News from the states and all the six (6) geo-political zones of Nigeria.
Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, has donated food items and an undisclosed sums of money to the families of the victims of last Sunday’s attack which claimed nine lives in the Zango area of Bauchi metropolis. The money and food items according ...
The Director-General, Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Vincent Aquah, yesterday disclosed that water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon has displaced more than 12, 000 people in the state, while one person was reported...
Two trailer loads of human cargo, suspected to be insane people were yesterday intercepted at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra State. LEADERSHIP gathered that those conveying the lunatics had attempted to off-load the content of the trailer at the busy Up...
Nollywood new flick, Streets of Calabar, is produced by UK-based production company, Spirit Creations, written and co- directed by Charles Aniagolu and supported by Cross Rivers State government will premiere in December 2012 in Calabar.
Efforts by the Federal government and security agencies to clamp down on oil thieves yielded result at the weekend in Aba, Abia State, when the Anti Vandal squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arre...
The Nigerian Navy yesterday rescued retook an oil tanker, MT Abu Dhabi Star, hijacked off the coast of Lagos, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled as the navy arrived, a report by the Associated Press said. None of the sailors was...
Authorities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code named ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ yesterday announced that it has intercepted a cache of arms and ammunition in the Ajudaibo Community in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta Sta...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has officially commenced the establishment of state offices with the official commissioning of its Benue State office in Makurdi, the state capital. Deputy Director, Public Affairs and Communications of the c...
The Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, on Tuesday wore a mournful look following the murder of Mohammed Sani, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law. Sani, who holds the Otunba chieftaincy title of Isinbode, a community in the ...
Unknown gunmen on Monday night shot dead Alhaji Mohammed Salisu, the secretary of Bama Local Government Council (LGC) in Borno, at his residence on Damboa Road in Maiduguri. Neighbours told newsmen in Maiduguri that the deceased was killed alongside hi...
Indications have emerged that the poor work progress on the 3,500mw Mambilla Hydro Power Project may not be as a result of the contractor’s inability to handle the project. The federal government had expressed concern over the progress of work on...
The General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi will today storm Abuja to release miracles on the residents as he visits the capital city. Kumuyi told LEADERSHIP in a telephone interview that God was out to shower...
The Bauchi State police command has disclosed that one of its officers (name withheld) has been apprehended and detained in a cell for allegedly having anal sex with minors. The State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Ladan, revealed that the officer wa...
The Federal Government yesterday approved about N40 billion for the completion of the Gurara water projects A and B and the Regional urban water supply project for Ilesha water works. Minister of Information, Labaran Maku and his Water Resources counte...
The Benue House of Assembly Committee on Water Resources and Environment has appealed to residents of New Garage, Makurdi, to relocate to Agbough to enable quick completion of the Beach Park project. The Chairman of the committee, Mr Godwin Akaan,...