To check the worrisome corruption in the country, Nigerians have been urged to collectively demand for probity and accountability from their leaders. The charge came yesterday from the Chairman, LEADERSHIP Newspaper Group, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah in a lectu...
Police detectives in Asaba, the Delta State capital have uncovered a hideout/operational base of suspected ritualists with scores of unidentified corpses of women. The police command spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Famous Ajieh, sai...
Kogi State governor, Captain Idris Wada, has pledged to implement all programmes contained in his transformation agenda. Wada told a team of governors led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, who visited him in Lokoja, the recent auto crash, whi...
The Bayelsa State Government yesterday denied the claim that it accused the former Governor,Timipre Sylva of handing over the rein of power to Governor Seriake Dickson and leaving behind the sum of N4,451 in the coffers of the state government, saying ...
The US Department of State may have barred the former governor of Edo state, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion from, entering the United States of America because of money laundering. According to an onliine portal, Sahara Reporters, the American consular aut...
No fewer than six people were allegedly killed while several others were allegedly injured during a clash between some pipeline vandals and men of Security and Civil Defence Corps at Arepo Village in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of O...
The chairman Nigeria Governors Forum and governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amechi has said that if leaders in Nigeria want peace they must work towards sustainable development and ensure equitable distribution of resources. Amaechi who was a guest s...
The report on suspected case of arson over the Thursday fire that razed over 50 homes and settlements in Ijawkiri, one of the host communities of the disputed Soku Gas Plant in Oluasiri Kingdom of Nembe Local Government area of Bayelsa is creating tens...
Relatives and friends yesterday paid their last respect to Rilwanu Gazama, the former police orderly of ex-governor of Gombe State, Sen. Danjuma Goje, who was buried according to Islamic rites in Gombe. Gazama was killed on Friday by suspected gunmen i...
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday elected its new executive without the participation of South East governors. A Prince of Ebonyi State and an industrial chemist, Nnachi Enwo-Igariwey emerged as president general of the o...
With succour not forthcoming for the victims of last year’s flood disaster in Kogi State, the state government has said the N1.5 billion it received from the federal government, local and international organisations as well as some philanthropist...
The indiscriminate and illegal sale of drugs by artisans and traders in public places has continued to strive in most towns and villages in spite of the serious health risks it poses to the community. This is even as relevant regulatory agencies have m...
A superb second-half display from Chelsea saw the Blues run out 4-0 winners against Stoke and inflict a first home Premier League defeat of the season on the Potters. The first half lacked quality but a Jonathan Walters own goal right before the break ...
“Minnows”, “rank outsiders” or, at best, a hardly flattering “unknown quantity”. These are just a few of the comments flying around about Ethiopia’s prospects in next week’s African Cup of Nations in Sout...
A French motorbike rider competing in the Dakar Rally died on Friday after crashing into a Chilean police car, organisers reported. Thomas Bourgin, aged 25, was making his way to the start of the seventh stage when he hit the car, which was coming in t...