The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has informed an Abuja High Court that the former Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole was charged to court for acts relating to his administrative functions and not on the ba...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday suspended its governorship candidate in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu. Giving reasons for his suspension from the party, the ANPP national chairman, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said Audu was involved in anti-par...
A crippled beggar who attacked and stabbed an official of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) yesterday has begged for forgiveness, saying that he did not know that what started as a struggle would end up that badly. The 30-year-old beggar,...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has attributed its inability to locate the missing airplane which took off from Kaduna recently to the failure of aircraft operators in the country to register their planes with the National Communication...
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel may have split up in March after four years together - but it seems their romance is heating up once more. The 30-year-old Social Network star and Biel, 29, are “quietly seeing each other again”, according...
He shot to fame as a baby-faced rapper aged 13. But BowWow isn't so little anymore, and the now 24-year-old has revealed to his fans that he has become a father. After previously slamming websites who reported the news, the Like You hitmaker has ad...
Willy-nilly, the struggle for which zone and what politician clinches the coveted position of national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has degenerated to an unseemly, fractious contest notwithstanding that the party has zoned it t...
Nine women arrested by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) yesterday pleaded guilty to the prostitution charge levelled against them when they appeared before the AEPB mobile court sitting at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Garki. Arraigned...
Against the backdrop of the recurring ethno-religious clashes recorded in many parts of Nigeria in recent times, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Wednesday advocated for the peaceful resolution of such crises. ...
Secretary to the government of the federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has said that the nation has suffered greatly from the damaging effects of corruption. The SGF, who made this comment yesterday in Abuja at the launch of the scoping survey ...
The United Nations has said that Nigeria needs help in order to address the humanitarian situations arising from internally displaced people in some states of the federation. This was disclosed yesterday by the UN Under Secretary General fo...
The members of the Bayelsa State Security Council yesterday met for over eight hours over the rising dissent among hundreds of ex-militant youths. The concerned that they are threatening to launch a co-ordinated attack on oil installations along the cr...
For the second time, the crucial meeting between Ogun State Government and the state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held yesterday ended in deadlock. The meeting which was held at the governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta lasted for ho...
The alleged political cold war within the ranks of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over ministerial nominees in Kaduna state yesterday took another turn, with some section of the party members rejecting the replacement of previous nominees. H...
A non-governmental organisation, Millennium Generation Foundation, yesterday announced plans to commence the implementation of projects aimed at empowering youths below the age of 26 across schools in the country. During a visit to LEADERSHIP headquart...