The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing cases of police brutality on Saturday awarded N10m to the widow of one Rasheed Kareem, who was shot dead by the police in Surulere during the #EndSARS protest in October last year. The retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel awarded the sum to […]
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Adelani Adepegba, Okechukwu Nnodim, Solomon Odeniyi and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole FG increases security presence in Abuja, intensifies stop-and-search We’re not aware of security threats in nation’s capital, says Guards Brigade There was heightened anxiety in parts of the Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday following reports of alleged imminent attacks on parts […]
Some lawyers have said that governors of the North-East states combatting Boko Haram terrorism do not need a special fiat before they can prosecute alleged members of the terrorist sect. This is in reaction to the claim by the governors of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states, who — speaking to […]
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By Joseph Erunke THE federal government yesterday presented provisional licenses to the 20 new private universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC. Recall that FEC had on Wednesday, February 3, 2021,during its weekly meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, approved the establishment of 20 new private universities, […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai…Says it’s unacceptable that security agencies only react to banditry By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said bandits terrorising Nigeria have lost their rights to life under the constitution and must be wiped out. He also said a situation where security agencies only responded to […]
Residents of Umuahia the Abia state capital have been thrown into panic after a suspected explosive device was discovered by students of Union Primary School, Afaraukwu. According to reports, the pupils of the school had found the suspected explosives in a bag and informed their teachers who alerted the school […]
Police have arrested the Principal of ABC Kiseveni Secondary School, Ms. Betta Mutuku for leaking the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Mathematics Paper II on her Whatsapp status on Monday evening. The principal, Mutuku reportedly posted the question hours before Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education candidates sat for the exam […]
A Nigerian national identified as Babatope Joseph Aderinoye, 30, was sentenced to federal prison for violations related to a bank fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Babatope Aderinoye, was convicted in October of 2020, on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, as well as aggravated […]
A lawyer who brutally murdered her husband following an alleged altercation confessed to the crime. A female lawyer accused of killing her husband confessed before a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere. According to the police officer, the lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, confessed to killing her husband after allegedly stabbing him […]
How I was assaulted by CCT chairman, Abuja security guard speaks A security guard physically assaulted by the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, in Abuja on Monday, has narrated his ordeal to PREMIUM TIMES. The victim, Clement Sargwak, tracked down by our correspondent on Wednesday, is a […]
A viral report on social media has it that no less than 50 people have been reported dead after attending a birthday party hosted by a suspected yahoo boy in the Akute area of Ogun state. According to the reports, the incident happened last week and since then, there has […]
By Patrick Ochei Today is indeed a Black Tuesday in Issele-Uku, headquarters of Aniocha North LGA of Delta State, as fully armed robbers unleashed terror in the town during almost an hour robbery operation. From eye witness account, the robbers had stationed their gang members at strategic positions in the […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked the State Commissioner for Environment, Igbiks Tamuno. This is contained in a statement by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant on Media to the Rivers State Governor. “The Governor directed the sacked Commissioner to submit all Government Documents and Property in his possession to the […]
Amidst the 25 percent equity derivable from the Kwale Industrial Park in which the Delta state government has planned to factor in Host Communities, the state government has been accused of insincerity and shoddy deals in the agreement. The proposed Kwale Industrial Park, has come under threat, as the Umusam […]
A birthday party at Odoba Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State turned bloody after 3 young men were hacked to death in a cult-related fight. It was gathered that a quarrel broke out during the birthday party organized by one of the youths in Odoba community on […]
A cash sum of $1.3 million has been recovered from a former military officer who served as a member of Jon Ode led Presidentia Investigative Committee on Arms Procurement. This was revealed before a Federal High Court in Abuja by federal government prosecutors who tendered the cash sum of $1.3 […]
A young man is wanted after he allegedly killed his mother, and buried her in a shallow grave. The man, identified as Chukwudi Chukwu, a native of Umumnakpi village, Egwu Achi community in Oji River, Enugu, is said to have killed his mother on Sunday, March 21. After killing her, […]
A non-academic staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun State has committed suicide. The deceased identified as Fisayo Oyeniyi was one of the armed guards in the institution. He hung himself in his residence after sending suicide text to his mother, wife and children. In the text message, Oyeniyi informed his […]