Five persons have been reportedly killed in cult related war in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta which occurred last Friday. Reports indicated that a 36-year old man identified as Emeka and father of four was reported to have been involv...
An Abuja based constitutional lawyer, Prince Orji Nwafor-Orizu has warned the members of the National Union of Teachers to desist from their planned protest in Anambra. Nwafor-Orizu in an interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY condemned the proposed protest ...
The Crisis rocking the Oyo state Pilgrims Welfare Board has reached its climax with the invitation of the Vice chairman of Muslim Wing, Alhaji Abass Oloko who might be charged to court on Tuesday. Alhaji Oloko has also lost his job wi...
The political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, has described the utterances of chieftains of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in their reactions to the explosion that rocked the Catholic Church building in Madalla,...
Last week, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai declared that the North will not support the South-East in its quest for the presidency in 2015. But, Chief Chekwas Okorie, the founder and first National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in this int...
Though a verdict foretold, the Supreme Court’s affirmation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s electoral victory early last week removes the final judicial albatross on the president’s neck. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s LOUIS ACHI writes th...
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in parts of the country following attacks from the Islamist sect Boko Haram. The measure is in force in areas of the Yobe and Borno states in the north-east, Plateau state in central Nigeria...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday pledged that there would be no hiding place for sponsors of members of the terrorist group, `Boko Haram’ which had claimed responsibilities for a number of terror attacks in the country. The president state...
No fewer than 7,000 policemen have been deployed to all the churches in Niger to protect worshippers during the New Year celebration in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Richard Oguche, said more personnel wer...
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael Zuokumor, has said that the security agencies are determined to reduce the crime rate in the territoty the barest minimum. Zuokumor gave the assurance on Saturday when he led security operatives on a joint ope...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ODO) on Saturday warned the media against misinforming the public on the Boko Haram crisis. Lt.-Col. Hassan Ifijeh, the JTF spokesman, gave the warning while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri. Ifijeh s...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is hale and hearty, the Presidency Spokesman, Mac Maharaj, said this in a statement on Saturday. The correspondent reports that the statement issued in johannesburg, became inevitable to quell rum...
A former Nigerian ambassador to Spain and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Federal House of Representatives, Dr Kingsley S Ebenyi, has condemned the persistent persecution of Nigerians by the Malaysian police. Ebenyi described as outrageo...
The 2011 season in professional golf could be known for few different things. First, Tiger Woods won again. Granted, it was his own unofficial event with 17 other players in the field, but a win is a win. Woods’ Chevron World Challenge title was ...
Odioama, a Nembe-speaking Ijaw community, is at the fringe of the Atlantic ocean in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. That is where the latest oil spill allegedly took place at a facility belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas supermajor,...