The Nigerian Army yesterday in Kaduna said recent raids of identified spots in Kaduna was part of security measures adopted to rid the state of terror and criminals gangs. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Div., Nigerian Army, Col....
Eight teachers of the Federal Government College, Otobi, in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, have dragged the former principal of the school before the Benue State House of Assembly over what they described as punitive deployment. The teach...
Liaison officers in the 21 local government areas of Kogi State have given reasons why they have not been able to pay full salaries to staff since they assumed office in June this year. At a joint press conference in Government House, Lokoja with state...
A 22-year-old man identified as Gena Ioryina has allegedly killed his best friend, Akura Bor, 25 and dumped his corpse in the River popularly known as Anaha. LEADERSHIP learnt that both men were from of Ajio village in Shangev-Ya district of Kwan...
Following the deluge of customer complaints on excessive estimated billing, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) to organise sensitisation workshops for their staff in order to a...
Stanbic IBTC has officially adopted a holding company (HoldCo) structure, following final approvals by regulatory authorities. The HoldCo structure is in compliance with the revised regulatory framework by the Central Bank of Nigeria which requires ban...
There was an open argument over completion date for the construction of 3050 megawatts (MW) Mambilla hydro plant and 700MW Zungeru hydro plant, between the federal government and its contracting partners, Sinohydro Corporation and China National Electr...
Nigerian sprinter and Arkansas women’s track and field standout, Regina George, was arrested by Fayetteville police about 9 a.m. Sunday on North Gregg Avenue on Sunday night and now faces a public intoxication charge.
Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward. It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over w...
Barack Obama won re-election on Tuesday night, but the U.S. president faces a fresh challenge confronting the ``fiscal cliff'', a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. The cut that is due to extract some 600 billion dollars from the economy b...
The extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of the Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) ended in Bamako last night with a resolution to present conclusions reached to the meeting of Heads of State and Government holding in Abuja later this week. The me...
Oluseun Anikulapo-Kuti is the youngest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela. Seun leads his father’s band, the ‘Egypt 80’ to date. In this interview with PATRICK EBI AMANAMA, he speaks on his music, lifestyle, amongst other issues....
The Delta Government will clean up and fumigate the homes of flood victims before they could be allowed to go back to their various communities, Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said. Speaking in Asaba on Tuesday while addressing flood victims at t...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday in Kaduna said recent raids of identified spots in Kaduna is part of security measures adopted to rid the state of terror and criminals gangs. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Div., &nb...
Against the background of popular tunes from Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen, freshly re-elected U.S. President Barack Obama early on Wednesday rallied his compatriots to unity. Obama also reached out to Mitt Romney, the man he beat to win re-elect...