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A stripper, a topless model and a Pop Idol hopeful were among those said to have romped with Manchester United and England defender, Rio Ferdinand.Married dad-of-three Ferdinand, 32, is suing over a Sunday newspaper story about an affair with an interi...
WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has set his sights on handing a first defeat to pound-for-pound star Floyd Mayweather Jnr.Khan is scheduled to face IBF title holder Zab Judah on July 23 in Las Vegas but is already planning further into the fu...
She caused a stir when she refused to ‘save and swap’ herself on the ‘Big Brother show’ on Monday, but despite Karen’s ‘apparent lack of gamesmanship’, Facebook users continue to express their support for the N...
Continued from last week: Nollywood, the third largest movie industry in the world has produced many famous artistes. These actors and actresses inspire their audiences, including young people who follow in their steps. Some of them run charity organis...
Fabo The King joined Mainstream music in 2007 with the single ‘Peace In Niger Delta.’Since then, he has come of age, perfecting his act and packaging, as he told SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH in this chat What motivated you to venture into music...
Tanners and other stakeholders in the leather industry in the country had thought it was a blessing and succour to the industry when the federal government introduced Export Expansion Grant (EEG) as part of its support to the private sector. The EEG wa...
For many Nigerians, the recent increase in electricity tariff by the Federal Government would have been more reasonable with improved service delivery even as question as to why the supply of pre-paid meters was stopped keeps begging for answers. JULIE...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has promised to hand over its report on how to overcome Boko Haram and other security challenges facing the country soon. The ACF’s report was said to have been put in place by retired security chiefs in the Nor...
The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in consonance with the presidency has opted to hold a special convention in November this year to elect new national officers for the party. The tenure of the present National Working Co...
Prominent lawyers have called for an amendment of the Code of Conduct Act to include a provision that will compel public officers who declared their assets to make it available for public scrutiny. The lawyers: Prof Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), Mrs. Funk...
Several weeks after LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s investigations revealed that governors in the North were doing nothing to avert the disaster floods may bring this rainy season, following repeated flooding alaerts by the meteorological department of the N...
The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja ordered the re-opening of the Kaduna Polytechnic and directed the former rector, Alhaji Danjuma Isa, to go on compulsory leave.Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufai, who gave the directive while addressing new...
Governors of the South-Western region of Nigeria have resolved to put resources together to ensure rapid socio-economic and infrastructural development of states in the region. This was one of the agreements reached by governors of states in the ...
Unemployment and attendant poverty have been linked to the increase and proliferation of crime in the country thus affecting the security of the people. The state coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Yobe State, Alhaji Ada...
There were wild jubilations in Akure yesterday as civil servants trooped in their hundreds to celebrate the approval of the N18,000 minimum wage by the Ondo State government. Governor Dr Olusegun Mimiko had earlier in the morning met with Labour ...