Nigeria’s new Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says she has been threatened by ‘vested interest’, not to return to Nigeria, stressing however that she was not the type of person who is easily cowed by threats. Speaking on ...
Lead lawyer to the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), yesterday, faulted the refusal of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to receive court processes by the PCA against the NJC and other defendants, saying that the deve...
About 10 students of the Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, may have lost their lives in mysterious circumstances. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the students of the institution had lost an unspecified number of their mates in the past three da...
Super Eagles head coach, Samson Siasia has tendered an apology to Fulham of England midfielder, Dickson Etuhu over the late invitation extended to him to be part of the Super Eagles team for the September 9 aborted friendly match between Super Eagles a...
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has struck a deal with Air Nigeria to airlift the Nigerian contingent to the 10th All Africa Games in Maputo which begins on September 3. The MoU was signed between the airline management and the NSC recently. Direc...
Super Eagles chief coach, Samson Siasia has showered encomium on the Flying Eagles and their handler, John Obuh. He described the team’s 3-2 loss to France in a dramatic quarter-final clash on Sunday’s night as unfortunate. But promised to ...
Saudi-based 25-year-old Nigerian national Handball team captain, Emmanuel David, has described the team spirit in the handball camp in Kaduna as high. He said this while speaking with the press on the team’s preparation ahead the All African Game...
Edafe Egbedi, Flying Eagles star, after the painful 3-2 extra-time quarter-final defeat to France believes the players have learnt their lessons as they look forward to bigger challenges. “We made a good impression. We played as a team throughout...
The nation’s annual inflation rate declined to 9.4 per cent in July as the naira strengthened against the dollar, curbing the cost of imported food.Inflation slowed from 10.2 per cent in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement...
As part of efforts to deepen trade within the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) , the Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) has embarked on a sea-link project that would cost a total of $61.5 million. The project is geared towards settin...
The Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah–Ogiemwonyi, has commenced the rehabilitation of the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. This was disclosed by the Assistant General Manager (AGM) Public Affairs, Federal Airports Autho...
Federal Government has said that it will add about N833.33 monthly to Federal workers from grade level 01 to grade level 017, adding that the new minimum wage for grade level 01 step 1 will now be N18.900. The development indicated that about N10.800 p...
Nigeria and the United States of America yesterday pledged their commitment to the implementation of the reforms in the power sector. This was even as they said that they would institute best practices to ensure the optimal performance of the sector. B...
The Minister of Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi, has dismissed critics of the co-winner of the reality show, Big Brother Africa, Karen Igho, as sexist. He also said that her visit to his office was formal, a courtesy call to inform him of her victo...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, yesterday adjourned its ruling till August 19 in the applications by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which sought to strike-out some of the paragraphs that made...