Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, no fewer than 5000 operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) have been deployed to ensure maximum security around polling units and safeguard electoral. Speaking to...
Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has commiserated with the family of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. He also extended his condolence to the government and people of Anambra State over the unexpected demise of the ...
The chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and the Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amechi has urged convoy drivers to take seriously the work shop organised by Federal Road Safety Commission in conjunction with the 36 States of the federation or consi...
An official of the Ogun State Durbar Contingent to the Abuja Carnival, 2011, Mr. Debo Shotuyo, has said durbar is not a northern show. Shotuyo said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Durbar event ofthe 2011 Ab...
The Oyo State Police Command yesterday commenced discreet investigation into the seizure of a large cache of ammunition by the Oyo/ Osun command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Findings by LEADERSHIP revealed that the NCS had handed over the susp...
The Court of Appeal in Lagos yesterday dismissed the appeal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for the Lagos West Constituency, Mr. Moshood Salvador, challenging the election of Senator Ganiyu Solomon of the Action...
Being stung by a bee to make you look younger? It may not sound appealing, but the poison is being hailed as miracle anti-ageing treatment. Scientists have discovered it can boost collagen - which gives skin its youthful elasticity and make it less su...
That ace actor, Jim Iyke has anger issues is no news. However, he has decided to attend anger management classes. A statement released by his public relations team read: “I will not disrespect you by lying about the fact that I do get into one or tw...
The South-East Governors’ Forum and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have declared 7 days of prayers and mourning for late ex-Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Chairman of the South East Gove...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has enlisted 25 accredited domestic observer groups for the Dec. 3 governorship election in Kogi. A statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Alhaji Mustapha Kuta, Acting Secretary of the Commission, ur...
Bianca, wife of the late Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, says she is grateful to God to have been able to see her husband through “his very bad times and life challenges''. She spoke in London when she received Dr Dalhatu Tafida, the Nigerian High Commi...
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says gas flare in the country has reduced significantly and stands at 19.54 per cent. The development was attributed to increased utilisation of gas for power generation, export and industrial applications....
Wales football manager Gary Speed is dead. The Football Association of Wales (FAW) announced that Gary Speed died at the age of 42. Police stated that Speed was found hanged yesterday morning after committing suicide. He left behind a wife and two chil...
Yasmine el-Rufai, eldest daughter of the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasiru el-Rufai, was found dead in her residence in London yesterday. She was 25 years old. The cause of her death is still unknown but there was a suspici...
A human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has faulted President Goodluck Jonathan over the setting up of a presidential Committee on the Review the 1999 Constitution, saying the action is a ruse to divert attention from the popular demand for a new con...