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Kaduna State Police Command has paraded a total of 523 suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in various criminal activities across the state. A statement by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Munsir Hassan, disclosed that among these, 26 were arrested for kidnapping, 12 for cattle rustling, 97 suspects were apprehended for phone snatching, 17 for car snatching while 10 persons were accused of rape, amongst others. This is also as the command disclosed that efforts have been intensified to tackle crime across the state while black spots known for criminal activities were raided, leading to the arrest…

Hundreds of Women of Effium and Ezza-Effium community in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State have staged a peaceful protest calling for the immediate release of their husbands and children languishing in prisons over the lingering communal crisis between the two neighbouring communities. The women alleged that hundreds of people from the two communities were arrested, and remanded in prisons as a result of the communal crisis that broke out since 2021. The women also alleged that a total of 262 persons are currently in the prison custody awaiting trial, adding that out of the number, 177 are from…

The Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 2, South-West Zone of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday announced the seizure of 20,050 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol on the verge of being smuggled out of the country to Benin Republic. Speaking to newsmen, the Officer-in-Charge of the JBT, Deputy Controller Mohammed Shuaibu disclosed that the PMS concealed in 802 Jerry cans were intercepted at Idiroko and Imeko areas of the state. According to Shuaibu, other seizures made by the unit include 285 bales of used clothes, 61 jumbo sacks of used shoes, 674kg of Cannabis…

Fear gripped lecturers of Taraba State University (TSU) Jalingo as three lecturers serving with the institution, a professor, PhD holder and a lecturer, died within 48 hours. Prof. Akporido Samuel, former head of department (HoD) of the Department of Chemical Sciences, slumped and died in his office on Thursday. Dr. Kiliobas Sha’a, former HoD Biological Sciences, died in the early hours of yesterday, within the same hours as Ibrahim Saleh Bali, a lecturer with the Department of Educational Foundation. LEADERSHIP gathered that apart from Prof. Samuel who slumped and died in his office, Dr. Sha’a died in the night in…

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.46% (year-on-year) in real terms in the third quarter of 2024, latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The growth rate is higher than the 2.54% recorded in the third quarter of 2023 and higher than the second quarter of 2024 growth of 3.19%. According to NBS, the performance of the GDP in the third quarter of 2024 was driven mainly by the services sector, which recorded a growth of 5.19% and contributed 53.58% to the aggregate GDP. The agriculture sector grew by 1.14%, from the growth of 1.30%…

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes have destroyed terrorists’ food depot and killed scores of the criminals in the Lake Chad Basin. A statement by the NAF spokesman, Air Cdre Olusola Akinboyewa, said the airstrikes were executed by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (AC OPHK) on Saturday, November 23, 2024, and delivered a crushing blow to terrorist elements in Jubillaram, a notorious enclave in the Tumbuns area of the Lake Chad Basin. He said the strategic location, which was identified through meticulous intelligence efforts, served as a critical food storage site and a sanctuary for terrorist commanders and fighters.…

Pump Price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also called petrol is set to reduce soon as Dangote Refinery has announced reduction of price sold to marketers. The refinery said it has adjusted its price from N990 a litre to N970. This is following the reduction in the landing cost of imported petrol to N971 per litre. LEADERSHIP checks reveal that the landing cost of petrol to the country has dropped to approximately N971 per litre. This marks a significant decrease from previous months, influenced by fluctuations in the Naira-dollar exchange rate and global crude oil prices. In spite of this…

Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the alleged takeover by the state government of structures housing public reading and learning facilities in the Dugbe area of Ibadan, the state capital. APC described the planned conversion of the structures into lock up shops and shopping malls as not only shameful and ill-conceived, but also grossly unacceptable. The party, in a statement to LEADERSHIP on Sunday in Ibadan by its State Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, also raised the alarm over alleged sale of the modern motor park at Wema Area on New Ife Road in Ibadan. APC…

As Governor Ademola Adeleke’s second anniversary approaches, the parents of Segun Olowookere, an indigene of Osun State have appealed for clemency. Segun, detained at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, Lagos State, was convicted of robbery at the age of 17 and sentenced to death by an Osun State High Court in Ikirun. The conviction stemmed from a robbery at a poultry farm in Oyan, located in Odo-Otin Local Government Area, where Segun was found guilty of stealing a fowl and eggs. His parents have expressed their devastation, stating that he is their only son and pleading for his life to be…

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved the payment of N70,000 as minimum wage to civil servants in the state. The implementation of the new salary scale will commence in December 2024. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the governor’s spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, and made available to newsmen on Saturday. According to the statement, the approval is contained in a memo signed by the governor following recommendations by the Committee on Minimum Wage constituted by the state government. “The committee had recommended for a reconciliation of local government finances to ensure a hitch free transition process of…