The 2019 BET Awards was held on Sunday. The event was hosted by Regina Hall in Los Angeles, California. Nigeria’s pop star, Burna Boy, bagged the “Best International Act” award. See the full winners’ list below: Best Female R&B/Pop Artist BEYONCÉ Best Male R&B/Pop Artist BRUNO MARS Best Group MIGOS Best Collaboration TRAVIS SCOTT FT. […] Burna

About three persons have been reported dead in a bloody clash between Ikot Osute and Ikot Ukpong villages of Oruk Anam council areas of Akwa Ibom State It was gathered that trouble started when one Ime Etuo (female) had a misunderstanding with her husband and she went back to her father’s house in Ikot Osute. […] Three die as Cross River communities clash

Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested six members of a cybercrime syndicate allegedly impersonating the Primate of the Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh. The Commission’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, made the development known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. She said the […] ICPC

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Bauchi State government has alleged that immediate past governor of the state, Mohammad Abubakar, spent N2.3 billion on funeral materials and burials

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LEADERSHIP : Players and officials of the Nigeria’s Super Falcons staged a sit-in protest yesterday, refusing to leave their hotel in France until all of their outstanding bonuses are paid following their elimination from the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup. On Saturday, the Super Falcons lost 3-0 to Germany in the Round of 16 but refused to […] The post Again,

LEADERSHIP : President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to appoint courageous and fearless person with a strong will as sports minister to cleanse Nigeria’s sports of corruption and rotten elements. Former chairman of Gombe State Football Association and renown sports critic, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe made the call while chatting with LEADERSHIP Sports in Abuja over the weekend. […] The post

LEADERSHIP : I congratulate you on your re-appointment as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a second term.  This appointment, I believe, is divinely orchestrated to ensure consistency in economic policies and, to afford you the opportunity to improve on the economy, particularly, the misery index, among others, which currently, do not inspire hope […] The post Letter

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LEADERSHIP : In lending his voice to the fight against drug abuse, the Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero will be leading polo enthusiasts to the Guards Polo Club, Mambilla Barracks, Abuja on a two-day charity polo tournament tagged: ‘Chukkers Drug Abuse 2019’ (C-ADAPT 2019), The tournament is in support of the Addicted Mother Campaign (AMC) […] The post Emir

LEADERSHIP : Oando finally responded to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Sunday, June 9, 2019 press release in which the Commission said it had given Oando sufficient opportunity of being heard and to rebut the issues revealed by the investigation. The SEC, in its press statement claimed that “Oando PLC was given sufficient opportunity of being […] The post Still

LEADERSHIP : His name is Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila. And this is to the effect of how he started. “Fellow colleagues, distinguished guests, my name is Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”, was his opening sentence. As usual, he did not  disappoint! Witty, cerebral and poetic, Gbajabiamila enjoys the taste […] The post The

LEADERSHIP : President Muhammadu Buhari has  felicitated with Rev Felix Meduoye, General Overseer (GO) of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, on the occasion of his 70th birthday anniversary. The President in a statement by his media aide ,Femi Adesina recalled playing host to the General Overseer and leaders of the church at State House, Abuja, when […] The post …Greets

LEADERSHIP : Director General of the Diaspora Commission and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on diaspora matters, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has promised to provide hotlines for Nigerians in daspora where they could lodge their complaints for official consideration. Dabiri-Erewa gave the assurance at the weekend in an interaction with State House Correspondents after a meeting […] The post

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North Senatorial District, have applauded the emergence

LEADERSHIP : The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said it was with a deep sense of loss  he received news about the passing away of Professor Molara Ogundipe-Leslie. Describing her as an academic colossus and literary pundit with superlative cognitive  endowments, the Speaker said the late Ogundipe-Leslie was a teachers’ teacher and a […] The post Gbajabiamila

WARRI—Aja-Omaetan community youths in Warri North council of Delta State have threatened to expose staff of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA and Chevron officials over a 2018 spill and alleged plot to side track their community for failing to involve them in the post spill impact assessment, PSIA, and Addressing newsmen in Warri, weekend, the community youth chairman, Mr. Godfrey Adidi in a letter dated June 20,  and addressed