Football legend Zinedine Zidane has revealed that he is open to coaching France one day. The 40-year-old confirmed his intention to pursue the necessary qualifications, and responded positively about the possibility of training les Bleus in the future....
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday announced the decision of the Federal Government to approve the building of more dams on the Upper Niger and Benue to avert re-occurrence of the flood disasters in some states of the federation. Preside...
Shortly after winning the 13th edition of the NNPC/Chevron Junior Masters tennis championship in Lagos, junior tennis sensation, Umaru Balami has again won the Alex Ekwueme junior tennis tournament. The championship which was staged at the Enugu Sports...
Super Eagles coach who watched the Golden Eaglets beat their Guinean counterpart 3-0 yesterday to qualify for the U-17 World Cup has predicted the team is good enough to win the World Cup. He said this while winger and one of the goal scorers in the 6-...
The Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva has denied the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he owned two buildings worth over one billion naira in the city of Abuja. In a statement signed and ma...
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 ...
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...