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Nigeria will continue to boast of young talents; even as Young6ix, regarded by many, as the best young rapper in Nigeria, released his third official singles “Picking Things”. The single featured label mate, Naeto C and was produced by E-Ke...
Former Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital and veteran table tennis player, Dr Zacheus Olusegun Ajuwon is convinced the Team Nigeria table tennis contingent to the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games is capable of making it to the podium ...
The Abuja Unity Polo Tournament packaged by the Abuja Guard Polo club in collaboration with some corporate organisations will gallop off next week at the Abuja guard brigade Polo club. The tournament is the third edition in series of the annual Unity p...
Kaduna United has boasted that it has everything in its arsenal to whitewash any team at its home ground. The club said that it has made its home ground a bastion and cannot afford to allow any team to snatch victory there. In the wake of their spectac...
Kano Pillars have acknowledged that it will be a herculean task to beat Enugu Rangers, even though they are playing at home. Pillars have admitted that Rangers have always been a thorn in their flesh. Pillars have also said that having recognised Range...
A man suspected to be the operations commander of the Boko Haram sect was yesterday arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano. Suleiman Mohammed, who hails from Ogbomosho in Oyo State, believed to have masterminded several deadly attacks in Kano, ...
Nigeria’s controversial sovereign wealth fund is set to go into operation in the next few months, finance minister Dr. NgoziOkonjo-Iweala said yesterday in Ethiopia. Governors of the 36 states are however still opposed to the use of the country&r...
The national secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Alhaji Buba Galadima, has blamed the inability of President Goodluck Jonathan to perform on his penchant for appointing persons into strategic government positions based on tribalism. ...
Five months into the declaration of a state of emergency in 15 LGAs spread in four states of the federation, the move has failed to yield the expected results, as residents of the affected areas groan under strict military direction and untold economic...
Mohammad Rabi’u Rikadawa, aka Dila, is one of the big names in Kannywood. In this exclusive chat with AL-AMIN CIROMA, the movie star spoke on many issues bordering on the Nigerian entertainment industry in general. Excerpts: What is your account ...
A bomb said to be directed at a police surveillance vehicle in Jalingo, Taraba State has exploded. This is coming fifteen hours to the local government election scheduled for Saturday in the state. The bombers threw the explosive at the van as it made ...
Unknown gunmen on Friday, shot dead Alhaji Mohammed Alli, a prominent leader of the Shiites group in Kano State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the men stormed the late Alli’s house along Gadan kaya area of Kano, to demand for motorbikes for their oper...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Friday called on the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to withdraw all its pending court cases. The Speaker, who made the...
A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, on Friday berated the Lagos State Government for threatening to evict the recently sacked 788 doctors from their official quarters. Falana, who spoke with journalists on the issue in Ikeja, said the government'...
An Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court has stayed proceedings in a defamation suit filed by Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue against Kaduna-based Power Steering Magazine. Chief Magistrate Hafsat Soso-Sadiq stayed the proceedings in Abuja on Friday followi...