It may seem astonishing, but a recent scientific research suggests that social isolation, in the long term, is as damaging as a 15-a-day cigarette habit or being an alcoholic. RALIAT AHMED writes. Loneliness is as bad for the health as smoking, ...
The legendary fighter will be best remembered for being the first man to beat Muhammad Ali in New York in 1971 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier has died after a brief battle with liver cancer, his family said. Frazier - also known a...
No fewer than 16 people yesterday lost their lives during a ghastly auto crash along Auchi (Edo State) – Okene (Kogi State) highway. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the incident occurred about 13 kilometres from Okene, the heart of ...
What would have turned out to be a joyous mood for the family of Ezeala and the people of Umuezealaegbe, Umuduru in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State became a tragedy as their 25- year -old son, Mr. Adindu Ezeala, allegedly h...
A two-year legal battle over who was responsible for Michael Jackson's sudden death came to a dramatic close Monday as a California jury found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Dr. Murray appeared to show no emotion as th...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is planning to draft new coach Stephen Keshi to the Olympic team preparing for the London 2012 Olympics. The team is the only national team on ground eyeing qualification for any international football event. The m...
NPL goals record breaker, Jude Aneke is only two games away from getting a pro contract with Belgian club Gent. The Kaduna United striker, Aneke made history when his hat-trick against Niger Tornadoes brought his goals tally this season to 20 goa...
Didier Drogba has been ruled out of the friendly with Bafana Bafana on Saturday. Cote d’Ivoire named their squad for the game without the striker. His drop was confirmed when Cote d’Ivoire settled on their 19-match squad to travel to ...
Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to shun divisive tendencies to promote corporate existence of the country. He also urged the people to maintain harmonious co-existence irrespective of tribe or religion and to highlight areas of com...
First Bank Nigeria PLC has provided a recipe that would shape the future of the banking industry with the presentation of a research report by its research chair entitled: ‘ Fifty years of banking sector reforms in Nigeria, past lessons and futur...
Recently, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in a public statement warned MTN, Globacom and Airtel that it would stop them from selling Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by the end of this month if they fail to improve the quality ...
The governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Torwua Suswam has described the purported petition against him to the United Nations for Human Rights by a group of Nigerians residing in the United States of America (USA) as a piece of propaganda and smear camp...
Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has urged religious and community leaders irrespective of ethnic and religious differences to imbibe the ideals of promoting peace, harmony and equity for the development of Gombe St...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has foiled the importation of cocaine from Brazil into the country on Sallah day by a drug cartel. It said that this followed the prompt interception of substances suspected to be cocaine a...
Nasarawa State Government said it has purchased construction equipment worth N400m for the construction of rural roads and bridges across the state. The construction is expected to commence in December. Similarly, the government has announced the...