The State Security Service (SSS), in collaboration with the Nigerian Army, has arrested five suspects with about 60 explosive devices at Yaranguruza and Burinde areas within the Gombe State capital. Disclosing this to journalists yesterday in Gombe, th...
The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State Chapter, Mr. Victor Bala, yesterday attacked a LEADERSHIP reporter and confiscated his professional tools, including a camera, phone set and tape recorder while the reporter was tryin...
Barely 24 hours after an armed gang sacked a police station in Amichi, Nnewi South LGA, freeing detained suspects and making away with 14 AK 47 riffles, another gang has killed three police officers in Ukpor police station in the same Nnewi axis. The r...
An 18-year-old boy narrowly escaped being lynched yesterday by an angry mob for allegedly trying to kidnap some school children in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The incident which occurred at Amolaso area of the ancient town, according to an eye witness accoun...
Security Operatives on Thursday seized 51 rocket launchers in a house in Barunde area of Gombe metropolis being used to manufacture rockets and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the raid, carried out by ...
The Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Akila Gwary, has urged officers and men of the command to eschew corruption and build public trust in the force. Gwary made the appeal in Gusau on Thursday at the opening of a two-day conference for Police Ima...
The Director-General, NAFDAC, Dr Paul Orhii, has expressed happiness over the WHO endorsement of the Integrated Medical Industry in Rivers, which produces syringes and other medical products. Orhii made the remark on Thursday at Rumuosi, near Port Harc...
A 29-year-old businessman was on Thursday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates' Court, charged with allegedly setting a woman on fire. The prosecutor, Insp. Paul Onime, told the court that the defendant, Ikechukwu Godwin, on Jan. 22 poured pe...
The Enugu State Police Command have warned against payment of ransom to kidnappers in the state and advised residents of the state to always report kidnap cases to security operatives promptly. Speaking with LEADERSHIP yesterday, the Police Publi...
Persons suspected to be armed robbers yesterday attacked and killed the director of account and finance with federal medical centre (FMC) Katsina, Alhaji Kabir Yakubu, and injured both his son and security guard. The suspected robbers also pumped bulle...
Three persons have been shot by police at Tunga Kawo village in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State during an attempt to disperse a group of youths during a mob action against a police station in the village. LEADERSHIP gathered that trouble...
Osun State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 60-year-old grandma, Aduke Adebusuyi and Hammed Lateef, 18, for allegedly trafficking in cannabis sativa popularly called Indian hemp. The state commander of the age...
The Save Nigeria Group (SNG), yesterday challenged the authorities of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to within seven days commence immediate investigation and prosecution of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva ...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano has gunned down three suspected members of the Boko Haram sect. The suspects were killed in a gun duel following a tip from a victim whose car was snatched at gun point. According to JTF Spokesman, Lt. Ikedichi I...
Armed Robbers in the early hours of Tuesday, stormed the account department of Katagum Local Government Secretariat in Bauchi State and carted away the March salary of workers worth millions of naira. Confirming the incident to our correspondent on pho...