Business tycoon, Femi Otedola may have acted alone in the purported video tapping of the $620,000 bribe offered the suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee that investigated the federal government’s fuel subsidy regime...
The former co-owner of a Houston-area home health care company, Mr. Princewill Njoku, has been sentenced to 108 months in prison in Houston for his participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. This was announced by the Department of Justice, ...
The Heads of State and Government of Economic Community Of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has called for support to Nigeria in its fight against the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram. The supranational body called for this support at the 41st Ordinary S...
The Joint Patrol Team in Benue State popularly known as ‘Operation Zenda’ has arrested four persons, on the Makurdi-Lafia highway, who were allegedly conveying guns illegally. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY observed that the Makurdi-Lafia highway has be...
Sequel to rumours being peddled that the Chairman of Air Nigeria, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim - was arrested and interrogated by officers of the Nigeria Police Force;the Nigeria Police has refuted arresting the business mogul. TheNigerian police force denying ar...
It was pandemonium in Golhoss Village along Makera Rim road in Rim district of Riyom local government of Plateau state early hours of yesterday morning following the discovering of an Improvised Explosive Devise I E D planted un...
Facts emerged yesterday following the reported attack on the convoy of the Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, while on a campaign visit to Usen, Ovia North East local government area of the state. In a statement issued by the commissioner of...
A female Army officer and three other personnel of the Oyo State Security Outfit, ``Operation Burst,’’ on Thursday died in a ghastly motor accident on the UI-Sango Road in Ibadan, the state capital. The incident, which involved ...
Unknown assailants on Wednesday killed Mr John Daring, PDP Chairman in Sharubutu Ward of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau. Also killed by the attackers, who struck at Rim, a village in the area, were Daring's wife and their child. ``The name ...
Magistraste T.O. Abolarinwa, of an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday ordered that Amechi Uche, 40, be remanded in police custody, pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Uche was standing trial on a one-co...
The kidnapped mother of former Okitipupa Local Government Chairman in Ondo State, Mrs Maria Iwala, was released on Wednesday at Ode-Aye in Okitipupa. She was released at the entrance of Okitipupa-Ore road in Okitipupa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
The Taraba Police Command has confirmed that three persons- an inspector and two civilians, died in a gun battle between the police and suspected armed robbers in Wukari on Tuesday. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Office...
The military Special Task Force (STF) said in Jos yesterday that two explosives planted in a residential area in Tudun Wada Area were discovered on Sunday. This is contained in a statement by its Media and Information Officer, Captain Salisu Mustapha. ...
The House of Representatives has renewed its call on President Goodluck Jonathan to expand the scope of the Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTFT) and authorise it to extend its dragnet to all Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) so as to uncover more...
The bomb explosion that rocked high-brow Wuse II last Friday night has left on its trail unpleasant experiences. Though no life was lost, but the wind shields of vehicles parked at the vicinity of the incident were shattered. Also, buildings housing co...