A clergy man, Mr. Enoch Massin, in Nasarawa town of Nasarawa state has committed suicide by hanging. Family sources and police authorities told leadership Sunday that the late Massin, an unemployed professional teacher who was sacked by his...
Six persons have so far been arrested by the police in Sokoto for alleged violence during Saturday's governorship election in Sokoto state. The Commissioner of police in the state, Alhaji Adisa Bolanta, disclosed this to newsmen in Sokoto on Saturd...
The Lagos State police command has declared zero tolerance for human rights abuses by its officers and men. Spokesman for the command Joseph Jaiyeoba made the declaration in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Lagos. Jaiyeoba said that...
Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday night raided Maje police outpost in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger, killed a corporal and stole a rifle. The Niger Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Maishanu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in a telep...
A businessman, Emmanuel Okwuosa, has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police for impersonating an army officer as well as over N159m fraud. According to a special Police Gazzette Bulletin, issued Sunday under the authority of the office of the Inspe...
A 62-year-old farmer, Amaechi (other names withheld) in Ndemili, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State has been arrested by Police in Delta State for allegedly attempting to use his son for ritual sacrifice. The suspect was said to have put ...
The Police in Lagos State have arrested a Ghanaian, Kehinde Dodo, 74, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer and defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. The suspect who reportedly paraded himself as a legal practitioner for the past 15 years...
Commissioner of Police Haruna John, in-charge of Benue State Police Command, was with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for over four years before he was posted to the Force Headquarters as a Commissioner of Police in-charge of Federal Operations on ...
A 25-year-old farmer, ThankGod James, has appeared before an Akure Senior Magistrate's Court charged with trepass, rape and attempted armed robbery. Police Prosecutor Insp. Zakari Ibrahim alleged that the accused committed the offence on Jan. 23 at...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday announced the arrest of three suspected drug traffickers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The Head of Public Affairs of the agency, Mr Mitchel Ofoyeju, made...
A policeman in Ojota area of Lagos has allegedly killed his colleague following a serious fight between the two. An eyewitness, Sunday Olajide, told LEADERSHIP that the policeman was lying face down on the road with blood from his mouth.” Olajide...
Mr Anthony Ubaike, the Deputy Controller of Prisons in charge of Onitsha prison, says only 53 out of the 898 inmates at the prison had been convicted. Ubaike said on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra, that 845 of the inmates were awaiting trial. He als...
Following the torturing and dumping into a well of a 16 year old boy, Chidera Nnorom, by a purported vigilante group at Chokoneze in Aboh Mbaise LGA of Imo State, the community members have reportedly to desert...
An official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Davis Ibrahim, yesterday denied the charge of fraud preferred against him by the agency. Ibrahim, who claimed innocence through his lawyer, Mr E. D. Onyeke, told an Ikeja High Court in...
The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three persons suspected to be involved in illegal oil bunkering in Asaba, the State capital. LEADERSHIP reports that the suspects were allegedly arrested with ...