A businessman, Fatai Adetunji, who allegedly obtained N8.4 million under false pretences, was on Monday charged before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Adetunji, 43, who resides at No. 5, Odunfa St., Lagos Island, is standing trial on a thre...
Armed robbers went on the rampage, yesterday, in broad daylight in Lagos, killing several people, including two policemen inside their patrol vehicle. According to an eyewitness who gave his name as Tayo Adeyeri, the robbers, who drove in two SUVs, a T...
Kogi State Governor Idris Wada has expressed his administration’s commitment to implement the 2010 white paper on the crisis in the central axis of the state, with a view to restoring permanent peace in the area. He disclosed this at the Governme...
There was pandemonium in Meiran area of Lagos yesterday morning when protesters believed to be tricycle operators obstructed traffic over a man allegedly shot by a trigger-happy police corporal, attached to Meiran Police station, Mr Abbey Adekunle.&nbs...
The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) in Anambra state yesterday assumed a new and dangerous dimension, when some unidentified gunmen allegedly stormed the venue of a scheduled state executive meeting in Awka. The party chairman, Comrade Jude Ezenwa...
An Indian Court has sentenced a Nigerian Ojiakor Johnson, residence of Tilak Nagar to 10 years in jail for possessing illegal drugs and violations of his business visa. Indian Police said Ojiakor was nabbed in February last ye...
Tuesday’s bomb blast in Bauchi was targeted at Glo and Airtel telecommunications companies, the police said. Addressing the press yesterday in Bauchi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command ASP Hassan Mohammed Auyo, expla...
The Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday directed all state commissioners of Police to set up special units to safeguard telecommunication installations across the country. He also ordered a 24-hour surveillance of all the ins...
The Nigerian Navy yesterday rescued retook an oil tanker, MT Abu Dhabi Star, hijacked off the coast of Lagos, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled as the navy arrived, a report by the Associated Press said. None of the sailors was...
Authorities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code named ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ yesterday announced that it has intercepted a cache of arms and ammunition in the Ajudaibo Community in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta Sta...
Palpable tension yesterday enveloped workers at the Head of Service unit, Asaba, Delta State following the discovery of a bomb left in a carton and wrapped in different colours of tread at the premises. The workers, many of whom wearing long face...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno saying it raided the residence of the key Boko Haram commander in Maiduguri on Monday recovering a lot of items. In a statement signed and made available to LEADERSHIP by the JTF Spokesman, Lt Col Sagir Musa, the for...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (rtd), has urged Nigerians to support the police in the fight against crime. Olubolade made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at a workshop organised by the Community Policing Campaign of Nigeria (C...
Unknown gunmen on Monday night shot dead Alhaji Mohammed Salisu, the secretary of Bama Local Government Council (LGC) in Borno, at his residence on Damboa Road in Maiduguri. Neighbours told newsmen in Maiduguri that the deceased was killed alongside hi...
The Ministry of Defence said yesterday that the involvement of army officers in tackling the internal security problems caused by the Boko Haram sect, the military was still battle-ready to counter any external threat to the country. Minister of State ...