Twenty students have died in three boarding girls’ secondary schools and the Federal Government Girls’ College in Potiskum and Fika local government areas of Yobe State from a suspected outbreak of meningitis. The Yobe State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary…
Lawyer sues AGF over inoperative foreign judgement reciprocal enforcement act
An Abuja-based lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to Supreme Court for failing to promulgate an order to bring Part 1 of the Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act,…
Economic hardship: Borno workers join NLC protest
Workers in Borno State have joined the Nigeria Labour Congress in the nationwide peaceful rally against the economic hardship facing the country. The protesters are seen walking just a few meters outside the gate of the NLC secretariat to the…
Governor Lawal approves immediate employment of 250 workers for Zamfara road traffic agency
Governor Dauda Lawal has directed immediate employment of 250 workers for the Zamfara Road Traffic Agency (ZAROTA) to enhance ongoing road constructions as part of the administration’s urban renewal projects. A statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said…
Kwara police probe death of 3 siblings inside car
Kwara State Police Commissioner, Victor Olaiya, has ordered a discreet investigation into the death of three siblings who were suffocated to death in a stationary car in Ilorin on Sunday. LEADERSHIP gathered that policemen on Monday visited the scene of…
26-year-old woman remanded for assaulting police officer in Lagos
A 26-year-old woman, Omorogbe Jennifer Soni, who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for assaulting a police officer in Ajah, has been arraigned in court. Jennifer, who was caught on camera assaulting a police officer in Ajah on…
Many trapped in Anambra building collapse
Some yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons have been trapped as a building under construction caved in near the Ochanja market in Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the building, meant to serve as a market on completion, collapsed at about…
Trump got his own wife’s name wrong in a ‘gross sign’ of dementia
Former US President Donald Trump appeared to forget his own wife’s name in a blunder which one expert warned was a ‘gross sign’ of dementia. While speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump, 77, gave a standing ovation to…
Treasonable Felony charge: Kanu files fresh application for bail
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fresh application to be released on bail, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him. Kanu’s lawyer, Mr. Alloy…
US airman sets himself on fire outside Israel embassy to protest ‘genocide’
An active member of the United States military has set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, according to officials, in an apparent act of protest against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. The man, whose name was…