Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday refuted report making the rounds that he was spearheading an imposition of a state-of-emergency in Kaduana State in a bid to unfold his presidential ambition into a pleasant reality in 2015. The report in sections...
The crisis rocking the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) opened another ugly chapter recently following a declaration by Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State that the party was dead, provoking a combative fight-back by Governor Peter Obi of Anamb...
The Kano Command of the Nigeria Police has arrested four persons for allegedly trying to plant a time bomb at Waje Friday mosque in Fagge local government area of Kano. It was gathered that the incident which resulted in the arrest of the suspects had ...
The Estu Nupe, Alahji Yahaya Abubakar, has stated that the embezzlement of pensioners’ money for whatever reason is an unfortunate and disheartening incident in Nigeria, and must be condemned in totality. The royal father, who spoke at the presen...
Escalating violence that has claimed many lives and property in parts of the north yesterday forced President Goodluck Jonathan to kick out the national security adviser, General Andrew Azazi, and the minister of defence, Alhaji Haliru Mohammed Bello. ...
A bomb-laden car yesterday exploded opposite a popular night club, Kryxtal Lounge in Wuse 2, Abuja. Although details of the blast were still sketchy as at press time, LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered that at about 11pm yesterday, a car parked be...
Husband to the late principal of the Federal Government College, Bwari, Abuja, Marie Okwulehie, a victim of the ill-fated Dana aircraft, Mr. Paul Okwulehie, yesterday made a passionate plea to the federal government not to allow the report of the Dana ...
Indications emerged yesterday that, with the listing of three Boko Haram kingpins as ‘‘global terrorists’’, the United States can deploy its drones to take out the suspected terrorists if there is any threat to American interest...
Once more, the peaceful nature of Kaduna State had again been threatened following violent protests after two churches in Kaduna and another in Zaria were bombed last Sunday, throwing the whole state into turmoil and confusion. Almost every nook and cr...
As insecurity reigns supreme in most parts of Northern Nigeria, a former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, has urged the northern political elite to look beyond President Goodluck Jonathan for solution to the insecurity ...
Niger State police command has arrested members of a seven-man robbery gang who have been terrorising the state and neighbouring ones, while five others were arrested with N2.7m counterfeit naira notes . LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered that the gang which ...
Gunmen on Thursday attacked traders of Eke Awka main market during an executive meeting of chairmen and secretaries of the various lines and zones in the market, disrupting the gathering. An eyewitness told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND that the gunmen, numbering...
The family members of the slain stalwart of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Kabba, Kogi State, Prince Raphael Olorunpomi and the state police command have disagreed over the circumstances that led to his death. The spokesman of the ...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday raised alarm over declines in the country’s oil and gas reserves, saying there has been depletion in activities and investments in that sector. The DPR Director Mr.OstenOlorunsola ...
Two independent United Nations (UN) human right experts, yesterday urged greater protection for media professionals, citing high number of attacks, including arbitrary arrests, torture and killings, as well as sexual violence against female journalists...