The absurdity of child trading came to fore on Friday as a two-week old baby was sold by the mother, Blessing John, an SSS II student for a paltry N20,000 to one Mrs. Chikodili Jude of Mechanic Bye pass, Minna, Niger state. The police who arreste...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has enjoined Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of tolerance and love for one another, saying there are enough examples for mankind to learn from the life and teachings of the Prophe...
Northern emirs and chiefs, who met last Tuesday in Kaduna, have refuted reports in a section of the media that they met to take a position on the conviction of former chief security officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, by a La...
The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley, has denied reports that his country predicted that Nigeria would break up by 2015. The envoy, who was in Ibadan yesterday, explained that the prediction was done by a private agency t...
The Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Sudirman Haseng, has said that Nigeria can overcome the difficult security challenges that it is currently facing. Ambassador Haseng stated this yesterday when he visited the corporate office of LEADERSHIP Newspape...
A new twist to the Boko Haram saga emerged yesterday night as an unidentified caller claiming to be the spokesman of the sect, Abul Qaqa, who was said to be in the custody of a security agency, insisted that he was not the one arrested, but rather a ju...
A Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Katsina State has ordered the remand of a police corporal, Abutu Garba, in prison custody over alleged rape of a crippled mother and her daughter. The prosecuting police officer, Mr. Okoli Usman, told the court that...
The Emir of Suleija, Malam Awal Ibrahim, was yesterday booed by worshippers during the mass burial of victims of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. The service, which held at the Catholic Church, was...
An Abuja High Court has acquitted and discharged a former Speaker of House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his erstwhile Deputy, Usman Nafada, saying that the federal government was unable to establish a prima facie against the duo. Presiding ov...
Spokesperson of the Boko Haram sect, Abul-Qaga, told journalists in a telephone exchange in Kano last night, that Sokoto State will be their next target following arrest and imprisonment of their members. Abul-Qaga said: “You should avoid replica...
The Supreme Court yesterday sacked five state governors: Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa),Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River) who overstayed their four- year tenure. In a unanimous land...
Members of the dreaded Islamic sect the Boko Haram yesterday launched a fresh attack on the Mandawari police station in Kano, scaring residents of the area with sporadic gunshots. An eye witness told Leadership WEEKEND that the suspects stormed the are...
The remains of the mother of Senator Philip Aduda, Chief Jummai Taminu Aduda, were laid to rest yesterday at Karu in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). This was preceded by a funeral service at the National Christian Centre, also in Abuja. During the...
Mojisola Olaiya is one of the children of the famous high life musician, Sir Victor Olaiya. While her father took to music, she decided to become an actress. Moji, the pretty and sexy actress came to the limelight while starring in Wale Adenuga&r...
Hopes that the militant Boko Haram sect would accept President Goodluck Jonathan’s olive branch, calling on the pillars of the group to come forward to state their grievances and demand reparation appear to have been dashed, as self-confessed con...