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Governor Umaru Al-makura of Nasarawa state, is yet to purchase official vehicles to run the affairs of government in the state. Al-makura, of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), wrested power from the former governor, Aliyu Akwe Doma, of t...
This is one of the most controversial topics on planet earth. It is a debate that has raged from probably since record keeping began. The whole world is divided into two over this never-ending argument. In the blue corner (subtle and cool) are the fema...
A survivor of yesterday’s suicide bombing in the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) headquarters, Jos, Mr Appolos Damburam, has revealed how two suicide bombers dressed in army uniform carried out their deadly mission in an exo...
The chief executive officer of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, has refused to be drawn into commenting on the issue of alleged fraud rocking Mainstreet Bank. Chike-Obi finally responded to LEADERSHIP’s...
The Bauchi state police command on Sunday, apprehended seven persons over alleged attempt to bomb ‘COCIN’ Church at ‘Miya Barkatai’ in Toro local government area of the State. The State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba...
Nelson Mandela was discharged on Sunday from an overnight hospital stay after a diagnostic probe showed nothing “seriously wrong” with the anti-apartheid icon, South Africa’s presidency said. “Former President Nelson Mandela has...
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), recently came under criticisms from anxious riverine stakeholders over the handling of its mandate to dredge and construct ports along the River Niger. Correspondents NUHA YARWA and PEMBI STEPHEN &n...
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has announced the setting up of an 11-man Financial Management Committee led by the Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr.Timi Alaibe. The committee is expected to offer ad...
Prof. George Akpede, the Chief Medical Director of Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo, says that Lassa fever has claimed 22 lives in the hospital since last year. Akpede, who made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in ...
Rev. Soja Bewarang, President, Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Jos, has declared that the headquarters’ church in Jos which was bombed on Sunday was ``fully secured’’. “Only God knows why he allowed it to happened because w...
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...