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An explosion has occurred in Lagos State. Although details are sketchy at the moment, LEADERSHIP gathered that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off under the popular Festac Bridge, off Apapa-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos. It was also gathered tha...
Katsina State Government on Monday constituted a security committee to provide security cover to expatriates working in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji, disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina shortly after the state security meeting chaired by Gov. Ibrahim Shema.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the decision followed the kidnapping of a Frenchman, Mr Francis Colump in Rimi Local Government Area of the state two months ago by gunmen.
It was also prompted by the recent abduction of seven expatriates in Jama'are, Bauchi State and similar incidents in other parts of the country.
The commissioner said that members of the committee were drawn from police, State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the army.
Magaji said the committee was mandated to identify the number of expatriates working in the state, their location and telephone numbers, to be able to provide adequate security cover for them.
He added that the committee had already begun action and solicited for the cooperation of people of the state for the attainment of the goal.(NAN)
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday directed the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to liaise with stakeholders to work out plans for the provision of parks for heavy duty vehicles nationwide. Jonathan gave the directive in Abuja while decl...
A 56-year-old security guard, Adebisi Abdullahi, was on Monday charged before a Surulere Magistrates' Court, Lagos, for allegedly defiling two sisters (names withheld) aged 11years and 13 years.
Abdullahi, who resides at Itedo village, Lekki in Eti-Osa Local Government-- where the offence took place-- is facing one-count charge of defilement.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Iseghede Jimah, told the court that the accused had on Feb. 9 lured the sisters to his room and defiled them.
Jimah said that the offence committed contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The Magistrate, Mrs A.A. Oshoniyi, granted the accused N200,000 bail, with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case till April 8 for mention. (NAN)
The Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja granted the Senate an extension of time to file a counter affidavit on a motion challenging its resolution for the warrant it issued on Abdulrasheed Maina. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mai...
Two dealers in Indian hemp , Omotosho Odeyemi, 23 and Kamo Alani, 50, were on Monday sentenced to six months imprisonment each for possessing 600 grammes of the weeds. The convicts, in separate arraignment, had pleaded guilty to the one-count cha...
Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have urged Gov. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura to ensure the restoration of water supply to the state capital and its environs. Mr Tijani Omame, the President of the students union of the institution,...
The Federal government will tomorrow, inaugurate the national traffic camera surveillance and safety certification committee to check all kinds of accidents. The committee which is a public-private sector partnership between the government and the Risk...
Nigeria's First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan on Sunday stunned the entire congregation at the Aso Villa Chapel when she shockingly revealed that she actually underwent nine surgeries during her eight weeks medical sojourn in a German hospital last year.
Likening her experience to that of the biblical Lazarus, the first lady disclosed that he tummy was burst open, a situation which led her to undergo nine surgical operations within a period of one month, saying while most humans on earth dread medical operation, in her case, she is started begging for operation after the third one.
Speaking at a thanksgiving service held to mark her survival, Dame Patience hinted that some of her associates whom she trusted and relied heavily on leaked the information that she was dead, adding that, thinking she was dead and would never return to the country alive, some of the traitors even started selling off her belongings.
She said, "It was not an easy experience for me. I actually died, I passed out for more than a week. My intestine and tummy were opened. I am not Lazarus but my experience was similar to his. My doctors said all hope was lost. A black doctor in London who is with us in this service was flown in when the situation became critical. It was God himself in His infinite mercy that said I will return to Nigeria. God woke me up after seven days.
"People are always afraid of operation (surgery) but in my own case, while my travail lasted, I was begging for it (surgery) after the third operation because I was going to the theatre everyday. It was God who saw me through. I did eight or nine operations within one month. It was not an easy one".
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The Plateau Government says it will soon commence the distribution of 300 additional taxis acquired to be distributed on loan to youths. Mr Abraham Yiljap, the Plateau Commissioner of Information, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday th...
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Arch Diocese, on Sunday urged the National Assembly to reconfirm the definition of marriage and not to waste energy deliberating on same sex marriage. Cardinal Onaiyekan made the call in Abuja a...
Federal pensioners in Plateau are to embark on a three-day peaceful protest over the ``rot in pension administration in the country’’, an official has disclosed. Mr Lucky Oyinbo, Secretary, National Union of Pensioners (NUP), told the News ...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Sunday, directed the contractor handling the remodeling of the Port Harcourt international airport to deliver on schedule.
The cost of the project is N777 million.
The contractor, Inter Bau Construction Limited, had assured that the terminal building of the airport would be ready for use in April ending.
Maku gave the directive at Omagwa in Rivers, when the good governance media tour team visited the airport.
He said that government was worried about the pace of work at the airport.
The minister said President GoodLuck Jonathan believed that the nation's airports deserved the best and directed that 11 airports should be reconstructed in the first phase.
He cited some of the domestic airports already delivered to include Kano, Benin, Owerri and Lagos.
``Port Harcourt is the oil and gas destination for Nigeria and indeed, the gulf of Guinea; what the President wants to achieve is their full completion.
Maku said that international investors who come to the country, especially to the oil and gas zone in Rivers, use the airport to bring in materials and equipment.
He said that government decided to upgrade the airports to support business and growth of the economy.
The minister commended President Jonathan for initiating the transformation agenda in the aviation sector.
He also said that work had commenced in 12 Cargo airports across the country.
``The purpose of cargo airports is to make it easier for people to export, because of the new agricultural policy; we need to have airports that can export goods easily out of Nigeria.
In his remarks, Mr Okechukwu Ndika, technical manager of Inter Bau Construction Limited assured that the company would deliver the project in April.
He said that work had progressed on the construction of the airport. (NAN)
The Plateau State Government has paid N700 million to debtors to save the now comatose Jos International Breweries (JIB) from total liquidation, an official has confirmed. Mr John Mankilik, the Chairman of the board saddled with reviving JIB, made this...
Gunmen on Saturday night kidnapped seven workers of a road construction company, SETRACO, in Jama’are, Bauchi State, police said. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Ladan, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency ...