Mr Alain Gaugris, a Statistician, Development Data Group of the World Bank, on Wednesday said the bank would assist Nigeria to strengthen its statistical system. At a two-day meeting of the National Consultative Committee on Statistics (NCCS) held in C...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order on Wednesday said that it had uncovered plans by the Boko Haram group to attack military barracks in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement issued by the JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, in ...
Northern leaders on Wednesday converged in Kaduna in the continued search for solutions to the problems of the region. The leaders met at the opening of a two-day conference organised by the Centre for Historical Documentation and Research, Arewa...
Experts on Wednesday in Abuja said that the export of processed Shea butter could boost Nigeria’s non-oil earnings by two billion dollars annually. They gave the figure at a briefing on the forthcoming 6th International Shea Industry Conference o...
The Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Mike Omeri, on Wednesday described veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, 65, who died in a protracted illness, as a rare breed actor. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Omeri, Mr ...
Ebonyi State police command, yesterday, announced the existence of a training camp for insurgents and criminal elements who unleash mayhem in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Sule Mamman, who raised the alarm while briefing journalists in h...
House of Representatives, yesterday, continued its war with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as its Committee on Finance stopped a representative of the SEC Director General, Arunma Oteh, from participating in a meeting with federal governm...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over what it described as the reckless extravagance of the Jonathan administration, which it fears, could plunge the country into bankruptcy if left unchecked. In a statement issued in Ilorin, ye...
The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has vowed that any officer indicted in the November 26 attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad’s (SARS’) headquarters in Abuja would be severely punished. Abubakar made the vow, ye...
The Nigeria Hockey Federation (NHF) yesterday disqualified the Ekiti male hockey team from participating at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival (NSF) over identity distortion and fielding of ineligible players. Walter Imoedemhe, the NHF Technical...
The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) yesterday fined Delta and Kano states N50,000 each for using ineligible weightlifters at the going 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos. NWF Secretary Uche Onwumeh said that a female weightlifter, Bilikis Ot...
The Ondo State Sports Council has queried the coach of its female hockey team and the secretary of the state Hockey Association over the team’s disqualification at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Lagos. Bamido Omogbehin, Chairman of the s...
The House Representative Committee on Sports has expressed concern over the inadequate sports funding in the country by the government as reflected in the yearly budgetary provision of the National Sports Commission (NSC). The committee made the ...
The Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Dr. Hans-Rudolf Hodel has disclosed that a total of $700 million deposited in Swiss banks by the late former military President, General Sani Abacha have so far been returned to the Nigerian government even as ...
The Yobe State government has refuted rumours making the round that government official, including commissioners and legislators have fled the state for fear of insecurity. In a statement signed and made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday by the Special...