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The Gunners boss is able to welcome back the two Englishmen but is still without a host of injured and suspended players as he looks to bounce back from Manchester United defeat.Walcott missed England’s 1-0 victory against Wales as a precaution, ...
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been ruled out of the trip to Sunderland and is facing a race against time to make the following Premier League trip to Manchester United.The 33-year-old suffered concussion when he was knocked unconscious during the v...
Financial experts have said that the only way to eradicate poverty and boost the nation’s economic growth is for the government, organisations and individuals to put resources together to develop the microfinance sub-secto...
The recapitalisation exercise of the rescued banks initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) might have raised a lot of concerns among stakeholders and shareholders but the whole process is expected to be brought to its logical conclusion come Sep...
Ini Edo,one of Nollywood’s most bankable actresses,became N40 million richer on Friday,September 2,2011 as she signed an endorsement deal with Noble Hair! The two year contract,concluded in the morning of Friday,with the representatives of the co...
ATLANTA (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was sent back to federal prison after corrections officials discovered that a manager and a TV producer were with him on a luxury bus as he transferred to a halfway house in Georgia, according to document...
The federal government has criticised Iran’s continued non-compliance with an international obligation to provide information on its nuclear programme. Speaking during a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York yesterday, the Deputy Pe...
The Benue State government has invited a team of agriculturalists from Iowa State University in the United States to assist her in the establishment of demonstration farms in four locations in the state. This was disclosed to LEADERSHIP by the State Go...
The three commercial banks nationalised last month, Spring Bank, Afribank, and Bank PHB, are currently facing identity difficulties. Investigations by LEADERSHIP revealed that customers of the bank, particularly the illiterate class, are worried that t...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the regulatory reforms adopted by the apex bank during the financial crisis out-stripped that of other countries.Deputy Governor Financial System Stability, Kingsley Moghalu, who made this remark in Lagos...
Comrade Samson Ugwuoke emerged the National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) at the union’s second Triennial Delegate Conference held recently at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. He spoke with jo...
Recently, the Gombe State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), embarked on a warning strike to protest the state government’s refusal to implement the new minimum wage across board. In this interview with BLESSING UKEMENA, Abubakar Sadi...
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has apologised for the incident that led coach Samson Siasia to drop him.The Lille shot stopper was alleged to have instigated a player revolt against the team’s travel plans to Madagascar last week and so...
Sports minister, Suleiman Yusuf yesterday redeemed his pledge to reward medal winners with additional bonus. The minister yesterday morning splashed dollar on athletes that have won medals for Team Nigeria. The Badminton team that won gold got 12,000 d...
For the first time in the on going games, the organisers yesterday released a medals table that has Nigeria on the 8th position with one gold, three silver and four bronze.South Africa has taken an early lead with a total of 46 medals with 20 of them b...