The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has conferred the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) award on renowned human rights activist Mr. Femi Falana and 24 other lawyers. Falana was expected to have made the list some years before now, for hi...
The preliminary report on the June 3, 2012, Dana crash released by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), yesterday in Abuja, has revealed that the pilots of the ill-fated plane noted problems with the engine 17 minutes after takeoff in Abuja. The re...
Governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) have accused the federal government of illegal deductions from the Federation Account of funds used in offsetting oil subsidy payments and resolved to head for the Supreme Court to ...
Thousands of well-wishers yesterday trooped to the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) to receive the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, who returned to the country after a medical trip to London. Rumour of the emir’s death while in Lond...
A glorious month is fast approaching. It is unlike any you know. It brings with it excitement and devotion. It brings mercy and dedication. It blows the wind of generosity; it shuts fast the door of rebellion. It was the month, over 1400 years ag...
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on all concerned to ensure that the election is peaceful, free, fair and transparent in the interest of the nation’s democracy. In a sta...
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) to temporarily release the international passport of the former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel who is currently standi...
Wearing tight stockings during the day may be a new way to tackle snoring at night. Compression stockings are widely used to treat varicose veins and prevent blood clots in the legs after surgery and during long-haul flights. They are now being given t...
Political parties in Edo are putting final touches to their strategies in winning the governorship election. LEADERSHIP’s Patrick Ochoga, drew line between the chances of various candidates, their chances, aspiration and opportunities open ...
Providing road infrastructure in Rivers State is a difficult and costly enterprise because of the rains and terrain. But the Commissioner of Works, Victor Giadom, in this interview with Lawson Hayford, posits that environmental factors cannot det...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega and the Inspector General of Police Muhammed Abubakar at a stakeholders meeting in Benin ahead of Saturday governorship election in Edo State&nbs...
The Federal High Court in Makurdi, Benue State yesterday dismissed a certificate forgery case filed by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Terver Kakih, against Governor Gabriel Suswam . Kakih had filed the matter a year ago ju...
Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has approved the construction of flyover bridges at Silver Jubilee, Gidan Murtala and Ibrahim Taiwo road roundabouts in Kano yesterday. Also, additional projects worth N30 billion have been approved under vario...
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested four suspects in connection with the murder of a retired army officer, Brigadier-General Sylvester Iruh. General Iruh’s corpse was discovered lying in a pool of his blood at a bridge very close t...
Emotions flowed freely, yesterday, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) held a commendation ceremony in memory of its staff that lost their lives in the ill-fated Dana plane crash of June 3, 2012. The NNPC staff who died in the crash i...