The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in its latest update on efforts to reach passengers who boarded the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022, have said that 60 phone numbers obtained from the passenger manifest are non-existent when dialled. Read more…
Ukraine has accused Russian troops of committing war crimes in the city of Bucha. However, Moscow insists that the allegations are baseless and has implied that the Ukrainian government is manipulating the media to smear Russia. Bucha is a small Read more…
Gazprom Germania GmbH — owner of energy supplier Wingas GmbH and a gas storage firm — will come under the trusteeship of the German energy regulator until Sept. 30, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters in Berlin. That means the Read more…
The Russian military has firmly denied accusations of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, a Ukrainian town northwest of Kiev. The claims have been raised by Ukraine itself, some Western media outlets and human rights groups, after Moscow had withdrawn Read more…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the EU not to “tie the whole world” to the crisis in Ukraine and warned it could take decades to repair the economic damage. In a virtual summit with European Union leaders on Friday, Xi told Read more…
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…
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…