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Police in Lagos on Tuesday said they have arrested a Lebanese and his Nigerian counterpart who allegedly robbed one Aliyu Sanni of 10,000 dollars and stabbed him to death. The state police command's spokesman, SP Joseph Jaiyeoba, told the News Agen...
He has been widely derided by many fans being responsible for introducing his former wife, the late Whitney Houston, to the drugs which played a part in her untimely death. But now, Bobby Brown has hit back at the claims in his first interview since th...
The Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, on Monday blamed the erratic power supply in the country on some cabals he said are benefiting from the decay recorded in the sector over the years in the country. Nnaji who disclosed this at a stakeholders for...
Close up, he emits energy, reminiscent of an active volcano. In a sense, he is one. At the level of small talk, you could hardly get the better of Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, founding Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group. After prima...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Nigeria, against what it termed the misinformation by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, is still one of the least indebted countries amongst developing countries. Denying the ACN’s remarks that ...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested one of the suspected gunmen who attacked and killed three policemen in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the Police Command, ASP Shehu Koko told newsmen yesterday that the police arres...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tumbuwal has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the House over the implementation of the Farouk Lawan-led committee on fuel subsidy regime. Tumbuwal made the appeal while speaking to ne...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, described the statement of the National Security Adviser, Gen Andrew Owoye Azazi (rtd) over the nation’s current security challenges as a moment of truth. The party disclosed this to LEADERSHI...
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, advised Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State not to play politics with the innocent souls who lost their lives in the fatal auto crash along Auchi/Benin City road during the week...
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, Yesterday narrowly escaped death when youths and elders of the Jukun community at Abinsi in Guma Local Government Area blocked the busy Makurdi-Gboko high way. Governor Suswam had gone to Anyiin, his hometown, in L...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) have stated their resolve to mobilise the people for mass protests if government fails to act on the probe panel reports conducted by the House of Representatives Ad hoc committee ...
National leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday called on the Federal Government to seek consultations on the insecurity problem in the country, even as he denied having had any meeting at the weekend with Presi...
For causing a grievous bodily harm and a permanent loss of reproductive organs to a lady, Justice John Tsoho of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has awarded N100 million as damages against the Nigerian Navy and one of its officers. The cour...
The Kwara State government and opposition groups, yesterday, traded words over claims that the government sponsored a large delegation of its functionaries to Lagos State in solidarity with the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Dr. Bukola Sara...
At least one person has been confirmed dead and four houses burnt when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded Gwam Rim Village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the gunmen stormed the village ...