The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday announced that its sniffer dogs had discovered 16 kg of heroin, valued at N160 million, allegedly abandoned by drug traffickers. This was contained in a statement signed by the agency...
Mr Emmanuel Ayeni, the Plateau Commissioner of Police, has confirmed that five persons were killed and many others injured in a midnight attack in Riyom on Tuesday. Riyom is the headquarters of Riyom Local Government of Plateau. ``There wa...
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Wednesday remanded one Charles Ikeji, 40, in prison for allegedly raping his daughter and a house maid. The police arraigned Ikeji, a resident of Angwan Gude, in Kuje, FCT, on April 16 on a one-count ch...
The Chief Imam, Mararaba Mosque in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ali Adamu, has commended the Federal Government for the introduction of the Almajiri Model Schools. Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mara...
The Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD) on Wednesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that its plan to prosecute electoral offenders was implemented without further delay. Malam Danjum...
Six people have been killed and 10 injured in two separate attacks in Plateau State - one targeting football fans, officials have said. ?Unknown gunmen shot dead five villagers in an overnight attack on Rim, 50km (30 miles) south of Jos i...
Ms Ama Pepple, the Minster of Lands, Housing and Urban Development says the Federal Government will support new initiatives to support the provision of affordable houses in the country. Pepple made this known on Wednesday in ...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Surulere unit in Lagos, on Wednesday distributed 500 "Red Cards" to motorists in the Ijora area of Lagos State for use in cautioning bad drivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports ...
Mr. Dallas Hampton is the managing director, APM Terminals Apapa Ltd, a major seaport concesssionaire for cargo terminals and controls about 50 per cent of container operations in the country. In this interview with SAMSON ECHENIM, he proffers a positi...
The House of Representatives has recommended to the federal government the retention of the Adbulrahsheed Maina-led Pension Reform Task Force, whose activity led to the recovery of stolen pension funds worth millions of Naira. The House said it was imp...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has stated that Gen Muhammadu Buhari remains a quintessential patriot in Nigeria. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, the party stated that the perspicacity of Gen Buhari’s statement recently ov...
More than a decade after its former plan stalled, Nigeria has again, begun new plans to develop a vaccine against HIV/AIDS. The Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof John Idoko, said that though preventive vaccine...
The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, has called for re-evaluation and implementation of the malaria policy in order to eliminate malaria in the country. Speaking during a press briefing to commemorate the World Malaria Day celebration yesterd...
In a sweeping move to overhaul the operations of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the immediate transfer of Deputy commissioners of police, including the Force Police Public Relations ...
The Aso Savings and Loans Plc has stated that it would finance 100, 000 housing units in the country over the next four years. The Managing Director of the mortgage institution, Hassan Musa Usman said this yesterday at the ground breaking ceremony of t...