The anti-vandal unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has confiscated two fuel tankers used for siphoning crude oil. Parading the tankers at the command’s headquarters in Abuja, yest...
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has called on residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to volunteer as members of community disaster management in territory. AMMC Consultant on disaster management, Mr. Joseph Shopade made the c...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the verbal attacks on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari by the presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for no other reason than his timely warning against election rigging in 2015. In a statement issued in...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commisson (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and other anti-corruption agencies in Africa will be attending the Commonwealth Conference on anti-corruption b...
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor said Wednesday that he was "saddened" by the guilty verdict for abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone and said his role in the conflict was much different from how it had been portrayed. "What I did...
Policy measures undertaken by the federal government in the past few months would likely result in slower growth for the nation’s economy in the current year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The NBS, in a recent report, foresees...
Niger State House of Assembly has impeached the Speaker, Hon Mohammed Tsowa Gamunu and elected the Chairman of the House Committee on Labour, Hon Isah Kawu representing Bida I as the new speaker. LEADERSHIP had reported exclusively last week abou...
The federal government yesterday in Abuja signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on power projects with the French and Japanese governments, worth $200 million (N31.4 billion) and N2 billion respectively bringing it to a total of N33.4 billion. The Mo...
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, will tomorrow in Abuja unveil his hit squad for the three big games in the month of June. Already, 24 home boys have been sweating it out in Abuja for the past two weeeks, ahead of the international friend...
Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday, told a high level trade delegation from Japan that Nigeria has over 85 million hectares of uncultivated arable land. The Vice President gave this figure while receiving the delegation led by the Nigerian Am...
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi will replace Inter Milan ace Joel Obi, who has suffered a thigh injury and will be out for a month. Keshi lamented the absence of Obi for next month’s World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. “It’s sad that he...
World football-governing body, FIFA has named Sudanese referee Khalid Abdel Rahman as the centre man for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Brave Warriors of Namibia, which is scheduled for the UJ Esuen...
In African folklore, countless myths are surely evoked at the mention of an old witch. The wailing of this dark creature is, for instance, taken as portentous, a signpost to evil. So, at its shriek cry in the middle of the night, no true mother w...
The Senate yesterday confirmed the ministerial nomination of Mr. Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, thereby filling the ministerial slot for Sokoto State. Former minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, had resigned to contest for governorship of Sokoto...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said a very strong, modern and proactive military is a catalyst to achieving his administration’s Transformation Agenda and solve the ongoing security problems and development challenges in the polity. Speaki...