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Some irate residents of Agbarho community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, on Wednesday, set ablaze a woman accused of attempting to steal a 7-year-old boy. Eyewitnesses said the woman, allegedly from Ughelli town, was caught in the act before being dragged into the street and beaten by the angry mob. Despite […]
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja has commemorated its 95th National Day. The embassy disclosed that the celebrations is also to strengthen bilateral ties with Nigeria for remarkable growth in various areas. The Charge D’ Affaires Mr. Saad Fahad Almarri, made this known during the Embassy’s 95th National Day commemoration, recently in Abuja. The […]
The Katsina State Government has identified 3,488 ghost workers and multiple cases of fraud following a sweeping biometric audit of workers in its 34 Local Government Areas and Local Education Authorities. Announcing the findings at a State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, Biometric Screening Committee chairman, Abdullahi Gagare, revealed that of 50,172 staff were screened, only […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Presidency of engaging in high-level propaganda and disinformation targeted at smearing and ridiculing opposition leaders ahead of 2027 elections. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, alleged that the Presidency was behind a “faceless mercenary” identified as Kola Johnson, who has […]
Infrastructure experts, government officials, academics, and development practitioners, have stressed the urgent need for Africa to integrate women’s voices in infrastructure delivery, warning that exclusion risks undermining sustainable growth and deepening inequality. The call was made at a high-level workshop themed “Sustaining Gender Lens Infrastructure Delivery Agenda in Africa: Policy, Implementation & Partnerships,” convened by […]
Men of the Kwara State Police Command have rescued seven kidnap victims in a forest near Owa – Onire in the state’s southern district. The Command achieved the feat on Wednesday, through a joint security operation led by a security operative from the Office of the National Security Adviser, Abuja. The rescued victims include Adam […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has named the chairman’s conference hall after the late chairman of the commission, Solomon Arase. Spokesperson of commission, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed in a statement that the conference hall, located on the sixth floor of the PSC’s headquarters in Abuja, was renamed in honour of the late inspector-general of police (IGP). […]
Justice Halilu Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has turned down a request by the Inspector-General of Police to issue bench warrant against five former senior police officers on charges of forgery and age falsification. All the accused person were absent in court on Thursday, when the case came up […]
Human rights activist and Abuja-based lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has raised the alarm over what he described as the “continued weaponisation of the Nigerian Police Force against critics”, warning that the trend represented a dangerous assault on freedom of expression in the country. Adeyanju, in a terse statement on Thursday sent to LEADERSHIP, claimed that Nigerians […]
Nigeria has opened previously inactive oil blocks to investors and is actively seeking deeper and more strategic partnerships with global players to resume production on those assets. The minister of state for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, made this disclosure while delivering a keynote address at the United States–Nigeria Council’s session on oil sector […]