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…
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, urged the people of the state to observe a one-day prayer session to curb the activities of the gunmen terrorising the state and the South East region in general. The governor Read more…
Bandits have killed at least 35 people including a village head after they raided five communities in Anka local government area of Zamfara State on Thursday evening and Friday morning. Local sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the bandits also rustled Read more…
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has declared an end to its sit-at- home order in South-east Nigeria, traditional rulers in the region said Saturday. The Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council said the group yielded to the appeal of the Anambra government Read more…
The recovery of the Russian ruble indicates that the West’s sanctions on Moscow are not serving their purpose, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday. A large number of states, including all the EU’s members, imposed restrictions on Russia Read more…
Japan has no intention of withdrawing from its oil and natural gas projects in Russia’s Far East, Economy Minister Hagiuda Koichi told reporters on Friday. “Japan has stakes in both [oil and gas] projects and has secured long-term supplies. The Read more…
Before taking office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, All Progressive Congress (APC), repeatedly criticised past governments for failing to solve Nigeria’s perennial petroleum sector problems. Mr Buhari called for a reduction in the prices of petroleum products amidst efforts Read more…
The police in Imo Friday repelled a ‘deadly attack’ by members of an outlawed group, an official has said. Friday’s attack was the fifth on police facilities in the South-eastern state. Police spokesperson Michael Abattam, in a Friday statement, said the attack Read more…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat “to immediately launch measures for winding down” its Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a lengthy statement on Read more…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said the situation in the south and the Donbas region remained extremely difficult and reiterated that Russia was building up forces near the besieged city of Mariupol. And in a rare sign of internal Read more…
Western officials are uncertain that their governments will agree to give Ukraine legally binding security guarantees similar to NATO’s Article 5, inside sources have allegedly told CNN. The news network reported, on Friday, that Kiev’s aspirations probably won’t be satisfied. Read more…