The Boko Haram insurgency has taken a dramatic turn with as the Federal Government deports more than 83 Nigeriens to their country for being inclined to the Islamic sect. The Nigerien government decribed the situation as unfortunate, and undiplomatic o...
The Imo State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mr. Mshelia Kaku has disclosed that most cannabis dealers in the state had begun to trade in cocaine and heroin. Kaku who promised to make Imo drug free disclosed that since Ja...
Following the spate of bombings by Boko Haram which has claimed many lives and property in some parts of the country, Delta State government has evacuated 585 students who are indigenes of the state from the University Of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Borno Sta...
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners has requested for a minimum monthly pension of N16,000 for its members, saying that they also deserve upward review of their monthly pension income. The union, in a communique issued at the end of their council meeting h...
The Police High Command has refuted allegations of discriminatory promotions within the Nigeria Police Force as published by a National Daily (not LEADERSHIP). Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr. Olusola Amore, in a press statement said there wa...
The Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has raised alarm over alleged plot by some politicians to distabilise the sociopolitical group and Nigeria as a country. SNG in a press statement at the end of its stakeholders meeting on July 11, 2011 at the Rockview Hotel...
The Lagos State Government has dragged former Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Prof.Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, Alhaji Lance Musa Elakama and six others before a Lagos High Court over an alleged theft of N3, 301, 000, 000. The suits before Jus...
Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP, Niger) yesterday declared that political differences in the country could only be resolved through dialogue and not bombing of innocent Nigerians. Senator Kuta, representing Niger East senatorial district where Suleja f...
Unemployment and attendant poverty have been linked to the increase and proliferation of crime in the country thus affecting the security of the people. The state coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Yobe State, Alhaji Ada...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has informed an Abuja High Court that the former Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole was charged to court for acts relating to his administrative functions and not on the ba...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Azazi, yesterday urged the media to rise to the challenge of complementing the efforts of security agencies in tackling the present security threats in the country. Azazi, represented by the director of ...
A young man Augustine Ejiakpo of Okwejegba Village in Okpe Council Area of Delta State has been arrested for the alleged murdered of his 65 year-old mother, Mrs. Margret Uyayefe over family differences last Saturday night. Reports said that Margret had...
A middle aged man in Kaduna state has killed a young man, one Yusuf Saidu for allegedly have an affair with his wife. The deceased was said to be a recruit- trainee of the Nigerian Airforce. The Kaduna State Police Command has begun investigation and i...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 48 year old man, Olusoji Abiodun Ilori as he was convicted and sentenced to a cumulative120 years jail term by a High Court sitting in Ibadan , Oyo State for offences bordering on fraud, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence.
Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) arrests nine persons in connection with the bomb blasts which occurred during the country's 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations on October 1.