Two men, a commercial motorcycle operator and a motor park ticket agent, on Wednesday evening allegedly took turns to rape a 28-year-old petty trader in Awka, after luring her to the bush with a promise to pay her N2, 000 owed her by one of them. One o...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has expressed the determination of the organisation to conduct the best poll ever in Kogi State. Speaking at an interactive session with newsmen in Lokoja, yesterday,&n...
The Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Tambari Yari, said he narrowly escaped an armed robbery attack a week ago when he ran into a road block set up by the gangsters on Talata Mafara/Gusau road. The commissioner said this in Gusau yesterday while narrati...
The director of the State Security Service (SSS) in Anambra State, Mr. Chuks Ngwu, has called on Nigerians to always collaborate with security agencies in their bid to check criminal activities in the environment. Ngwu made the call at a one-day worksh...
The Spiritual Father and Chairman of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Worldwide, Most Reverend, Samuel Abidoye has warned that the removal of fuel subsidy would further worsen the plight of the already suffering Nigerian masses. He expressed worry th...
People living with HIV/AIDS under the auspices of the Network for people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, NEPWAN, Bauchi state Chapter has called on both states and federal governments to enact law that will stop any form of stigmatization and discrimi...
It was more of an oratory contest at the Senate which literarily set aside other legislative activities yesterday, to pay tributes to the departed Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, who died in a London hospital at the weekend. Speaker after speaker, cut...
The Federal Government yesterday faulted media reports that some Nigerian pilgrims are stranded in Saudi Arabia, saying the airlift of this year’s pilgrims is progressing according to schedule.It also announced that, as at yesterday, over 80,000 ...
Former Minister of Defence, Lt-Gen Domkat Bali (rtd), has explained why he rejected the national honour given to him by President Goodluck Jonathan and said that it was purely personal. Bali, who was also a former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff in the...
Prominent Nigerians and eminent maritime stakeholders are to converge in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State from Monday 5 to 9, December for the 2011 Maritime Summit, which would be hosted by the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC)in collaboration...
Nigeria’s seaport leading concessionaire, APM Terminals (APMT) has been condemned by agents and freight forwarders operating at the Apapa Port for alleged deliberate plan to hinder importation businesses at the port. Agents, who spoke to LE...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday forwarded the names of 88 nominees to the Senate for confirmation as ambassadors. Prominent among them are Bianca, wife of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief...
The Kano state Command of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday announced the arrest of a 23- year old house wife, Hassana Usman of Jambulo quarters for allegedly being in possession of over 1.463 tons of Indian hemp. Alongside Ha...
An 18-year old female student of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Aisha(surname witheld) has told LEADERSHIP how she was battered and raped by a 21-year old technician. The alleged rapist,Fred Okosun, has already been charged before a Lagos ...
Anti corruption agencies in the country have been tasked by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Joseph Bodurin Daudu, SAN, to ensure that any corrupt leader is appropriately brought to book irrespective of his status in the society. Spea...