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After spending 206 days against the 180 days as stipulated by the Supreme Court, the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal on Thursday struck out the petition of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (AP...
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said he is not bothered about the Super Eagles rankings and that his team is ready to face the Wasp of Rwanda come next Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP Coach Keshi said ‘I am not bother...
Following the rumour making rounds that Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI and Audu Maikori led record label, Chocolate City are in dispute, the news has been confirmed to be false. According to the gist making round, the Africa's numb...
The federal government yesterday approved the sum of N15 billion to supplement the N10 billion earlier approved for the public mass transit programme it introduced last month to cushion the biting effect of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians. It a...
Federal government has provided N12 billion for laboratory equipment and rehabilitation of infrastructure in 51 polytechnics in the country. The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure, made this known on W...
Mr John Haruna, the Commissioner of Police in Benue, has decried the high rate of cultism in the state. Haruna made the observation on Wednesday in Gboko, Benue, when he met with His Royal Highness, the Tor Tiv, Mr Alfred Torkula.&nbs...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday boosted by nearly one half an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia. With this development , the council is seeking to press home a military offensive against Islamist rebels in the Horn of Africa country. A r...
Two new wild polio cases have been discovered in two Fulani settlements in Bukkuyum and Bakura local government areas of Zamfara, bringing the number of new cases to five in the state. Confirming the new cases in Gusau on Wednesday, the state Immunisat...
Prof Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission would conduct a free, fair, credible and peaceful governorship election in Cross River. Jega gave the pledge in Calabar on Wednesday during an...
President Goodluck Jonathan, in this exclusive interview with JONATHAN POWER, a syndicated foreign affairs columnist and commentator, speaks on how his administration has succeeded in tackling corruption, especially on fertiliser procurement and distri...
In spite of the growing poverty in the country, some people have refused to stoop to the paucity of job in the country. Our correspondents, NANNA SELKUR AND ROSE OWOTA ADAH, tell a story on how some Nigerians are surviving. Day after day, they ignore t...
Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko has been sworn in for the second time as Sokoto State governor, Wamakko was yesterday sworn in a ceremony at the Trade Fair Complex in Sokoto metroplis, along with his deputy, Barr. Muktari Shagari. Wamakko, who emerged winner of S...
President Goodluck Jonathan and British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron yesterday agreed to join forces with other friendly nations in the prosecution of the war against terrorism.Speaking when he met Cameron ahead of the London Summit on Somalia whic...
A 25-year-old married woman, Mrs Mary Haruna, who could not control her libido, especially on the last Valentine’s Day, has incurred the wrath of the law as she is to spend the next four months behind bars. An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada in th...
Members of the House of Representatives yesterday rejected a move to amend the Electoral Act to provide for the extension of litigation period for election tribunal from 60 and 90 days to 180 and 240. The Bill, which was sponsored by the Deputy Minorit...