Mr Emeka Ani, a photographer whose sales girl was killed by a detachment of Policemen attached to FCT at NEPA junction, Apo was yesterday in tears when LEADERSHIP team visited the scene of the incidence. Mr Ani who is still in shock over the untimely d...
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources and OPEC Secretary General, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, will today begin to chair a three day workshop billed to brainstorm on legal aspects to settlement of disputes emanating from exploration and production of oil and g...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today arraign the immediate past 1st Vice president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and a presidential candidate of NBA 2012 general elections, Barrister Blessing Ukiri, fo...
President Goodluck Jonathan, has lamented Nigeria’s continued importation of food staples even as she is richly endowed to be a major global player in agriculture. The president made this lamentation at the Sixth annual National Agricultural Show...
When the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, said recently that the communities in the eight local government areas of the state are the most impacted among the 23 flooded states of the country, many thought it was an understatement. But the ...
F.a.t.h.e.r 2.0, features an intense Obiora Obiwon in a search for internal peace ..."a story which still needs to be told as relating to his musical changes...focuses the audience mostly on the music, message and ambiance, with the intent to stir up questions, thoughts and possibly deep emotions..."
Nigeria Super Eagles trounced Liberia 6-1 in Calabar on Saturday to have qualified for next year’s African Nations Cup (AFCON 2013) competition 8-3 on aggregate.
Katsina State government says it has constructed 832 kilometres of roads as part of its urban expansion programme aimed at laying a solid foundation for economic advancement of the state. Gov. Ibrahim Shema made this known on Sunday in Katsina when he ...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Sunday confirmed an early morning blast along Bama road in Maiduguri. JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the blast did not record any casualty. ``It is true ...
Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers numbering sixty yesterday opened fire on residents of Dogon Dawa community in Kaduna State, killing over 24 persons including the leader of the local vigilante who is the elder brother of the Village head. T...
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday in Tokyo reiterated the need to retain 75 dollars as the reference price of a barrel of oil in executing the 2013 budget. She told newsmen that the budget for next year presented to the N...
Chief Williams Mkpa, a community leader in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom, has called on the state government to take proactive steps to avert flood disasters in coastal communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that recent reports from the Nigerian Mete...
Alhaji Ismaila Umar, the Director, South-South Zonal Office of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), says that the agency has put measures in place to create more employment for youths in the state. Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Cal...
Mr Yomi Awoniyi, the Deputy Governor of Kogi, said that the Federal Government had approved plans to relocate some flood victims to Federal Government Housing Estates in Ajaokuta and Lokoja. The deputy governor disclosed this in a statement issued by h...
The former governor of Kano state, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau was busy stealing money when he was ruling the state between 2003 and 2011, says Mr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the present governor of the state. Speaking with reporters during the US-Nigeria Inf...