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As part of effort to tackle the problem of drug dependence among millions of Nigerian youths, the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is set to Launch four different publications on important policies and guidelines for controlled medicines and drug dependence treatment. The...

Head teacher of LA Primary School, Igbatoro/Familugba in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state, Pastor Oluwajuwon Adebayo and his assistant, Pastor Sunday Ajenifuja have been crushed to death by a trailer. The victims were said to be on their way to school on Monday morning when the...

A Niger-delta advocate and philanthropist, Ambassador Young Piero, has established a foundation in memory of his late mum, Mrs. Queen Asule Omatseye, to care for the welfare of the elderly in the society. Madam Queen Asule Omatseye, died recently at the age of 70. The foundation which would be …...

Catalan parliament has postponed a vote to re-elect the fugitive separatist Carles Puigdemont as leader of the region but vowed to continue to push for him to be appointed at a later date. Roger Torrent, the pro-independence speaker of the house, said at a press conference on Tuesday that …...

Kenyan police fired teargas on Tuesday to disperse thousands of opposition supporters gathering in central Nairobi to celebrate the planned swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga. Odinga says he, and not President Uhuru Kenyatta, is the country’s rightful leader. Odinga lost an Aug. 8...

The Non – Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), Abuja Chapter has vowed not to suspend the ongoing strike action until their demands are met. It can be recall that the Union embarked on a nation wide strike on December 4th, 2017 over federal government failure …...

American President, Donald Trump, at the ongoing 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos has advised world leaders to always put their respective countries first in whatever they do. Addressing the world leaders at the ongoing forum, he urged leaders of other countries to always put their country...

A coalition of militant groups in Ondo State yesterday gave oil companies operating in the state three days to leave over non-enrollment of their members in the Federal Government Amnesty Programme. General Akinfemi Raymond, the secretary of the coalition, gave the ultimatum in Akure while...

Libyan forces have arrested gang members suspected of torturing Nigerians and other African migrants. They are reported to have been arrested near Tripoli after torture video surfaced on Social media. Details later but Nigerians who returned from Libya have narrated their harrowing experience...

No fewer than 3,000 houses and offices have been marked for demolition between Lagos and Ibadan to pave way for ongoing construction of standard gauge railway line from Lagos to Ibadan. LEADERSHIP checks show that some of the properties marked for demolition in Lagos include; Railway Stations...

Ten persons died and five others were seriously injured in an early morning accident that occurred on Akure/Owo Expressway at the Agbogbo area of Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday . An eyewitness told LEADERSHIP that the crash involved a Toyota 14-passenger commercial bus with...

The Lagos State Government Tuesday closed its case against a former lecturer of the University of Lagos, Dr Afeez Baruwa, accused of raping an 18 – year- old admission seeker (name withheld ) before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. The state closed its case against the … via...

The Borno state zonal Office of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) has said that it arrested two of its Staff , Detective Assistant Habila Dungji Buba and his girlfriend Keron Ayuba Lapips , an undergraduate of Universty of Maiduguri , along with Bashir Muhammad, a police Sargent...

The European Union imposed travel bans and asset freezes on North Koreans accused of helping Pyongyang evade United Nations sanctions linked to the secretive country’s nuclear and ballistic missile tests. EU foreign ministers agreed the measures yesterday in their latest round of sanctions on...

Petrol queues yesterday re-surfaced in parts of Lagos State fueling fresh fears of another round of acute scarcity of petrol which marred christmas and new year celebrations. LEADERSHIP Sunday correspondent who monitored the situation observed that the queue which was noticed in the early hours...

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said on Friday that 147 officers of the Nigeria Police Force and sister security agencies in Zone 5, have been trained to counter terrorism. The I-G made this disclosure at the closing ceremony of the five-day National Counter Terrorism Incident...

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index on Friday bowed to profit taking halting the six-day price rally with the All-Share Index dropping by 0.33 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the index lost 142.64 points or 0.33 per cent to close at 42,898.90 …...

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as the Shi’ites group has raised alarm that, the health condition of their revered leader, Shiekh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky has gone very bad, that he is now paralysed in the custody of the security and stressed the urgent need for him to.... via...

The Buhari Solidarity Group, which identifies itself as Democratic Vanguard For Credible Leadership, has said the Arewa Youth Forum, led by Ibrahim Gambo Gujungu, should not be taken seriously by Nigerians because of its unwholesome antecedents of “political opportunism and harlotry.” Reacting...

The number of peopltte killed in flooding triggered by heavy rains has risen to 44 in the Congolese capital Kinshasa. “This figure remains provisional as rescue operations are ongoing,’’ Dominique Weloli, the Provincial Health Minister told newsmen on Friday. Weloli had placed the death toll at...