ATHENS - Greece averted the immediate threat of an uncontrolled default on Friday when a sufficient number of private creditors agreed on a bond swap deal that will cut the country's public debt and clear the way for a new bailout. Reuters reports ...
Arsenal welcome Newcastle to the Emirates in the battle for a UEFA Champions League spot. Arsenal is fourth on the standings with 49 points, while Newcastle is sixth with 44 points. Both sides need a win to keep their Champions League hope alive. When ...
Following the deportation of 125 Nigerians by South African authorities some days ago, the diplomatic relations between the two countries was headed for the rocks. The ambassadors of both countries were summoned by their parent countries for consultati...
Najeem Usman Yasin mounted the saddle as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) in August 2011. Barely eight months in office, Yasin says he has provided a clear direction for the union, which was hitherto dispa...
That Cossy Ojiakor is received by her fans as a sex symbol is fast becoming a cliché. However, the actress and singer says she has other attractions apart from flaunting her natural endowments on television. She believes that the time has come to show...
Gbenga Akinnagbe was born on December 12, 1978 in Washington, D.C. to Nigerian parents and raised in Montgomery County. He is the second oldest of six children, one older sister and four younger brothers. Akinnagbe was in and out of trouble as a youth,...
News reaching Entertainment Rendezvous has it that Nigerian highlife musician, Flavour N’Abania has signed a record deal with a south African Record Label. This is coming in the heat of the diplomatic row between the two countries over the ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) indices dropped by 1.1 per cent on Friday as a result of price losses by some blue chips. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index (ASI), which opened at 21,181.41, depreciated by 231.4 p...
The Joint Military Task Force, (JTF) in Borno state said yesterday that its personnel have recorded another ‘landmark’ victory in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency, as three members of the sect were apprehended while several arms, amm...
7 suspected kidnappers including two serving policemen were yesterday arraigned in Uyo High court kidnapping. The suspects, CPL. Saturday Okori and CPL. Friday Udoh, were brought before Justice Eno Isangedighi of Uyo High Court. The other suspect...
Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains under the aegis of PDP Stakeholders Forum, have asked the Screening Committee for the party’s chairmanship ahead of its March 24 national convention to disqualify one of the leading aspirants, Alhaji...
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ajibola Famurewa, has called for a review of Nigeria’s foreign policy and make it more people oriented. The lawmaker who spoke exclusively to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, was reacting to the diplomatic stando...
The Sokoto State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will hold its Local Government Congress in the state today. Secretary of the party, Alhaji Aminu Bello Sokoto (ACY), made the announcement yesterday, while briefing journalists on th...
The United States government has once again put Nigeria on top of its money laundering, financial crimes and corruption list based on the weak enforcement, poor Judiciary and political interference of the country. According to the 2012 International Na...
The combined team of security agencies led by the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos command, yesterday impounded 11 cartons of explosives weighing 95 kilogrammes that were smuggled into the country. The...