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High rents have continued to give workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sleepless nights, with many saying they that are frustrated. Some of the workers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, complained of pains and psycholo...
Alhaja Sherifat Aregbesola, the wife of Osun Governor, on Monday advised residents to wash their hands before eating in order to prevent dreadful diseases. She gave the advice at a rally to mark the World Hand Washing Day in Osogbo. The wif...
Nigeria over the years has enjoyed a robust relationship with United States of America. With the series of challenges confronting Nigeria today, especially insecurity, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley, in an exclusive interview with RALIA...
The central planning committee for the celebration of the 80th birthday of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme is set to hold an international seminar on Ekwueme’s legacies tomorrow. He will clock 80 years on October 21, 2012. A statement signed b...
Victims of the demolished N3 billion 500-unit Minanuel Estate on Airport Road will tomorrow take their case to the National Assembly to protest the exercise that has brought hardship to many who also lost money running into billions which they paid for...
Technical Director of Akwa United, Charles Bassey, has revealed that the club expects newly employed manager, Justin Tenger, to secure a place in Africa at the end of the 2012/2013 season. The experienced Tenger, who took Niger Tornadoes to the lower d...
Senegalese Sports Minister El Hadji Malick Gakou, and up to thirty people were injured after riots broke out during a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Dakar. The crucial match was abandoned late in the second half, with the government official a...
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...