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...
Few hours after South Africa apologised to Nigeria inappropriate deportation of its citizens, the British government yesterday deports 120 Nigerians for offences ranging from lack of valid papers, over stay and other immigration offences. The deportees...
Former vice chancellor of the University of Uyo and a renowned economist, Prof. Akpan Ekpo, has raised doubt on the possible success of the cashless policy being introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying the policy, which is currently bei...
Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, whose election was confirmed by the Supreme Court last Tuesday, is now certain of his four-year mandate and has consequently mapped out strategies to take his state to a new level. In this intervie...
A painful womb condition affecting two million women has been linked to a greater risk of ovarian cancer. Women suffering endometriosis are three times more likely to develop the disease, say researchers. A study has identified three types of ovarian c...
To what extent can poverty be a setback towards the success of blind persons? Our correspondents, Nanna Selkur and Rose Owota Adah, tell a moving story of the blind living in Karmajiji, Abuja. As one approaches this settlement, feelings of fear, insec...
Those who suffer from high blood pressure may not always need prescription medications to bring it down. By adhering strictly to lifestyle changes and some natural measures, high blood pressure and the risk of heart attack can be reduced. RALIAT ...
Optimism about Africa needs to be taken in fairly small doses, for things are still exceedingly bleak in much of the continent…Food production per person has slumped since independence in the 1960s. The average lifespan in some countries is unde...
The scarcity of aviation fuel also called JET AI which started penultimate week has persisted causing airlines to cancel, delay or reschedule their flights. The scarcity and high price of the product has been a source of concern to airlines and the Nig...
Activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) continued on the green trajectory, following price gains recorded by major blue chip companies causing market capitalisation to inch up further by N45billion. Specifically, at the&...
The activities of oil pipeline vandals pose potent threat to the successful operation of both the upstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Austen...
The Federal Government has received a $508.59 million World Bank grant for the control of erosion in worst hit areas across the country. The grant financing LEADERSHIP gathered, would be used to address the problem of gully erosion particularly in Edo,...
MTN Nigeria is set to improve its quality of services (QoS) with $1.4 billion (about N2.17 billion) investment for 2012 as it moves to address the increasing upsurge on data service segment due to use of smart phones and dongles for internet browsing w...
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that the estimated nine million Almajiris in Northern Nigeria be properly educated in order for them to contribute meaningfully to national development. Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ezenwo Wike, who made...
The Namibian government yesterday extended an invitation to the Nigerian government and its private sector to invest in Windhoek. The Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria and Ghana, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi who made the call, also urged Nigerians to tak...