The name Ohafia is derived from Oha - ofia (forest dwellers) because the Ohafia people were noted for their bravery in primitive war-fare and ambush lying. It is known as the land of great warriors. Ohafia is a town in present day Abia State and is mad...
Better days await tourists and lovers of culture as the gates to the celebrated Igbo-Ukwu museum would soon be thrown open for arts exhibitions. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY writes. Igbo-Ukwu community is located in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra ...
Recently, the national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Segun Arinze, shed tears when he visited ailing actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, who has been bed-ridden for sometime, no thanks to stroke. According to reports, Segun’s tears flowed w...
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been banged around and bloodied while filming a contemporary Western movie in Albuquerque, Texas. The New York Post reported that the former California governor got a little banged up on Thursday, on the set of ‘The Last...
Jennifer Hudson has avoided speaking publicly about a number of things - the horrific murders of her mother and brother, and her drastic weight loss, but in a rare moment of candour shes opened up about why she believes her life was spared that f...
Prosecutors in the Conrad Murray manslaughter case have asked Judge Michael Pastor to order the doctor to pay Michael Jackson’s children more than $100m for their loss. According to new court documents filed by the district attorney, Michael Jack...
After his marriage, the media was awash with news that he had drifted out of the radar for some time, but Nollywood actor, Obinna Nwafor, better known as ‘St. Obi’, has come out to say he is “very much in the business and very active,...
She has been roundly hailed as one of Nollywood’s finest, a respectable and accomplished actress, but as to why she is still single . . . When Nollywood happened to meet the beautiful actress at a function recently, and asked her why she has rema...
Residents of Jebba community, one of the host communities of the three hydro electric power dams in Niger State now live in fear of possible attack by hippopotami that had so far killed a villager and destroyed farm lands. LEADERSHIP WEKEND gathe...
Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, yesterday described the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as fragmentations of smaller political parties that would never be allowed to rule Nigeria as they lacked meri...
The era when bills that would not have positive impact on the majority of the citizenry took the time of the members of the House of Representative is over, as the house leader, Honourable Mulikat Akande-Adeola has declared that only quality bills that...
The South -West geo-political zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the Osun State executive of the party led by Barrister Sunday Ojo-Williams, just as it has also inaugurated a transition committee. Speaking at the inaug...
A bill to exempt the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), from payment of income tax has been presented to the National Assembly for consideration.The bill which was obtained exclusively by Leadership weekend yesterday, also seeks to increase the m...
Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK confirmed in London on Saturday that Ikemba Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, is dead. “A member of the family just called to tell me,’’ Tafida said in a telephone interview with the N...
Fred Itua and Anthony Ada Abraham, take a cursory look at the talent hunt shows segment in the entertainment industry to reveal some shady deals being perpetuated under the guise of television reality shows. Talent hunt shows in Nigeria, have be...