Former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS), Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui Okauru, has been appointed to the Board of Diamond Bank Plc, making her the third woman on the bank’s board. Okauru’s appointment which is subject to the app...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Presidency and the National Assembly to urgently investigate claims by the State Security Service (SSS) that it has arrested the suspected killers of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, a former senior aide ...
The Jamaatu Ahlis Sunnah Lil Daawati wal Jihad, popularly called Boko Haram, has said that it would not negotiate with any government representative and had no plans to do so. In a half-hour video made in Hausa and posted on YouTube, the sect called on...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has warned of heavy rainfall which may lead to flooding between August and October in some states of the federation. A statement signed and made available to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend by Eleazar Obende of NIMET ...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) on Petroleum Products yesterday set fire to a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of diesel believed to be adulterated at Ibangwa in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The heavy duty truck with Adamawa regis...
The Ponyan community in Kogi State have staged a peaceful protest over the sudden demise of Mr. Simon Ige Olutimayin,one of the newly appointed commissioners in the state. LEADERSHIP gathered that hundreds of youths of the community, ...
Bauchi State Government has expressed worry that the Federal Government is yet to reimburse it the N2.3billion it contributed to the local government pension fund for retired local government workers in the state, The State Chairman of Local Government...
No fewer than 139 prison inmates awaiting trial in six prisons across Niger State have regained their freedom as the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Jibrin Ndajiwo concludes the tour of the prisons to conduct on the spot trial of the cases. The...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday, slammed the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over its comment on state creation in the ongoing constitutional review by the National Assembly. The ACF had in its memorandum told the National Assembly...
Kwara State Commissioner for Works, Dr. Abubakar Kannike, in this interview with ABDULLAHI OLESIN, explains the milestones that the administration of Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed has recorded in roads construction and rehabilitation in the past one year. ...
More public outcry and condemnations have continued to trail an alleged blackmailer, Ebubeagu Ekenulo, who was said to have attempted to extort money from the Senator representing Orlu Senatorial District of Imo State, Chief Hope Uzodinma. Ebubeagu was...
The Enugu Police Command has apprehended a notorious criminal and serial killer who allegedly participated in the abduction of Professor Ben Mbah, the Provost, College of Education, Eha Amufu in Isiuzo Local Government Area of Enugu State. ...
President Goodluck Jonathan and Jamaican Prime Minister, Simpson Miller have expressed worry over the status of Jamaica-Nigeria Technical Cooperation in Oil, following the suspension of oil facility of the two countries. A joint communique issued on th...
Nigeria’s fastest man, Obinna Metu crashed out of the 100 metres race in the London Olympics, after he failed to qualify from the pack of eight sprinters in the semi finals race decided yesterday at the Olympics Stadium in Stratford. Metu finishe...
Basketball guard, Ade Dagunduro who was injured at the game against Tunisia and Nigeria’s first match may not play for the Dream Team in the remainig preliminary clash. Still undergoing doctors attention and treatment, the player who is one of th...