The White House has pledged to provide a formal response to all secession petitions that receive more than 25,000 signatures within 30 days. This is coming barely twenty-four hours that some States including New York and South Carolina file...
The entire United States of America may be heading towards breaking up into different nations if the report at the disposal of LEADERSHIP is anything to go by. According to reports published on the official website of the White House, this disin...
Nigerian former footballer, Godwin Okpara who is serving a jail term in a French prison over a reported case of child abuse and rape, has lost his 18 years old second child, Sean Okpara Tuesday morning. According to a family source who disclosed...
Dr. Peter Igho is the Director-General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission. In this Interview with Ademola Bakare, Erica Ordu and Tayo Bamidele, he speaks about the commission’s drive to restore integrity to the sector. He also distinguishes ...
The House of Representatives yesterday faulted the decision of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration to omit electricity generation and distribution companies from allocation in the 2013 budget. Chairman, House Committee on Power, Patric...
Sequel to the president’s dismissal of Ribadu’s report on oil receipts as shoddy, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has expressed regret that the federal government might have acted in bad faith. In a statement issued in Lagos yest...
Renhe’s deputy board chairman Yang Xiayou was quoted in reports published yesterday saying the club was in contact with Lampard but that no deal had been done. It followed reports in which the club’s chairman Dai Yongge claimed Lampard woul...
Skye Bank and Standard Chartered Bank shot their way to the finals of the 2012 Nigeria Bankers Games at the University of Lagos Sports Complex on Sunday. Skye Bank will equal UBA record of five Bankers Games’ football event finals victory if it d...
Ten have emerged as outstanding players at the Lagos screening of the Glo Soccer Academy. The screening attracted thousands of youthful footballers within the age bracket of 14-17 years who trooped en masse to the National Stadium, Surulere. They were ...
Ten home based Super Eagles players arrived Miami, Florida, United States for the international friendly against Venezuela scheduled for tomorrow in the American city. The team has also been joined by Israeli based goalie, Austin Ejide. The team arrive...
The Lagos state government has unsealed the 1004 flats earlier closed off in Victoria Island, after reaching a settlement with management of the blocks of flats. Earlier today, the government had sealed off the flats over unpaid land use charges by the...
The billionaire software genius behind the McAfee antivirus programs is wanted for murder in Belize. According to Gizmodo.com, Belize police claim John McAfee is the prime suspect in the shooting death of an American expatriate named Gregory Faull. Fau...
Prof. Akin Osibogun, Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has called on philanthropists to assist the hospital to rebuild the burnt AIDS Prevention Initiative Clinic (APIN). Osibogun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) o...
The Rivers Government says it has saved a total of N34 billion for the ``rainy day.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Chibuike Amaechi, at the inception of his administration in 2007, had promised to make a compulsory saving of ...
Coach Kadiri Ikhana in Abuja on Monday reigned his position as head coach of the Nigerian senior women football team, the Super Falcons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that his resignation came on the heels of his team's failure at this y...