Ahmed Tahir Ajobe

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Achor Abimaje |Ahmed Tahir Ajobe

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has admitted that the government has consistently failed to protect the people of the state from being attacked by terrorists. Mutfwang begged forgiveness from the Zikke and Kimakpa communities in Bassa Local Government Area, where over 50 persons were murdered on Sunday night in the latest orgy of mindless killings on the Plateau.

3 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Abdullahi Olesin |George Okojie |Najib Sani |Kamal Ibrahim |Ahmed Tahir Ajobe |Adebayo Waheed | +2 more

Ahead of the 2027 general election, the race for some Government Houses at the states is gaining momentum. While some aspirants have publicly declared their interest in becoming governors in their states, others are doing so from behind the scenes. Similarly, some aspirants, conscious of their light political weight, are forming alliances with well-known politicians to check the marginalisation of their constituencies and stop the big political parties from maintaining their grip on their states.

2 months ago | leadership.ng | Abdullahi Olesin |Joshua Dada |Richard Ndoma |Ahmed Tahir Ajobe

Authorities of the six of the eight universities banned by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) from admitting students through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have confirmed the sanction. In separate interviews with LEADERSHIP Weekend, top officials of the affected schools, said their institutions were penalised by CLE for starting the programmes before the regulator’s approval.

Nov 3, 2024 | leadership.ng | Ahmed Tahir Ajobe |Richard Ndoma |Kalu Eziyi

There was voter apathy in yesterday’s local government election in Nasarawa and Cross River states as many voters failed to go out to cast their votes during the exercise. In Lafia, at polling units 027, Makabarta, K/Isa Ugah, 026, Plateau Lab-028 and Low Cost-029, all in Ciroma ward, electoral officers were seen in their respective locations as from 9-30 am, but only a few voters turned out.

Aug 17, 2024 | leadership.ng | Nse Anthony |Kamal Ibrahim |Ahmed Tahir Ajobe |Najib Sani

Anger is building up in the North over the suspension of oil exploration activities in some states in the region. The most pronounced cases are at the Kolmani oil field in the Bauchi-Gombe trough and Ebenyi-A Well in Obi local government area of Nasarawa State. The situation is not different in the Bida Basin of Niger State where hydrocarbons and gas were discovered in commercial quantity.