Alhaji Dokubo-Asari once stalked the mangrove-choked creeks of the Niger Delta, a leaf stuck to his forehead for good luck, as a crew that he ran bled oil from pipelines and sold it to smugglers. “Asari fuel,” they called it. Last year, Nig...
Broadcasting in Nigeria dated back seventy seven year ago during which National Broadcasting Commission of Nigeria NBC was established following deregulation of the sector in 1992 during General Ibrahim Babangida’s administration when Professor S...
The president, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Mr. Ajani Olawale James, in this interview with Ruth Yamta, talks about how he intends to take the body to new heights if re-elected. He also reveals certain challenges facing the group at ...
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that his life in retirement is dominated by the concern to ensure national security through poverty alleviation strategies and wealth creation. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his Media Adviser, M...
The Ondo state Command of the Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the arrest of four suspects alleged to have attacked the convoy of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN). The suspected thugs reportedl...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe State has assured the residents of Yobe State of its determination to ensure peace and security of life and property of the people of the state. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, JTF urged the residents of ...
An Osogbo Magistrates’ court, yesterday, remanded a 28-year-old man, Bayo Odebo in prison custody for alleged kidnapping of a 31-year-old woman, Ojo Suwebatu. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Elisha Olusegun said that Odebo committed the offence o...
National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, said, yesterday, that the administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko has brought positive changes to the state capital Akure and the entire Ondo State. Thi...
Three suspects, Mahmud Tukur, son of the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur; Abdullahi Alao, son of an Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji Abdulazeez Arikesola-Alao; and Alex Ochonogor have urged a Lagos High Court to the ...
Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to desist from dabbling into the political future of President Goodluck Jonathan. This was just as he said that there was need for t...
Two undergraduates were paraded by the Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, in connection with the murder of daughter of a retired Army General, Cynthia Okosogu in Festac Town area. Lagos State Police commissioner, Umar Manko, identified the undergra...
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the newly inaugurated National Stakeholders’ Working Group (NSWG) of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) to apply appropriate sanctions as provided for by law on all erring e...
The leadership of Jamaatu ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, has again, denied engaging in talks with the Nigerian government, contrary to widespread reports that the sect had re- entered into dialogue with the governmen...
The senator representing Benue North East Senatorial District, Chief Barnabas Gemade has said that the decision by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Elders in the state to endorse Governor Gabriel Suswam and to unseat him was totally mischievous. The s...
No fewer than 14 notorious armed robbers have been arrested yesterday by the Nasarawa State Police Command in Akwanga Local Government Area. arading the suspects, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Michael Adah said that the suspects were ...