The Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) is planning a train-the-trainer programme for school games masters and mistresses. The programme is aimed to further popularise the sport. The federation’s President, Habu Gumel, said at the handing-over c...
Ashley Cole has issued a statement to stress that he and Rio Ferdinand are good friends. This was after the Manchester United defender appeared to mock his decision to support John Terry in court. Cole appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court i...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abuja Council, has hailed Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole over his resounding victory in last Saturday’s governorship election. The Council in a statement signed by its Chairman, Comrade ...
Niger Delta Youths, under the auspices of League of Niger Delta Activists (LNDYA), have strongly condemned the campaign of calumny against the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed by “some disgruntled politicians” from his home state, Bauchi...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed has ordered the withdrawal of all temporary licenses issued quarry operators in the territory. Similarly, the minister has also ordered the suspension of the processing of all build...
The African Union (AU) has chosen South African Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as its leader, making her the first woman to hold the post. Ms Dlamini-Zuma beat incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon after a closely fought contest for the chairmanship of the organisation...
Tragedy was averted yesterday in Okene in the central axis of Kogi State, when a car suspected to be on a suicide mission exploded near Living Faith Church with the worshipers escaping bywhiskers. No one seemed to know the actual destination of the sui...
Over 70 residents were rendered homeless in Ibadan as heavy downpour caused floods that swept through the city at the weekend. Although no lives were lost in areas visited by LEADERSHIP, properties worth millions of naira were however destroyed as a re...
It is common practice these days to see Nigerians subscribing to purchase products made from the Asian and middle-eastern countries. Even when these may not necessarily be superior to Nigerian products they are sold at prices far higher than what their...
Lately, the country has continued to record new cases of wild polio virus. However, in this interview with WINIFRED OGBEBO, the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Ado Mohammad, allayed fears that the ...
Former Blackburn striker Yakubu scored on his Chinese Super League debut to help Guangzhou R&F seal a 1-0 victory over local rivals Guangzhou Evergrande on Sunday. The Nigerian, who sealed his move to the club just last week following...
The Special Task Force (STF) maintaining peace in Plateau has said that the evacuation order given to some communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom local governments is based on `military necessity’. The STF on Saturday ordered the inhabitants of fiv...
Trade between Nigeria and France has reached the 7.3 billion dollar mark, according to French Ambassador to Nigeria. In his remarks at a ceremony to mark the 222nd French National Day in Abuja on Saturday night, de Labriolle said the figure was more th...
A man has been arrested by security agents in connection with an explosion near a church at Obehira, Okene, Kogi. The Kogi State Police Command spokesman, Mr Ile Simon, who confirmed the arrest in Lokoja on Sunday, said that the suspect was driving in ...
Against the background of raging corruption in the polity, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Alli, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Suggests death penalty for proven cases of graft involving public officers. In this interview with ABDULLAHI OLESIN he also disagree...