"Time is very important to prepare a team for such major competitions. People have been given three years and they failed; some have been given shorter time to prepare and they succeeded. I will be one of those given a short time but who go...
He played with a group of footballers who can be termed Nigeria’s ‘Golden Generation’ - Late Muda Lawal, Best Ogedengbe, Christian Chukwu, Okalla and others - but having hung his boots, Siji Lagunji is putting his experience to good u...
The English Premiership, touted to be the world’s most exciting league, is scheduled to kick-off next weekend. Today, however, Manchester United prepare for a heated battle with city rivals Manchester City in the Community Shield to kick-start th...
Udinese president Giampaolo Pozzo has said that his team will be ready to take on Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League play-offs after being paired with the English Premier League side in Friday’s draw. The Italians qualified for the tournament a...
Nigeria’s senior team coach, Samson Siasia has picked Ghana as the best team in Africa, days to a friendly against the ‘Black Stars’ in London. In an exclusive interview in Colombia, Siasia told MTNFootball.com, “Ghana have the ...
Former chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, has advocated a national consensus on the proposed introduction of non-interest banking in Nigeria. In a statement he issued on Friday on the heels of his 78th birthd...
A Bill to prohibit the overseas basic and undergraduate education of children and wards of public officers and other matters has been introduced in the House of Representatives. The Bill, obtained by Leadership Sunday, was introduced by former Rep. Emm...
The wife of a Kaduna-based hip-hop musician has alleged that her husband, Stanley Ukpabio (with the stage name Desty Randy), was shot on the stomach by a policeman in Kaduna when he was mistaken for another man with criminal case who was said to be on ...
The six-year single term for federal and state executives, as being packaged by the Presidency for enactment by the National Assembly has been hailed as “a great idea”, by Sen. Barnabas Gemade. But the Deputy Speaker of the House of Represe...
Exodus 3:2; Acts 7:30-32; Deuteronomy 4:20; Exodus 3:3,4 The incident of the burning bush was very significant to the children of Israel at that time, it still is and will remain so until the Lord Jesus Christ returns. The sight was so significant for ...
BOBOYE ONDUKU reviews Africa’s biggest reality TV show and looks back on the good, the bad and the ugly vibes from ‘BBA 6’. Nobody can lay claim to have had a pre-knowledge of the direction of swing of the pedulum, when the 26 contest...
I watched with rapt attention the debate in the Nigerian senate on how the millions of unemployed youths roaming the street could be taken off . I was amazed at how confused our politicians are about solving a problem that has the potentials of consumi...
As the entertainment industry in Nigeria keeps evolving, more than a few of her artistes have risen from grass to grace, thanks to concerts, modelling contracts, voice-overs, endorsements and other avenues. In the light of affluence and fame, PATIENCE ...
Kaduna State governor, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, was recently in Atlanta where he attended the 2011 Convention and Anniversary of Zumunta, a northern peoples’ forum. He speaks with Leadership’s United States Bureau Chief, ABIODUN OLUWAROT...
For years, the clamour for good roads in the country received little or no attention. As a result, the roads became death traps, where hundreds of Nigerians met their untimely, but abrupt deaths daily. Accusations and counter-accusations keep flying ba...