapse of buildings in the State. The commissioner has been under serious tension as he sets record in terms of building collapse in the state. Under him, a 21-storey building in Ikoyi …

Kenya’s Supreme Court has unanimously validated the 9 August election of the country’s Vice President, William Ruto as the president-elect. In a ruling endorsed by all the seven justices of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Martha Koome said the case of the opposition leader, Raila Odinga lacked merit and confirmed …

A candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Moses Uadiale, Saturday, raised the alarm over the missing of his name among those giving certificate of return by the party last week. This came as leaders of the party have vowed to threatened to work against the party …

UK Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has been named leader of the governing Conservative Party, taking power as Britain’s next prime minister at a time when the country faces a cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive party leadership contest that pitted Truss …

Terrorists who abducted a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) on his way to assume duty in Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, have threatened to kill him if their demand for ransom is not met. The threat follows after abducting the bearer of the N7 million ransom raised by the DPO’s family and friends. …

THE federal government has assured Nigerians that terrorists and bandits and their cohorts will never again hold sway in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a joint press conference on security in Abuja on Monday, said as far as the “daunting security …

A women group, the Ogbako Umunwayi Igbo Worldwide (OUIW) has appealed to Nigerian youths not to be influenced by religious and sentiments in choosing the next elected leaders of the country. The group said Nigerians must go beyond casting their votes based on ethnicity, religion and political parties. Its president …

The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD) has called for the establishment of an anti-corruption agency in Kwara State. ENetSuD’s demand followed a forensic report indicating that the administration of the immediate-past governor of the state, Abdulfatah Ahmed, looted N11.9bn from the coffers of the state. The anti-corruption civil society …

All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has derided the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its crisis ahead of the polls, saying the APC is smarter than the leading opposition party. Tinubu, who stated this during the inauguration of the campaign logo and vehicles of the “APC Northern …

A suspected stowaway has been arrested at the terminal 2 of the Muritala Muhammed Airport (MMA2), Lagos on a parked United Airline aircraft. According to a press statement by the head, Corporate Communications of the airline, Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, and a copy made available to LEADERSHIP, the stowaway was arrested on …