Gunmen attacked security posts and freed more than 100 prisoners in a town west of Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital Abidjan during an overnight raid that ended on Thursday morning, officials and local residents said. At least five peop...
Heavily armed South African police patrolled Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Friday, where more than 30 striking miners were killed the previous day in a police crackdown that drew comparisons with apartheid-era brutality. After more than...
No fewer than 3,000 unemployed youths have been trained in various skills, the Coordinator, National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Imo, Mr Roy Isaac, has said. Isaac told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Imo on Friday that some of those ...
The Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested three suspected car snatchers terrorising Abakpa Layout in Enugu. Mr Ebere Amaraizu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that men of th...
Dr. Vincent Furo is the President, Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA), as well as the Deputy Treasurer, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA). In this intervie...
As more journalists continue to fall victims of brutality in Lagos State, members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos Chapter, yesterday staged a peaceful protest to the office of the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to register the...
With barely 24 hours to Sallah, the business of black market operators of petroleum product is booming again in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following the scarcity of fuel that is rocking the city. During a trip round the city, LEADERSHIP observ...
Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubukar III yesterday expressed displeasure over media reports allegedly exaggerating issues concerning the North and Islamic religion in the country. The Sultan made the oberservation yesterday when he hosted media...
The Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his predecessor in office, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, now the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are set to slug it out with each other over the soul of the UNESCO centre sited in ...
The I Mechanised Division, Nigerian Army Headquarters Kaduna yesterday distributed suicide bombers’ vehicle stoppers to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI), Kaduna State chapters, to be used in their plac...
The Federal Government is set to sign Performance Agreement Contract with all ministers to enhance the quality of service delivery to Nigerians. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, made ...
Nasarawa State government yesterday formerly signed a contract worth N2.1 billion, for the digitalisation and upgrading of facilities at the state owned media outfit, Nasarawa Broadcasting Service (NBS), located in Lafia, the state capital and its boos...
The kidnapped High Court Judge of Delta State, Justice Marcel Okoh yesterday regained his freedom from the kidnappers’ den after spending over a week in their custody. Justice Okoh was kidnapped by unknown armed gunmen last Tuesday while travelin...
No fewer than four persons, including a suspected former councillor, were killed yesterday in renewed cult clashes that occurred in different parts of Enugu State. This was just as the abductors of the Vice Chancellor of the Enugu State University of S...
The Federal Government has laid off over 3,000 workers at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), leaving only 500 that possess the minimum entry qualification of first degree or a higher national diploma (HND). The exercise, LEADERSHIP gat...