The extremist group, Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihadl, popularly called Boko Haram, today named more media houses and staff as targets of their attack. In an 18 minutes video, the group threatened to attack more media houses, naming ...
Former Minister of Defence, General T Y. Danjuma yesterday painted a very gloomy picture of the Nigeria security situation declaring succinctly that the "country is on fire", but was optimistic that the country would survive it. Danjuma as bl...
Armed robbers besieged the sleepy town of Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State on Monday night and used dynamites to blow open the security gates of three banks. According to the Police Public Relations officer in the state, Mr. Adeniran Aremu, who confirmed the ...
Traders within the FCT on Tuesday in Abuja made brisk business in selling their wares at the Eagle Square, venue of the 2012 May Day Celebration. The traders had a field day with the presence of workers who were in their thousands at the venue. A cross...
Police in Lagos on Tuesday said they have arrested a Lebanese and his Nigerian counterpart who allegedly robbed one Aliyu Sanni of 10,000 dollars and stabbed him to death. The state police command's spokesman, SP Joseph Jaiyeoba, told the News Agen...
He has been widely derided by many fans being responsible for introducing his former wife, the late Whitney Houston, to the drugs which played a part in her untimely death. But now, Bobby Brown has hit back at the claims in his first interview since th...
The Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, on Monday blamed the erratic power supply in the country on some cabals he said are benefiting from the decay recorded in the sector over the years in the country. Nnaji who disclosed this at a stakeholders for...
Close up, he emits energy, reminiscent of an active volcano. In a sense, he is one. At the level of small talk, you could hardly get the better of Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, founding Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group. After prima...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Nigeria, against what it termed the misinformation by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, is still one of the least indebted countries amongst developing countries. Denying the ACN’s remarks that ...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested one of the suspected gunmen who attacked and killed three policemen in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the Police Command, ASP Shehu Koko told newsmen yesterday that the police arres...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tumbuwal has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the House over the implementation of the Farouk Lawan-led committee on fuel subsidy regime. Tumbuwal made the appeal while speaking to ne...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, described the statement of the National Security Adviser, Gen Andrew Owoye Azazi (rtd) over the nation’s current security challenges as a moment of truth. The party disclosed this to LEADERSHI...
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, advised Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State not to play politics with the innocent souls who lost their lives in the fatal auto crash along Auchi/Benin City road during the week...
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, Yesterday narrowly escaped death when youths and elders of the Jukun community at Abinsi in Guma Local Government Area blocked the busy Makurdi-Gboko high way. Governor Suswam had gone to Anyiin, his hometown, in L...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) have stated their resolve to mobilise the people for mass protests if government fails to act on the probe panel reports conducted by the House of Representatives Ad hoc committee ...