The Niger state Government is considering a law to demolish houses used by terrorists in any part of the state. The attorney-general and commissioner for justice Alhaji, Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, disclosed this to journalists yesterday&nbs...
Dr. Jeremiah Yabefa is the Provost of the Bayelsa College of Arts and Science (BYCAS). In this interview with Osa Okhomina of LEADERSHIP in Yenagoa, he spoke of the renewed plan by the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, through an effective educatio...
The Liberia Football Association has continued to maintain secrecy over their team, Lone Star’s arrival for Saturday’s 2013 African Cup of Nations final qualifying match against the Super Eagles. NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu ...
Manchester United and Real Madrid sit atop of the global shirt sale charts with 1.4 million shirts sold per season on average over the past five years. United and Madrid are two of the three teams that have managed to surpass the one million mark betwe...
A 25-man delegation of the U-17 National Team of Guinea will arrive in Lagos on Friday morning, for Sunday’s 2013 African U-17 Championship qualifying match against Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets. The contingent will fly into Lagos aboard an Arik...
Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil feels he has nothing to prove in the wake of recent criticism in the Spanish papers. The Germany international impressed against Barcelona on Sunday after a number of relatively disappointing outings earlier this season...
11-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal is expecting to retire from the professional tennis career at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 says a report. The 26-year-old Rafael Nadal, who was struggling with knee injury from past years, said he is expecting to ...
The attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi on Sept. 11 has sharpened congressional scrutiny of the State Department office that protects diplomats in the world's most dangerous corners, as lawmakers ask whether it fatally...
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Tuesday ordered the immediate and indefinite closure of all schools in the state following an upsurge of flood in the state. Dickson’s order was due to the rising water levels across the state and the danger it ...
The UN has expressed concerns over Nepal’s failure to address human rights violations committed during the country's 10-year civil war. The world body's report on violations during the 1996 to 2006 conflict said as many as 17,0...
Palpable excitement enveloped the Super Eagles Metropolitan Hotel camp Tuesday afternoon ahead of the crucial Nations Cup qualifier against Liberia on Saturday as foreign based players invited arrived in droves ahead of the tie. And when the tea...
Mr Afolabi Aina, the Area Postal Manager in Jigawa on Tuesday urged local government areas in the state to conduct house numbering in their respective areas to enhance its operations. Aina also called for proper naming and labeling of roads and streets...
The Senate Committee on Education on Tuesday gave the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) two weeks to explain why it failed to utilise the 2011/2012 grants from UBEC. The committee, led by Sen. Uche Chukwumerije, made the ...
Minister of Information Labaran Maku on Monday described as ``shameful’’ the attitude of some Nigerians who make it a duty to run down the country in the U.S. Speaking in New York while reacting to an online media report that he abandoned N...
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Oct. 10, present the 2013 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS). The President in a letter addressed to Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday in Abuja, which was read out to...