Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned motorists and thrill-seekers that the FCT Administration will take decisive action against organised and reckless car racing in residential neighbourhoods across Abuja, saying the practice endangers lives and undermines Read more…
Condemnation has continued to trail the killing of at least 30 persons in Naridon (Kizakoro) community, Kamaru Ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Save Nigeria Group USA (SNG-USA) and U.S.–Nigeria Read more…
The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 additionally wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due to Iranian strikes last week amid questions about a lack of transparency over the war’s toll. The Defense Casualty Analysis System, or Read more…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), sitting in Lagos, has ordered the immediate reinstatement of 70 soldiers of the Nigerian Army who were convicted by courts-martial in 2014 but later granted presidential pardon by former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Read more…
Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, has claimed he possesses CCTV footage showing the military ruler’s final moments, dismissing recent allegations that Abacha died during an intimate encounter with a woman. Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Police Command has expressed delight at the growing interest among young people of the State in pursuing careers in the Nigeria Police Force,l. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga(SP) Read more…
Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White House meeting on Friday, a source Read more…
Multiple sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the permanent secretary’s demand was contrary to established civil service procedures, raising suspicions that there may have been an ulterior motive behind her action. Barely two days after a PREMIUM TIMES report detailed how Binyerem Ukaire, Read more…
Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Sir Mike Mbama Okiro, who served between June 1, 2007 and July 24, 2009, has noted that the activities of the Boko Haram insurgency could have been nipped in the bud if the federal authorities had Read more…
Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has rejected claims made by former Department of State Services (DSS) operative, Mr. Amachree, about the late military ruler’s final moments, describing the account Read more…
The Saudi-led coalition struck targets in the Houthi-held Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Saturday following attacks on Saudi ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis, an Iranian-backed Shiite group that controls large parts of civil war-torn Yemen, announced a naval Read more…
Police officers across Nigeria have been directed to shoot on sight anyone found carrying illegal firearms, following a fresh directive by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, aimed at strengthening the fight against insecurity. Disu issued the order on Friday Read more…