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Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Sunshine Stars have advanced to the semifinal of the CAF Champions League following the disqualification of Tunisian club, Etoile du Sahel. Etoile was thrown out of the tournament as a result of crowd trouble when the...
Last week in Owerri, the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, inaugurated the board of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Convention Centre. The board of the ultra-modern edifice is chaired by Nigeria’s former ambassador to the United S...
Childhood obesity could be having a profound effect on reproduction, experts say. Researchers fear it could be triggering the early onset of puberty, leading to a diminished ability to reproduce - particularly in women. Experts say that there is still ...
Normalcy has since returned to Abuja, the nation’s capital city after fuel scarcity ravaged the city for more than one week. Recall that Abuja was hit by fuel scarcity following a strike action embarked upon by Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natu...
Residents of Sokale Village of Dutse Alhaji, Bwari Area Council have been given a 21 days ultimatum by the department of development control to vacate their houses in view of the demolition which might take place at the area next month. Houses to be af...
Power Holding Company of Nigeria(PHCN) workers yesterday said that unless their severance packages are paid the ongoing reform in the sector would not be successful. General Secretary of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) comrade Joe Ajaero...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday read what seemed like a riot act to political office holders elected under its platform, as the ruling party emphatically declared that 2015 re-election ticket would be anchored on credible election. The Pa...
Nigeria does not have a wholesome legislation to check cybercrime. Could the gruesome killing of Cynthia Osokogu be a catalyst to produce a much needed cybercrime law? ADESUWA TSAN and EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE report. If it is fraud related, think Nigeria. Gl...
Senator Ita Enang represents Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District. In this interview with journalists, including LEADERSHIP’s Chibuzo Ukaibe, he chips in on the debate over the creation of state police, airs his concerns about Bayelsa State&r...
Four persons have been confirmed dead and hundreds of houses destroyed in the devastating floods that swept through four local government areas of Katsina State. LEADERSHIP gathered yesterday that three persons died in the flood disaster that occurred ...
The Imo State government recently inaugurated the board of Ikemba Ojukwu Centre in honour of the late Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chinedu Offor, in this interview with STANLEY UZOARU, explains the reasons b...
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Mni, GCFR (also known as IBB), is a thoroughbred Nigerian; once a career military man who rose to become the first military President of Nigeria (those before him were Heads of State); a tactical politician, who rece...
Bringing up a child in most societies is considered the exclusive duty of the mother. But the role of a father is as important as a mother’s in a child’s development. Numerous studies have revealed that children with involved fathers are at...
The federal government and Boko-Haram are engaged in talks on how to bring the group’s insurgency to an end. This is even as the sect is suspected to have different factions, the Presidency said. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publ...
As the federal government grapples with the spate of insecurity in the country, Former governor of Lagos State and Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria is fast becoming one of the most dangerous p...