Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru on Tuesday in Abuja said the Nigerian former diplomat detained in Venezuela had retired from service and no longer enjoyed diplomatic immunity. ``The information at my disposal is that Mr Olarotimi Ajayi ceased to be a...
The police in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Tuesday, said that a missing baby boy of about a year was found at Gwako, FCT, and brought to the Gwagwalada Police Station. The boy was said to be found crying along the roadside in Gwako on July 25. Madam Hussaina ...
The University of Jos on Tuesday inducted 44 newly graduated Pharmacists and called on them to stay and practice in Nigeria to increase the pharmacists' ratio per population. Prof. Hayward Mafuyai, the university’s Vice Chancellor, in an addr...
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati yesterday denied any existing conflict in the management of the president’s media and information process, saying the newly appointed Senior Special Adviser t...
US House and Senate negotiators announced an agreement late Monday on a bill that would significantly tighten sanctions against Iran and companies that help Iran develop its energy resources or advance its nuclear program. The new Iran Threat Reduction...
President Obama yesterday told supporters at a campaign event in New York City that, if the election were held today, he would win. "So the upshot is if the election were held today, I think it would be close, but I think we'd win," Obama...
Dr. Doyin Okupe says his appointment as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan does not suggest conflict or friction in the Presidency’s information management process. Okupe spoke at a joint media briefin...
Justice Abubakar Umar has further adjourned to Sept. 26 the adoption of final written addresses in a suit filed by the EFCC against one Adeolu Olugbenga. The EFCC arraigned Olugbenga in 2004 for allegedly conspiring and obtaining the sum of N3 mil...
Justice Maudashiru Oniganyi of the FCT High Court, on Tuesday in Abuja warned the police not to expose the judiciary to ridicule. Oniyangi gave the warning following complaints by counsel to one Habibu Musa, Mr Issac Abah, that the police failed to fil...
The Syrian military has stepped up its campaign to drive rebels out of Aleppo, where rebel fighters said they were holding firm. The rebels also vowed to turn the country's largest city into the ``regime's grave''. Opposition activists ...
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said the nation’s airspace has witnessed an increase of about 12.8 percent in aircraft movement from January to June this year, while revenue from over-flyers increased by 5 per cent within the same ...
The United Nations Security Council has called on all political actors and civil society in Guinea-Bissau to engage in a consensual, inclusive and nationally-owned process to restore constitutional order in the country. In a statement read out to the p...
A United Nations top official has called on academics to get involved in essential research to help reduce rural poverty and assist small-scale farmers as part of the global fight against hunger. “One of the great challenges we have today is to u...
Trade and investment relations between Nigeria and Egypt may have received a major boost, following the signing in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries. Dr Joseph Odumodu, Director General, Stand...
A statement from the African Economic Outlook (AEO) made available to LEADERSHIP says that Nigeria’s robust economic growth has not generated the much needed employment thereby inc...