A bomb in an illegal armoury factory allegedly owned by members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on Monday, exploded in Kaduna, injuring 4 persons including a police officer. LEADERSHIP had reported that there were indications of impending attacks ...
Few national leaders die these days with no one outside their country knowing about it. For more than 48 hours. Not even a mention on Twitter. Yet apparently no one, including South Korean intelligence services, was aware that North Korean leader Kim J...
No fewer than 20,000 ghost workers have been detected on the pay roll of the 25 Local Government Areas in Niger, the Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Alhaji Garba Tagwai, has said. Tagwai, who made the disclosure in Minna on Monday while brie...
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Lagos Chapter, on Monday threw its weight behind the toll system introduced on the Lekki/Epe expressway in Lagos by the state government. The CNPP lauded the initiative as protests continued to trail...
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) says that consumers in Umuahia owe it more than N930 million. The Umuahia Business Unit Manager, Mr Vincent Ekwekwu, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on...
Like human needs which are insatiable, the needs of end-users of foreign exchange have increasingly become insatiable. Matters are made worse with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) constrained by the absence of a deep wallet. The result is that the cen...
The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed the Editor-in-Chief of SportsDay Newspapers, Mr. Ben Alaiya as the new Press Officer for the senior national team, Super Eagles. The appointment takes immediate effect. Alaiya replaces Mr. Colin Udoh of KIC...
The desire of the Federal Government to provide steady power in the country would remain a dream until all the dead wood in the system are weeded out. The Director-General, Kogi State Directorate for Rural Development, Dr. Paul Attah made this assertio...
As part of efforts by the Akwa Ibom State government to ensure the safety of passengers and aircraft, a Cordless Land Air Wildlife System (CLAWS) has been installed at the International Airport.CLAWS is a system that prevents bird strike and wild-life ...
The Ekiti State government is set to start exploiting the abundant mineral resources spread across the 16 local government areas of the state. The state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, made the disclosure weekend at his Isan Ekiti country home during the ...
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, had staged a comeback to his former party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), following a formal declaration in Sokoto yesterday. Bafarawa, a two-term governor on the platform of the A...
The protest by residents of the Lekki-Epe expressway to resist the introduction of toll by the Lagos State Government in conjunction with the Lekki Concession Company, concessionaires of the road may continue today even as Lagos State Governor Babatund...
Kaduna State government yesterday broke its silence over the alleged spending of N300 million weekly on security maintenance which has caused controversy in the state. The government said, “though government has been spending a lot on ensuring se...
The Christian Health Association Of Nigeria(CHAN), has revealed that the dreaded HIV/AIDS claims more than 2,000 lives of the total population of the country. This was disclosed by the director of Advocacy of the group, Pastor David Omorebokhae, ...
The first lady and wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has declared that the history of Nigeria would never be complete without the late leader of secessionist Biafra Republic, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Mrs. Jonathan, who stated this ...