Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee has died in Florida, aged 90. Dundee, famous for working alongside Muhammad Ali for 20 years, is reported to have had a heart attack after being taken to hospital with a blood clot. He guided Ali through his great...
The Emir of Suleija, Malam Awal Ibrahim, was yesterday booed by worshippers during the mass burial of victims of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. The service, which held at the Catholic Church, was...
The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, in this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, speaks on the activities of her ministry in the last six months. At your first public forum with the media, you admitted that there is a gap be...
The convicts in the murder of Kudirat Abiola, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Sofolahan will today file a stay of execution of their sentence at the Lagos High Court pending the determination of their appeal. Both men were on Monday fou...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday passed a damning verdict on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with a stern warning that, henceforth, they must stop approaching the National Assembly to lobby for fresh envelop review outside the budgetar...
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) under him will not tolerate corruption and lawlessness. This is just as he described the year 2011 as a year of great challenge in the history of Ni...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from February 2 to March 4, 2012. The Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr. Timothy Adedeji, told LEADERSHIP on phone...
A group, under the aegis of Minda Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Support Group, has urged Governor Gabriel Suswam to ensure that the lingering security threats surfacing in the Benue North West geo-political axis is properly harnessed. The ...
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers bombed a police station at Ogori, in Ogori/Magongo local government of Kogi State, killing a police corporal. LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the hoodlums stormed the area in the on Tuesday night, firing sporadic ...
Former Kano State Governor and the Sardauna of Kano, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has said that the reports about his invitation and arrest by the State Security Services (SSS) are false, describing the development “as callous and unfair&rd...
Few days to the gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured all the parties and their candidates of a level playing field. Addressing a stakeholders’ meeting, yesterday in Yola, atten...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, violated section 31(1) of the Electoral Act 2010 on the scheduled dates for the remaining Governorship elections in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Sokoto and Cro...
The Patriotic Nigerian Muslims/Christians Peace Forum has berated the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, for his comments on the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Dikko Abubakar as Inspector General of Police ...
No fewer than five people were shot dead yesterday following a clash between two rival campus cults operating at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State. LEADERSHIP findings showed that the clash was between the Eiye Confraternity and the ...
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a private school bus driver, Mr. Godwin Etute for allegedly killing a 16-year old girl whom he attempted to rape in a school bus. Etute, 26, subsequently dumped the corpse of the victim, identified as...