The Police on Thursday arraigned one Chima Eke, 26, of Tudun Wada in Lugbe, Abuja, before an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up his mother. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Jeremiah Elijah, told the court that the case was report...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said on Thursday that the state would soon make a presentation to the Federal Government on how to exploit the crude oil discovered in commercial quantity in the state. The governor spoke to State Hou...
The Federal Government has approved 300 million dollars as counterpart funding for the construction of the Zungeru hydroelectric plant in Niger, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday in Abuja. Jonathan, who was represented by Vice President...
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...