The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Akwa Ibom says it will Investigate the extent of tax evasion and prosecute culprits in the state. The state Tax Controller, Mrs Mafiana Uche, gave the warning while briefing newsmen in Uyo on Thursday. Uche ...
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Thursday sentenced an undergraduate, Michael Opaleye, to 18 months' imprisonment for swindling an American lady, Kathy Lunsford, of 9,200 dollars (N1.4 million). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice A...
The Bayelsa Government on Thursday donated N15 million to the Flood Outreach Committee set up by churches in the state. Gov. Seriake Dickson announced the donation while interacting with Christian leaders in the state at the Greater Evangelism World Cr...
There is a high turnover in the global herbal market spearheaded by China, India and Thailand. In this interview with WINIFRED OGBEBO, the Managing Director, Nigeria Medicinal Plants Development Company (NMPDC), a parastatal of the Federal Minist...
Giving children more fast food meals will make them grow up to have a lower IQ than those who regularly eat freshly-cooked meals, according to a study. Childhood nutrition has long lasting effects on IQ, even after previous intelligence and...
A lift or train carriage and the aroma of spray deodorant and perfume can be overwhelming. A recent figures show seven in ten use of air fresheners or scented candles is to keep our homes smelling sweet. But yet recent reports suggest that perfumed pro...
Apples were found to be more effective than a supplement containing an antioxidant found in the fruitA new study suggests that eating apples each day could significantly improve the heart health of middle-aged adults in just one month. Those who ate a ...
Barring last minute change of plans, a presidential jet was scheduled to fly out of Abuja last night to bring home Nigeria’s ailing First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan. Presidency sources told Sahara Reporters yesterday that Mrs. Jonathan would ret...
Omuokere-Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, where four male students of the University of Port Harcourt were killed by an angry mob is now a ghost town. This was just as police arrested five more suspects in connection wit...
A new twist has emerged in the Bakassi struggle as Efik Kingdom is said to be making plans to join forces with Southern Cameroon to form an independent nation. The move is coming even as the federal government foreclosed the review of the International...
The Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Mohammed Seidu, has said that the Niger-Benue Confluence (Lokoja) flooding was as a result of the contravention of the natural boundary laws by the communities. Seidu ...
Niger State Governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has urged all the people in the state not to be afraid but to go about their lawful businesses as government would not relent in ensuring their safety. Aliyu who was speaking based on the recent at...
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, inaugurated the federal government delegation to this year’s Christian pilgrimage operation; with a note of warning to Christian pilgrims shun any actions that are capable of denting the country’s ima...
The Executive Chairman of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), Mallam Abdulkarim Mohammed, has attributed the stunted development in the primary education system to perennial systemic corruption in government and their external ...
The Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has canvassed increased trade and investment among African countries in other to improve the continents economy. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday Governor Suswam stated that real developm...