Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has reiterated that he intends to return to Inter at some point in the future, but added that he has no intention of leaving the Santiago Bernabeu before his current contract expires in two years time. The Portuguese tra...
Vincent Kompany has admitted that finishing anywhere other than top of the table will be viewed as a failure by Manchester City. One win in four league outings has seen the wheels come off City’s title charge, with rivals Manchester United forgin...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday explained that the decisions of its Appeals Committee which met on Monday, concerning the controversial match between Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt and Sunshine Stars of Akure, was being mis-interpreted. N...
As the World Bank selects its new president after the tenure of the current one, Mr. Robert Zoellick in two weeks’ time, ABIODUN OLUWAROTIMI, LEADERSHIP correspondent covering the activities of the global bank writes on the pedigrees, merit...
About 473 women yesterday graduated from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Women Rehabilitation Centre, Sabon-Lugbe Abuja. The graduands are the second batch to graduate from the centre, which was established in 2011, in the wake of the ban against s...
Residents of Kubwa in Bwari area council have lamented the degree of filth in the environment and have appealed to the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, to improve efforts towards sanitsing the city and its environs. One of the residents, who...
April 17 has been fixed for the ruling of the contempt suit filed against the minister of the FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed and five others, over the demolition of the Gwagwalada Main Market. The plaintiffs, Mr. Musa Mohammed and 52 other traders in the m...
Irked by the report of the federal government’s visitation panel to the University of Abuja as well as the bitter complaints of parents and students of the institution, the minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai, has announced the ind...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday adjourned till today hearing in the appeal filed by the governor of Kogi State, Capt. Idris Wada against the decision of a Federal High Court to consolidate the separate suits filed by the winner of the January 20...
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur has said that he will defend the actions of Preesident Goodluck Jonathan who he says is the leader of the party and must be supported in his governance of the country. The...
The Nigerian Police Force has commissioned one of its academies situated in Wudil, Kano State, to a degree awarding institution for only members of the police force, thereby bringing the number of Nigerian universities to 124. During the commissioning ...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has resigned as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP. In a statement he personally signed and made exclusively available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, Obasanjo said he had sent...
The superstar, who died aged 48 in February, is seen in the trailer for upcoming movie Sparkle — a remake of the 1976 Supremes-inspired film. Whitney plays Effie, a mum who encouarges her three daughters — one of whom is played by American ...
As the issue of air fare disparity in the region continues to generate comments, Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah has disclosed that British Authorities have refused to renegotiate the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) it signed with N...
The federal government has budgeted N94.2 billion for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company (WRPC). The TAM, which is part of measures to curtail petroleum products importation, is expected to last between 24 ...