Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi yesterday, laid the foundation for five “legacy projects” as activities marking his second year anniversary kicked off in different parts of the state. The five projects include a new Government ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a high powered committee charged with the responsibility of raising funds to cushion the effects of flood disasters across the nation. The Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Committee as it is known, has business mog...
Twenty-five members of the Cross River State House of Assembly, yesterday, took to the streets to protest the failure of the federal government to appeal the judgment of the International Court of Justice on the Bakassi peninsula. The Assembly members ...
The House of Representatives has invited the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, over the recent gruesome attack on students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State and the killing of four students of the University of Port H...
The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called for a thorough investigation of the burglary incident at the state’s ministry of Finance. Saraki in his official reaction to the development, described any attempt to link h...
The Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has taken a bold step towards the exploration of oil and gas in Bida Basin. A statement signed and made available to LEADERSHIP by the Senior Special Assistant, Oil and Gas Development to the ...
The Nasarawa State government has taken a swipe at the past administrations in the state for their insensitivity towards the education sector which has given rise to the high level of infrastructural decay, especially in primary schools across th...
The Niger state Government is considering a law to demolish houses used by terrorists in any part of the state. The attorney-general and commissioner for justice Alhaji, Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, disclosed this to journalists yesterday&nbs...
Dr. Jeremiah Yabefa is the Provost of the Bayelsa College of Arts and Science (BYCAS). In this interview with Osa Okhomina of LEADERSHIP in Yenagoa, he spoke of the renewed plan by the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, through an effective educatio...
The Liberia Football Association has continued to maintain secrecy over their team, Lone Star’s arrival for Saturday’s 2013 African Cup of Nations final qualifying match against the Super Eagles. NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu ...
Manchester United and Real Madrid sit atop of the global shirt sale charts with 1.4 million shirts sold per season on average over the past five years. United and Madrid are two of the three teams that have managed to surpass the one million mark betwe...
A 25-man delegation of the U-17 National Team of Guinea will arrive in Lagos on Friday morning, for Sunday’s 2013 African U-17 Championship qualifying match against Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets. The contingent will fly into Lagos aboard an Arik...
Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil feels he has nothing to prove in the wake of recent criticism in the Spanish papers. The Germany international impressed against Barcelona on Sunday after a number of relatively disappointing outings earlier this season...
11-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal is expecting to retire from the professional tennis career at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 says a report. The 26-year-old Rafael Nadal, who was struggling with knee injury from past years, said he is expecting to ...
The attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi on Sept. 11 has sharpened congressional scrutiny of the State Department office that protects diplomats in the world's most dangerous corners, as lawmakers ask whether it fatally...