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Nigeria’s national women’s rugby league team, the Green Falcons, has received significant backing from Chappal Energies as they prepare to travel to Canada for the 2025 Women’s Rugby League World Series. The Green Falcons are set to compete in this historic tournament, which…
Former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called on Nigerians to unite across political, ethnic and religious divides to rescue the country from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Olawepo-Hashim, in a statement on Monday, accused the ruling party of…
The organisers of the Zenith Bank/Delta State Principals’ Cup have announced that the final and third-place matches will take place on 6 November. The original date of 16 October was changed following a protest concerning one of the finalists, Otokutu Grammar School of…
Ahead of the election in Ekiti State, a governorship aspirant on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Otunba Emmanuel Fayose, has met with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Fayose, who visited Atiku in his Abuja residence, over the Ekiti State governorship…
The Kwara State government has spent over N2 billion for the renovation of the Pa Gabriel Ladipo Indoor Sports Hall at the Kwara State Stadium Complex in Ilorin. Bola Magaji, the executive chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission, made the announcement during an…
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has applauded the nation’s para powerlifting team for their exceptional performance at the just concluded World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Cairo, Egypt. Team Nigeria demonstrated remarkable strength and national pride,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that there is no vacancy in Lugard House and Aso Rock Villa in 2027 is undemocratic. The rally had endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman…
The League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State has blamed the gale of brain drain in the country and the falling standard of education in the country on frequent strike actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The clerics, in a statement by the secretary…
A total of 10,000 households and 30,000 children have benefited from the Katsina State government programme targeting food security, nutrition, income and expenditure management. Governor DIkko Umaru Radda, who disclosed this at the World Statistics Day 2025, reaffirmed his…
Renowned journalist and the former managing director and Editor-in-Chief of Punch Nigeria Limited, Sir Ademola Osinubi, was literally “drenched” in tributes and commendations as he celebrated his 70th birthday in a graceful manner on Monday, 20th October 2025. The 70th…
Chief commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Bashir Abubakar, says the organisation has resolved over 1.2 million cases since its establishment 50 years ago. He, however, said 522,778 complaints were under active consideration. At a press conference in Abuja…
At last, nemesis has caught up with one Christopher Linus Augustine, 28, from Ikot Abia community in the Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State, who is alleged to have abducted a 14-year-old minor on her way from school, took her to an uncompleted building and sexually…
A Kano State High Court has sentenced two men, Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for the murder of Buhari Imam, a lecturer with Northwest University, Kano. The convicts — Hussaini of Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters and Zakariyya of Unguwar Malam Quarters,…
A resident of Bayan Dutse, Wailo in Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi State, Auwalu Muhammad, has connived with five other persons to remove the eyes of his seven-year-old sister, Rukayya Muhammad, for money-making rituals. LEADERSHIP learnt that Muhammad led Rukayya to…
Many Nigerians in the diaspora have raised certain questions regarding the new tax reform laws and the possible implications. In a recent engagement with some Nigerians in the diaspora, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele…
To combat the menace of insecurity ravaging the north and retool the region’s economy, its leaders must speak with one voice, Governor Dauda Lawal has said. Governor Lawal spoke, yesterday, in Abuja, when he chaired the first day of the Northern Nigeria Investment and…
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara state, yesterday, strengthened the operations of the Zamfara State Transport Company as he unveiled 50 new 18-seater buses. Inaugurating the new buses, Governor Lawal said it marked a fulfillment of a promise and a legacy which demonstrated…
Last week, in my column The Theatre of Presidential Pardon, I made a factual error. I had written that the case of Maryam Sanda, convicted of killing her husband, was still pending before the Supreme Court. A close friend later called to inform me that the case had been…
