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...
A witness who testified on behalf of the State Security Service (SSS) in the trial of one of the suspects charged with complicity in the October 1, 2010, twin bombing in Abuja, Edmund Ebiware, said the former of Baye...
The deployment of 3500 soldiers to Edo State ahead of the governorship election on Saturday threw the House of Representatives into a rowdy session as members bicker on whether or not it should be discussed. The issue was raised as a point of order by ...
The Niger State government has domesticated the Fiscal Responsibility, Public Procurement and State Audit laws to enhance development and fight corruption, the governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has said. Aliyu gave this wa...
After over five months in the saddle, Kogi State Governor Idris Wada has sent a list of 18 commissioner nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening, confirmation and approval. The governor stated in the letter that he was sending the list of ...
Nasarawa State Governor Umaru Al-Makura has launched the first phase of the NNPC/Capital Oil Kero-Direct Sale Scheme with a purchase of 120,000 litres of the product for onward sale to the people of the state. Launching the scheme in Lafia, ...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), has disclosed that four more local governments in Kogi State are in the frame to benefit the MDGs activities this year. Mrs. Precious Gbeneol, who reiter...
Political leaders in the Northern part of the country have been called upon to emulate the first civilian Governor of the old Kano State, Late Alhaji Abubakar Rimi for his patriotism and service to humanity. Chairman of the newly formed Rimi Memo...