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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of a renowned Professor of Medicine, Ayodeji Femi-Pearse, who died on Friday aged 86. The President, in a condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on […]

A quiet protest by Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, against his inclusion on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Campaign Council was what pushed the presidency to quickly remove him, The Guardian learnt yesterday. Also, […]

A recipe for professional disaster is when a person becomes too overzealous and hidebound in the face of a fast changing and increasingly sophisticated world. People often go down the drain to an extent they […]

A Fuji music star, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, also known as KWAM 1, has addressed reports of his son, Sultan Anifowoshe’s arrest over an alleged $2 million cyber-crime in the U.S. Sultan, 26, was arrested alongside […]

From the look of things, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State no longer cares about the unruly activities of commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada as operators now ride with impunity on highways and express roads […]

Shehu Shagari, the first executive president of Nigeria, is dead. Bello Shagari, his grandson, confirmed that he died at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Friday. I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji […]

A new militant group known as War Against Niger Delta Exploitation (WANDE) has threatened to disrupt the 2019 elections if its demands on the development of the Niger Delta region were not met by the […]

The Nigeria Police Force has reportedly arrested two key suspects and three others in connection with the killing of the former chief of defence staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (rtd). LEADERSHIP recalls that […]

The Senator representing Bayelsa East constituency in the National Assembly, Ben Murray-Bruce, has rationalised the reported absconding of over 150 police officers drafted for counter-insurgency operations in the northeast. According to him, it was common […]

Professor Itse Sagay SAN, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), on Wednesday said senators and Reps members, who booed President Muhammadu Buhari when he presented the 2019 budget in National Assembly, behaved […]

Kano – The Kano State Hisbah Board has seized and destroyed more than 30 trailer loads of beer. The board’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Adamu Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement in Kano on Tuesday. […]

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, explained why Nigerians should vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16, 2019 presidential election. He, particularly, decried the level of insecurity and poverty in the country. Saraki, […]

Femi Otedola, chairman of Forte Oil Plc, says he agreed to sell his 75% stake in Forte Oil because he would like to maximise the opportunities in refining. In a statement released on Monday, the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it had reversed its sanction on MTN Nigeria Limited, imposing a refund of $8.1billion the telecom company had remitted abroad in violation of foreign exchange remittances law […]

The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Bola Tinubu, on Monday urged Nigerians to rise above their differences and “treat one another with kindness and decency.” Tinubu said though there were “things upon which Nigerians […]

The leader of the Indigenous People of Viagra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has declared what could be termed as war on the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu over the arrest of about 52 Jewish worshippers […]