What would have turned out to be a joyous mood for the family of Ezeala and the people of Umuezealaegbe, Umuduru in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State became a tragedy as their 25- year -old son, Mr. Adindu Ezeala, allegedly h...
Agroup, which claimed to be Fulani citizens, who fled Zonkwa and other parts of Southern Kaduna, have claimed responsibility for the incessant killings in the area. This is just as LEADERSHIP gathered yesterday that over 300 armed mi...
At least 67 people died in a wave of bombings and shootings carried out in northeast Nigeria overnight, LEADERSHIP gathered. Although no group has claimed responsibility, sources allege that the Boko Haram sect may have launched the attacks. According ...
The Nigerian Police Command in Bayelsa State yesterday announced its readiness to prosecute the three police officers found guilty of killing a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor at a checkpoint along Sani Abacha expressway in the state. According to the Poli...
Three suicide bombers on Friday, met their waterloo when their mission to bomb the headquarters of the Joint Task Force(JTF) in Maiduguri failed – the bombs detonated before they could get through the gate. Our reporter gathered that ...
The Borno state police command has averted what could have been a Sallah tragedy as it arrested a suspected Boko Haram member for allegedly possessing a two well packaged Improvise Explosive device proposed to be used as sallah ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday that Abuja airport had been identified by drug traffickers as their new route for the illicit business. In a statement in Lagos, the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju said ...
In a bid to reduce prison congestion to the barest minimum, the comptroller of Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), FCT command, Mr. Luka Dapaku has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan and other relevant authorities in the country, to extend its amnesty ...
Worried by the persistent attacks on some villages in Kaduna State by unknown gunmen, the Commissioner of Police, Anti-Bomb Squad, of the Nigeria Police in Lagos, Mr Ambrose Ojemudia Aisabo, has arrived in Kaduna to take stock of the force’s manp...
A United States’ based lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye is to be charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) for alleged illegal diversion of $1.5m belonging to his client. According to a statement signed by Head of Media a...
A total of 1,532 motorists have been arrested for committing 1,782 traffic offences since the ``Operation Sanity’’ in the Federal Capital Teritory (FCT) was launched on Oct. 18, according to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRCN)....
The police in Sokoto State have arrested 11 suspected political thugs, the police command's Public Relations Officer, ASP. Mustapha Sani, announced on Monday. Parading the suspects along with weapons recovered from them before newsmen...
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Friday attacked Fadiya Village, area of Zangon Kataf local government in Kaduna State and injured two persons. The two persons, Julius Mathew aged 16 and Yohanna Emmanuel who were njured from the gunshots, LEADERSHI...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed about 952 National Youth Service Corps members to conduct the House of Representatives bye-election today, October 22, 2011 in Balanga/Billiri federal constituency of Gombe State. In a p...
Four men, including a septuagenarian, were on Friday charged before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly cutting off a man’s hand and leg with a machete. The accused -- Edike Emeka, 49; Dic...