A suspected ritualist (name withheld), has been arrested by men of the Kwara police command for allegedly being in possession of three fresh human heads. The police spokesman, ASP Ezekiel Daboh, confirmed the arrest in a telephone interview with newsme...
Ondo State Government has promised to make its intervention in the education sector a general one that is not limited to primary school alone. To this end, the state government disclosed yesterday that plans are in place to build 5 mega secondary schoo...
Senator Abdullahi Adamu is a first-time member of the National Assembly. He was, however, a two-term governor of Nasarawa State. He spoke to ABDULMUMIN BALOGUN on the salaries of legislators, Boko Haram, and his relationship with his successors, ...
President of the Senate, David Mark yesterday called for a reduction in the number of Nigerian embassies and missions abroad for effective and adequate funding. Also, the senate confirmed former Foreign Affairs Minister, Ojo Maduekwe, former Minister o...
A 57 year old hunter, Moshood Ajani has allegedly killed his colleague Hammed Amusan,47 during hunting expedition at Mokore farm settlement near Orile-Owu town, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the hunter ...
The Kano State Joint Security Task Force raised in the wake of recent security challenges arising from Boko Haram threats has said that government is willing to dialogue with members of the Boko Haram to bring lasting peace in the state and the country...
The Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed has said that the FCT will partner with Turkish investors interested in taking advantage of its one-stop investment shop. Mohammed stated this in Abuja yesterday while declaring open ...
The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu and the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday regretted the high rate of cancer in the country, saying it was exacerbated by so many years of bad leadership in the country. The duo, wh...
The minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueken, has set up a national refinery special task to ensure self surficiency of petroleum products in the country. The task force is headed by Kalu Idika Kalu.She explained that the move was i...
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday fingered institutional hindrances as reasons why the commission has failed to prosecute electoral offenders indicted in the 201...
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the election of Governor Patrick Yakowa in the April 2011 governorship poll and dismissed the appeal filed by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) gubernatorial candidate, Haruna Saeed Kajuru. Justice Francis Tab...
Activities in Yola, the Adamawa State capital was yesterday put on hold as dignitaries from all walks of life, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governor Danbaba Suntai, Dr. Shetima Mustapha, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur among other s...
Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has described the death of Chairman and co-founder of Dantata and Sawoe, Alhaji Abdulkadir Dantata, as the exit of a titan, calling his death a great loss to the construction industry, Nigeria and human...
In its mission to rebuild the education sector and provide quality services, the Ogun State government yesterday announced the scrapping of the Tai Solarin University of Education(TASUED) established by ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel and made it...
The Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to immortalise late Ambassador Matthew Mbu.Mbu died in a London hospital on Monday at the age of 80years. Observing a minute silence for the fallen nationalist who holds the distinction of being the you...