Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said declared that the country is no longer safe for its citizens, submitting that the security challenges have overwhelmed the government of the President Muhammadu Buhari. Apparently reacting to the recent attacks on the Kaduna-Abuja Read more…
Armed non-state actors killed at least 96 people across Nigeria last week (March 27-April 2). The victims include the eight people confirmed killed when terrorists attacked a train in Kaduna on Monday evening. The gunmen also kidnapped several other passengers on the Read more…
The kidnappers of the traditional ruler of Bukpe, a village in Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Royal Highness Alhaji Hassan Shamidozhi have demanded a whooping N20 million as ransom from his family to set him Read more…
Facts have emerged about how popular Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, was apprehended by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). PREMIUM TIMES had reported on Sunday how the EFCC operatives arrested Mr Okechukwu at Read more…
Gunmen attacked members of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ezinifite, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, while they were performing their regular duty. According to an eye witness, the gunmen came from the direction of Oko Ekwulobia area Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Chiefs Chris Uba and Linus Ukachukwu over alleged anti-party activities. The suspension of the duo was contained in letter written by the acting chairman of Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor A frontline All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) aspirant for Anambra Central Senatorial Seat, Uzuegbuna Okagbue has picked the expression of interest and nomination forms at the headquarters of the party in Abuja. The Director Media and Spokesman, Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reassured her teeming members and supporters that the purported Order emanating from an Abuja High Court is nothing to worry about. The Publicity Secretary of PDP Read more…
Unknown gunmen Thursday night kidnapped seven Abia State University Uturu, students close to the school. Sources, as corroborated by the university Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Onyemachi Ogbulu, and the Abia Police Public Relations Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the incident happened between 7.30 Read more…
Police officers have repelled an attack by gunmen in the Ịkwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The gunmen were said to have attacked the policemen, who were attached to a construction company working in the area. Details of the Read more…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, embarked on a patrol of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway on Saturday in response to the activities of bandits, kidnappers, terrorists and other violent criminals attacking innocent travellers along the corridor. Police spokesman Olumiyiwa Read more…
The Federal Government has so far spent a total of N167 billion out of the N205 billion earmarked for the Second Niger Bridge, which is over 90 percent completed, the minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed. The connecting Read more…