The ranks of the supporters of the Bayelsa state Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva was yesterday thrown into confusion following the official resignation of three influential members of his cabinet. The Commissioner for Youths, Peace and Conflict Resolutio...
Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday ordered the immediate eviction of residents and demolition of buildings erected within the compound of his alma mater, Birth Freeman High School, located in Surulere area of the state. The directiv...
Concerned about the possible impact the financial crisis in parts of Europe could have on the economy, the emir of Dutse, Alhaji Nuhu Muhammadu, has warned Nigeria’s political class against the misapplication of the country’s resources. Han...
The Federal Government represented by the ministries of finance and agriculture, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian deposit money banks for the financing of the supply of seeds and fertiliser to Nigerian farmers during the 201...
As part of effort to provide transport system in the rural areas to fast track easy mobility of agricultural produce, the World Bank yesterday disclosed that it would inject $190 million in its Rural Access and Mobility Project(RAMP) in the count...
The Senate on Tuesday approved a penalty of 14 years imprisonment for any person who enters into same sex marriage contract or civil union in Nigeria. This followed the third reading of the bill for an Act to prohibit solemnisation of marriage between ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, rested its submissions against a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Usman Nafada who are being prosecuted before a High Court of the Feder...
An expert doctor caring for George Michael yesterday said his voice may suffer from the treatment he is getting. Gerrit Wohlt said George, 48 — battling pneumonia in intensive care in Vienna, Austria — is on a ventilator that forces air in ...
Lady GagaLady Gaga's new single is called "Marry the Night," and according to the singer herself, that might be the only thing that will ever accompany her down the aisle. "I have an inability to know what happiness feels like with a man," the Grammy ...
eTranzact International Plc, a leading mobile and switching company has been awarded the final approval to commercially launch the Mobile Money operation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The approval to commence Mobile Money in Nigeria essentially...
The National Planning Commission (NPC) has drawn the irk of lawmakers for failing to account for $6.6billion in its 2007 Appropriation Act. The fund was meant for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). Chai...
NFF board member Emeka Inyama has categorically stated that Nigeria has no team yet to represent her in next year’s Olympics in London. The nation’s Olympics team is currently competing in an 8-Nation CAF playoffs in Morocco where three tea...
Not fewer than seven persons narrowly escaped death yesterday when a warehouse situated at No. 144 Oba Akran road in Ikeja area of Lagos collapsed on its occupants. LEADERSHIP gathered that the building owned by Haano Industries, a major importer of fr...
A Kaduna based Civil rights activist and President of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC), Mallam Shehu Sani has described as diversionary, the arrest and detention of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume by the State Security Service (SSS). Sani also said tha...
Civilians living in the Army Barracks, Onitsha have been ejected following renewed fears that the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, may seize the opportunity of the civilians residing in the place to infiltrate the South-East. The ejection notice...