The causes of pedophilia remains unclear, It is said that some men engage in sexual acts with young children with the belief that this form of sex promotes their health, eventually to avoid the danger of a deadly infection. Medical experts believe that...
Unknown armed gunmen, yesterday, unleashed attacks on military personnel and marine police formations along the creeks and waterways of Brass and Nembe Local Council areas of Bayelsa State killing four policemen and four personnel of the Joint Military...
President Goodluck Jonathan hinted yesterday that the federal government had increased the funds earmarked for the eradication of polio from $17 million to $30 million, just as he has expressed concern that Nigeria is a sanctuary of wild polio that is ...
Operatives of the Joint Military Task Force, (JTF) in Borno State, on Wednesday, killed four suspected Boko Haram gunmen at various locations in Maiduguri, the capital city. Spokesman of the JTF, Lt- Col. Hassan Mohammed, who made the disclosure after ...
Three men said to be bricklayers lost their lives yesterday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, when a two-storey building under construction collapsed at about 11am, trapping 12 of the builders, including the site engineer. Nine of the trapped workers...
Despite the many problems plaguing the European Union (EU), Serbia is seeking Nigeria’s support to become a full member of the organisation This indication was given by the Serbian Ambassador to Nigeria, Rifat Rondic, when he visited LEADERSHIP c...
Barely one week after about four primary schools within the Maiduguri Metropolis of Borno State were razed down by suspected Islamic fundamentalists known as Boko Haram, another round of arson attack was yesterday night unleashed on two private schools...
Wide ranging debates in the House of Representatives yesterday pushed for greater financial autonomy for Local Government Authorities (LGAs) as federal lawmakers insisted that such autonomy would spur accelerated development of rural areas. The resolut...
Following the unexpected presentation of the acting Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar to the World Civil Defence Day Celebration yesterday, the love lost relationship between the officers of the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Securi...
The Kwara State Government has commissioned the N 42.5 million Ohan Bailey Bridge project along Ilorin-Igbeti road, even as he assured Kwarans that it will continue to upgrade deplorable federal roads in the state to enhance economic activities of the ...
The Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, is to give mass burial to about 37 unclaimed corpses deposited in the hospital. Head mortician of the hospital, Mr. Sylvester Gendaga, who disclosed this to LEADERSHIP, said, that the cumbersome a...
An official at the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Yusuf Bado Mok yesterday denied speaking on behalf of the AGF, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN) over his readiness to back the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)...
The Port Harcourt zone of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if oil servicing companies in Rivers State refuse to recall their sacked workers. Chairman of the zone, Comrade ...
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank Governor (CBN), says the apex bank is planning to compel banks to open special branches for persons with disabilities nationwide. The CBN governor made this known on Thursday, in Abuja, when the Joint ...
Pastor Ishaya Izang of COCIN Church, Tilde-Fulani, Toro Local Government, Bauchi State, has described as “very shameful and embarrassing’’, an alleged attempt by some members to bomb the Church. The members, who allegedly attempted to...