The people of Ifaki Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State has called for the upgrading of the Police post in the town to a division. The spokesman for the community, Chief Deji Ajayi, made the call on Tuesday during Governor Kayode Fayemi’s tour of the state. He said the demand was necessary … Continue reading
The people of Ifaki Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State has called for the upgrading of the Police post in the town to a division. The spokesman for the community, Chief Deji Ajayi, made the call on Tuesday during Governor Kayode Fayemi’s tour of the state. He said the demand was necessary … Continue reading
The Yobe Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has ordered that all secondary schools in the state be closed down from Monday, July 8 till September when the new academic session commences. The governor gave this directive after visiting the Government Secondary School, Mamudo where over twenty of the students were gruesomely murdered. Reports say a teacher was … Continue reading
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect killed 29 students and a teacher in a boarding school in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Saturday, a police source said. The attack is a further sign that the extremist sect remains a threat to Nigeria despite a crackdown on it. The attackers set fire to … Continue reading
A New York City livery cab driver has been savagely killed after a passenger stabbed him through the eye with an umbrella, piercing his brain, during a dispute. Police say the mortally wounded man, identified as 54-year-old Orji-Ama Uro, of Rosedale, Queens, continued driving for about a block before crashing into two parked cars in … Continue reading
Ahmed-Yerima-Ex-Governor of Zamfara State Former Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Yerima has been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command. Although details of the arrest are sketchy at the moment, LEADERSHIP gathered that Yerima was picked up following his responses in an interview on the FRCN Kaduna Hausa programme, Hanu Da Yauwa, where he reportedly … Continue reading
Boko Haram-Militants-Nigeria There are indications that terrorist groups, Boko Haram and Ansaru, are being funded by drug cartels in Latin America, a report has revealed. The report entitled, “Terrorism in Northern Africa and the Sahel in 2012: Global Reach and Implications,” is an update on five earlier studies. Published by the Director, Inter-University Centre for … Continue reading
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Chinwike Asadu, was shot dead around 10 pm last night near his home in Amorji Nike area in Enugu State by unknown gunmen. His driver and orderly who were with him at the time of the attack were shot too but were not killed. They are both lying critically ill … Continue reading
The apprehension which has been pervading Kaduna state, Nigeria has not abated as barely few days after gunmen attacked the community,today it has been thrown into pandemonium again as gunmen invaded the state again a few hours ago shooting people. An eyewitness from the state who stated that the attack happened in Southern Kaduna which … Continue reading
Militants DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, weekend, explained why he would not sign into law, the Bill passed by the state House of Assembly, prescribing death penalty for kidnappers, describing the Bill as a duplication of efforts. He also said that a school for training of kidnappers had been uncovered in the state. Speaking … Continue reading