Mr Ekpeyong Ita, the Director-General of the State Security Services (SSS), says ``the negligence of Nigerians” was responsible for the rising waves of Boko Haram attacks in the country. Ita made the assertion at a retreat in Jos organised ...
Angry worshippers at the headquarters of Church Of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Jos on Sunday killed one of the two suspected bearers of the explosives that hit the Church in the morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bomber and one...
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a major church Sunday, killing three people and wounding 38 others in a restive central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethnic violence. The explosion struck the main headq...
It was like a tale told in the movies; full of twists and turns. But the curtain finally fell on the career of Zakari Biu, Commissioner of Police in charge of investigation at Police Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja. In this piece, CHIZOBA OGBECHE, examines ...
Maj. Gen. Oluwaseun Oshinowo, the out-gone Commander, Military Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in Plateau, says the JTF has restored peace and security in the state. Oshinowo, who was speaking to journalists after handing over to his succ...
As rescue workers continue to search and evacuate victims of the bomb blast that rocked the COCIN headquarters Church in Jos on Sunday, victims have continued to give account of what they witnessed. “I only saw fire coming toward me,’&rsquo...
Sen. Liyel Imoke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday emerged winner of Saturday’s governorship poll in Cross River, with 451,544 votes to beat 11 other contestants. Imoke, the immediate past governor of the state, got an overwhelming ...
Suicide bombers on Sunday rammed their vehicle into the headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Jos during the morning service, killing some of the worshipers. The casualty figure is still uncertain, but Police Commissioner Emm...
The Nigerian police has come under attack in recent times not only by the dreaded Boko Haram sect, the new acting IG Mohammed Abubakar also tongued lashed the officers and men of the police force for allowing the standard of policing the country to fal...
The heightened security coverage of police in NigerState recently as a result of attacks on its men and formations paid off Friday night as the police nabbed two gun men at NITECO junctio, Tunga Minna. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY learnt that the two men were nab...
As the war against pension scam gathers momentum, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY can authoritatively report that the chairman of the Pension Reform Task force, Abdulrasheed Maina, was offered a princely sum of N1.4 billion as bribe to halt his reforms. Maina, who i...
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Sen.Bala Mohammed has said that his administration this year, has been able to protect lives and properties of the FCT residents to the tune of N253 million from fire disasters, and added...
The Director-General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has called on all Northern governors to contribute towards the revival of one of the region’s oldest tabloids, the New Nigeria Newspapers (NNN). Run...
A Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) report may have revealed a proposed 50-year tax-waiver for companies seeking investment in the oil and gas sector. A member of the board of Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiat...
Contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, which mandates the third tier of government, otherwise referred to as the local government areas, with a definite term for its elected officials, findings by LEADERSHIP SUNDAY have indicat...