Governor Sullivan I. Chime of Enugu State has described the death of veteran actor, Sam Loco Efe as a great loss to the entertainment industry, Enugu State and Nigeria at large. In a press release signed by the Senior Special Assist...
Mixed reactions seem to be trailing the report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on oil spills in Ogoni land of Rivers State, which was recently submitted to President Goodluck Jonathan. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND observed that the people of t...
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), yesterday resolved the chairmanship tussle in Borno State by declaring Alhaji Kawu Tijjani as the authentic chairman of the party in the state. It will be recalled that at the last sitting of the Justice Biliyaminu Ada...
Kaduna police command yesterday in its press briefing of their activities in the state paraded 24 robbery suspects who were involved in various robbery activities in the past three months. Parading the suspects at the police command, the commissioner o...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it is investigating allegations of forgery of the signature of the former Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr. Julius Bala which was revealed at the on- going probe of priv...
The annual summer writing programme for young persons between the ages of 7-15years is here again. In an age where writing and reading are no longer on the front burner in Nigeria, The Treasured Writers (TTW) provides an avenue for young person’s...
Celebrities from all walks of life stormed the Nite Shift Coliseum on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 to witness the 5th edition of the monthly Legend Real Deal Nite, an initiative of the Nigerian Breweries Plc to appreciate and encourage its loyal customers....
If the insinuation from some quarters at the moment is anything to go by, then the recent marriage woes that hit hot and sexy Nollywood big girl, Mercy Johnson may have been brought upon her by herself. According to information making rounds, the actre...
Right now the Nigerian TV screen is littered with a few music TV reality shows that are nothing but borrowed concept from international ones like X-Factor, Pop Idols and others, but with Special Icon, the world may just be set to give Nigeria a thumbs ...
Nigeria recently hosted the semi-final of the 2011 international EMMY Awards for the first time. CATHERINE AGBO writes on the relevance of that milestone to the motion picture industry The profile of Nigeria was taken a notch higher recently when the N...
A 400-level student of English Department, Faculty of Arts, Ahmadu Bello University(ABU), Zaria, Gladys Onwosureye, was on Wednesday night bathed with concentrated acid by her boyfriend, James popularly known as Jimmy, a graduate of Sociology from the ...
Robbers struck in Ilaro and Ifo areas of Yewa South and Ifo local governments of Ogun State, killing an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) and three others. The robbers, reportedly numbering about 12, came in four vehicles and stole an undisclose...
A fatal accident involving a petrol tanker and an 18 seater mini bus on Wednesday claimed the lives of not less than 10 persons. The accident, which was said to have occurred at about 2pm at Ehom in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, cau...
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will not tolerate any forceful change of power in the sub-region. He said this at the inauguration of the third ECOWAS Legislative Session yesterday in Abu...
The group managing director (GMD) of Mainstreet Bank Limited (MBL), Mrs Faith Tuedor-Matthews and other executive directors(EDs) of the bank appointed by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) assumed duty formally at the bank’s head off...