Born Robert Sylvester Kelly on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, attended Kenwood Academy High School, where his music teacher-mentor Lena McLin inspired him to become a singer. He used to sing on street corners. R. Kelly a master producer, composer...
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega told his officers that the last electoral process had imperfections and needed to to improved upon. Jega, who stated this to electoral officers gathered...
Former governor of Kogi State and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) governorship candidate in the state, Prince Abubakar Audu, has defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria. While formally declaring his defection to the ACN yesterday in Lokoja, the...
At a time developed and developing countries of the world are striving to take buildings to the skies, Nigeria is still battling with the worrisome menace of how to overcome the problem of building collapse. In this report, GEORGE OKOJIE writes on how ...
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Petrobras, the Brazilian national oil company, have begun a collaboration and exchange programme towards boosting local content development and employment generation in the Nigerian oil ...
Residents of Old and New Maitama in Kubwa Village, a popular suburb of Abuja have cried out over poor electricity supply and payment of bills which they said were too much compared to the amount of electricity supply availed to the area. Residents, who...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has approved the appointment of Mr. Bola Adeeko as its Chief of Staff In a statement signed by the Exchange’s Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr. Wole Tokede, and made available to Leadership, Adeeko who resum...
The Bank of Industry (BOI)and the Nigeria Olympic Committee(NOC) yesterday unveiled a partnership plan to promote the investment opportunities available in Nigeria during the London Olympics holding in the United Kingdom capital next year. At a brief b...
The new minister of state for finance, Dr, Yerima Lawan Ngama, has identified budget preparation as a major challenge in the ministry. This is as he called on staff of the ministry to adopt measures that would fast-track preparation of the annual budge...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), not to take seriously, the threat by pharmacists over its employment advertisement. The Association was reacting to a story ...
It was cheering news for workers in Edo State yesterday as the Edo State governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole put pen to paper for the full implementation of the N18, 000 minimum wage, just as he promised to pay outstanding arrears starting from June 2011...
Kano State government has said it is ready to access all the accumulated funds from the Education Trust Fund (ETF) estimated at N2.5 billion with a view to uplifting the education sector in the state. Governor of the state, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, who w...
Former Minister of Information and Communication, Professor Jerry Gana has said that Nigerians, despite the existence of democratic rule in the country for the past 12 years, are still in dire need of democracy dividends. He said that Nigerians in the ...
Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP, Niger) yesterday declared that political differences in the country could only be resolved through dialogue and not bombing of innocent Nigerians. Senator Kuta, representing Niger East senatorial district where Suleja f...