President of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alhaji Ibrahim Khaleel, has accused state governors of being the major stumbling block to the attainment of local governments’ independence as a tier of government in the coun...
As part of efforts to ensure that adequate measures are put in place to address crime wave in the state, the Katsina State Police Command has outlawed the use of motorcycles within the state beyond 10 pm. Police Public Relations officer, ASP Ibrahim Ab...
Nigerian-American Andy Ogide is hoping the Nigeria Basketball Federation will invite him to star for D’Tigers in the July FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament win Venezuela. The Lagun Aro GBC forward hails from Atlanta, Georgia. Ogide believes he i...
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that sports will henceforth be a compulsory activity in all schools in the state. The declaration came at the monthly Walk-to-Live programme of the state government where the governor led thousan...
Eagles’ midfielder Dickson Paul Etuhu has backed Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi to restore the country’s football. The Fulham star, who is one of only 11 Europe-based stars called up for a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda, has also said he...
Five years after helping Nigeria lift the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy in South Korea, a member of the Golden Eaglets Daniel Joshua is in pains and abandoned after an accident rendered him paralysed. Daniel Joshua who played as a central midfielder ...
American celebrities and members of the black community in the US converged at New Hope Baptist Church , venue of the funeral to pay their tributes to the American star singer and six-time Grammy Award winner , Whitney Houston . Houst...
Barely two months after government introduced the fuel subsidy removal policy which sparked off a protest which nearly set the entire country ablaze, the government last week announced a planned 88 per cent hike of electricity tariff setting tong...
Sensing a threat to its cosy perch and constitutional mandate, the Senate last week quickly torpedoed both the conceptual underpinnings and arrowheads of the campaign for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to renegotiate the bases for the Nigerian P...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) since its inception has evolved from an insignificant status to an enviable height and has become an organisation to be reckoned with in the International Civil Defense Oganisation -the world b...
Hon. Gambo Musa Dan-Musa is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Ethics & Privileges. In this interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s KEHINDE AJOBIEWE, he shares insights into the mandate of his committee, clamour for a unicameral o...
The Federal Government has given the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) additional responsibilities to effectively manage the nation’s airspace as it has directed the agency to oversee airfield lighting at all airports, be in charge of bi...
Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications operator, Etisalat, has emerged winner of the ‘African Telecoms Deal of the Year 2011’ at the 13th Euromoney/Project Finance Magazine Awards in London last week. This de...
In recent months, against the background of severe challenges to the Nigerian state, proponents for the convention of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to discuss the fundamentals of continuation of the Nigerian project have apparently seized centr...
It was a moment of sober reflection in commemoration of victims of Biafran war as the Peace and Reconciliation House where the ceasefire was signed commenced its first exhibition in Amichi. CHIKA OKEKE who was in Anambra recounts the event. At the ent...