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The government of Benue State has maintained that the North Central state is 100 per cent safe for prospective foreign investors despite the political challenges, protests and agitations being embarked upon by the opposition party in the State. The sta...
A coalition of non-governmental organisations has sent a request to President Goodluck Jonathan to deploy former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, as a special envoy and presidential adviser on religious harmony in the northern part...
The Niger State Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday cancelled the results of the local government chairmen and councillors in Kontagora over security lapses in the area. A staff of the commission in charge of information, Alhaji Mah...
A lawmaker, Akpan Umoh (PDP, Akwa Ibom), on Friday, said that the House of Representatives will ensure 99 per cent implementation of the 2012 budget. In a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Umoh said that the...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria, yesterday, drew 2-2 with the Syli Stars of Guinea in a game the Eagles were supposed to win. They lived up to the ugly ‘super chickens’ tag by failing to step up to the occasion.Here are five...
As part of his new transformation agenda, the minister of sports, Alhaji Yusuf Sulieman, has declared that he is ever ready to bring total transformation into the sports sector. In this interview, he explains why the sports sector is in need of changes...
Second-half goals from Anderson and Welbeck helped a nervy Manchester United overpower Norwich City and grab their first win in three games to maintain their top spot on the premier league table. The Premier League new boys defended solidly for mu...
The second phase of camping for Nigeria’s Super Falcons which was slated for Otta has been put off.The inability of invited players to report to camp on time, and the fact that the foreign-based players will fly directly to Abuja after thei...
Roger Federer has not won a Grand Slam since the Australian Open in 2010The seven majors that have been won since then were split between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, both of whom are now ranked higher than he is. Federer needs another major title,...
Former governors on the corruption list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, would, on conviction, be clamped in jail and would not be granted the reprieve of plea bargaining, the commission has declared. The commission has, mea...
Governors of the South-south geo-political zone have concluded plans to hold a summit on the declining quality of education in the zone. The governors revealed their intention on Saturday in Yenagoa, in a communiqué availed newsmen by the ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is still digging for more facts to nail the House of Representatives over alleged official graft in its purchase of 380 “operational vehicles” in 2008 at N2.3billion. EFCC spokesman Femi B...
Across the country, the biggest problem confronting most Nigerians is hunger. Incidentally, the ability of a country to put food on the tables of its populace, determines that country’s poverty level. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY investigations revealed tha...
Accused “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is defending himself against terrorism charges, will not make his own opening statement on Tuesday. Rather, the accused has engaged his legal adviser, Detroit lawyer Anthony Chambers...
There were strong indications yesterday that Vice President Namadi Sambo is preparing to run for the president in 2015. At the North-West executive committee meeting of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna yesterday, hundreds of yo...