The Police in Gombe State have assured the people of the state of security of their lives and property during the Eid-El-fitr celebrations and beyond. The outgoing Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Ibrahim Abdu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on p...
Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf of an Abuja High Court will on Aug. 23, hear a motion stopping FCT Minister Bala Mohammed from going ahead with the planned demolition of Mpape village. A resident, Mr Friday Chimezie, filed a suit against the minister and t...
A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, has urged the country's President, Mr. Barrack Obama and his South African counterpart, Mr. Jacob Zuma to ensure that credible elections hold in Zimbabwe. Speaking in his lates...
Progress has been made towards strengthening global nuclear safety after Japan's Fukushima accident last year, the UN atomic watchdog has said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) made the assessment in a report prepared for next month...
An armed robber, who wanted to pull out his gun probably to shoot policemen who were on routine patrol in Enugu State narrowly escaped death and blew off his private parts with his own gun. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer in the&nb...
Tension is high in Enugu following the abduction of the Vice Chancellor of the Enugu State University of science and Technology(ESUT), Professor Cyprian Onyeji. LEADERSHIP gathered that the academic was allegedly ambushed and kidnapped at the entrance ...
Rescuers have found bodies of two Ugandan military airmen at the wreckage of one of three attack helicopters that came down high on the slopes of Mount Kenya on Sunday. A mountain rescue leader announced the discovery of the two bodies on Tuesday. The ...
An Egyptian court is to hear the first legal challenge to a decree issued by Islamist President Mohamed Morsi that removed curbs on his powers imposed by the army. The challenge was filed in Egypt's administrative court by Mohamed Salem, a lawyer w...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) are to embark on a monitoring visit to state-owned universities to ensure compliance with admission regulations. Prof. Julius Okojie, the Executive Secret...
Over 1,000 families across seven local government areas in Southern Plateau have been rendered homeless as the worst flood witnessed in 50 years raged through for a second day yesterday washing away homesteads, bridges, farmlands and livestock. The flo...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that scores of people have been declared missing in the aftermath of the flood that cut off roads and destroyed the Shendam Bridge. The agency added that the scope of its mandate is limited to on...
The Plateau State government has said that it has begun an assessment tour of the flooded areas in the state with a view of providing succour to the victims. The Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr. Pam Ayuba, stated this yesterday. He also ...
The man who started the assault on a photojournalist with LEADERSHIP newspaper, Mr. Benedict Uwalaka, last Thursday has been arrested by the police. He showed up at a Lagos police station yesterday morning after the police launched a manhunt for him. T...
Survivors of the Plateau flood which claimed over twenty-eight lives last Sunday have appealed for urgent assistance from the government and philanthropists as they struggle to overcome the disaster. According to a traditional ruler in the area, the Lo...
The fear of most residents of Abuja who are not car owners is that of boarding vehicles to their various destinations within the city and not knowing who the driver or the other passengers of the vehicles are. The fear has grown recently with th...