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Jos Blast: Bombers Came In White Mercedes Benz — Eyewitness - Leadership Newspapers
An anonymous source however said one person who sustained injury in the stomach died yesterday morning. The source said that exactly 9pm as people gathered in a commercial viewing centre watching champions league, one woman from the viewing centre came ...
April 26, 2012


Gombe: Where Hope, History And Future Clash - Leadership Newspapers
“We welcome development,” a scared looking middle aged man who firmly declined to give his name tells LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, “But it must bear a human face,” he surmises warily. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND checks established that Dankwambo's efforts to modernise ...
April 21, 2012


'Power Tussle In Boko Haram Led To Sect Leader's Arrest' - Leadership Newspapers
Sources close to the security agencies involved in the operation informed that the deep-seated rivalry between Mallam Abubakar Shekau's faction and that of the killed Abu Mohammed tore the sect apart. The sources said yesterday that it was the gang ...
March 26, 2012


Britain Deports 120 Nigerians - Leadership Newspapers
One of the deportees, a young lady, who declined to give her name said: “I am not interested in discussing why we were brought back home, but my problem now is how to get out of this international airport without drawing unusual attention.
March 10, 2012


INEC To Hold Fresh Gov Polls In 5 States - Leadership Newspapers
A source close to INEC hinted yesterday that the commission was mulling two options: to go back to the governorship primaries it conducted before May 29, 2011, or conduct a fresh one in line with the court verdict, to avoid being seen as working for a ...
January 30, 2012


EFCC To Quiz Sylva, Imoke, - Leadership Newspapers
“The EFCC is going to invite some of the five governors for interrogation over some petitions on Monday,” the source said. He told LEADERSHIP SUNDAY that some of the governors will be required to “write statements and answers to petitions that have ...
January 29, 2012


Nigeria Youth In 2011 - Leadership Newspapers
Thanks to the efforts of the minister of Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, who came out strongly to condemn the act and went ahead to rehabilitate the girl that was raped in Bayelsa by ten men even though the others refused to be identified. ...
January 3, 2012


AS JONATHAN REMOVES FUEL - Leadership Newspapers
The senior staff member in charge, who refused to give his name, however, said he was not aware that fuel subsidy had been removed. He said that he talked to the station's manager an hour earlier and he had been instructed to keep selling.
January 2, 2012


Abandoned Road Project: - Leadership Newspapers
A member of the community who spoke to LEADERSHIP, and refused to give his name, agreed with Mamman. He queried the rationale behind awarding a contract and abandoning it mid-way. “If the government is honest to itself, why should it award a contract ...
December 23, 2011


Protests On Lekki-Epe - Leadership Newspapers
A resident who spoke on a condition of anonymity told our correspondent that the residents will start laying sleeping mats on the road and make it impossible for motorists who may want to pay the toll to ply the route. Corroborating this claim ...
December 19, 2011


Boko Haram Kills Governor's Aide - Leadership Newspapers
According to an eyewitness who did not want to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the matter, the gunmen were three in number and arrived in the house of Boro early Sunday morning. He said, “When they discovered that the man was not in ...
November 28, 2011


Decadent Reformatory That - Leadership Newspapers
Another inmate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity described conditions inside the prison wall as nightmarish, pointing out that due to over-crowding, inmates sleep on bare floors and sometimes in their faeces. The public relations officer of the ...
October 22, 2011


Immigration Fleeces Applicants, Demands VIPs' Referral - Leadership Newspapers
An applicant who refused to give her name for fear of being punished said she brought a letter from a member of the National Assembly before she was issued a form. She said: “These people (Immigration officials) are demanding money from some us who ...
September 20, 2011


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