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The consulate said reports that Mr Odueze was tortured by police officers before his death had caused shock and pain to his family, the Nigerian community and Nigeria’s two diplomatic missions in South Africa. The post Nigeria condemns death of citizen in South African police cus...
Justice Ibrahim Salim of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Samaila Ibrahim Kaigama, an alleged ransom negotiator for Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists, be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre pending the commencement of his trial on November 13....
Group Managing Director of UBA, Oliver Alawuba visits Chief of Air Staff, extends condolences to the Military, bereaved families The post UBA commiserates with Nigerian Air Force over NAF 931 Aircraft crash appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
South Africa’s Acting Consul-General in Lagos, Kgothatso Xulu, has rejected the portrayal of her country as xenophobic, revealing 364 arrests over attacks. Read More: https://punchng.com/south-africa-rejects-xenophobia-label-says-364-arrested-over-migrant-attacks/...
The Senate has resolved to investigate budgetary provisions for the maintenance of Nigerian Air Force, NAF, aircraft following a crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, that claimed 25 lives. The resolution followed a motion moved by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Air Force, Sena...
The NAF said the board will inquire the circumstances surrounding the crash and the cause of the crash and recommend measures for prevent a recurrence. The post NAF sets up 12-member board to investigate Ondo aircraft crash appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Police said the politician’s arrest followed allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation against him. The post Rochas Okorocha denies arrest but police insist he was arrested for forgery appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Five passengers were seriously injured after a 40-foot HOWO truck rammed into two commercial buses at Berger Bus Stop, inward Kara Bridge, around the Ojodu axis of Lagos State. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said in a statement that the crash involved an in...
“If you engage in cybercrime; if you become an account mule for Yahoo boys; if you blackmail people online, you are not just committing a crime; you are destroying Nigeria’s image,” EFCC chair Olukoyede said. The post EFCC chair warns Nigerian girls against sextortion appeared fi...
The EFCC has warned young Nigerian girls against sextortion and involvement in cybercrime, urging them to protect their integrity and avoid being used. Read More: https://punchng.com/efcc-warns-nigerian-girls-against-sextortion-cybercrime/...
Oyo Assembly Speaker Adebo Ogundoyin mourns corps member Oluwatosin Abidakun, who was killed in a road crash involving a truck in Ibadan on Monday. Read More: https://punchng.com/oyo-speaker-mourns-corps-member-killed-in-autocrash/...
The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, CP Bode Ojajuni, has said the classroom remains the first line of defence in the fight against cultism and youth crime. Ojajuni spoke on Tuesday at Eleweran, Abeokuta, while hosting the Provost of the Federal College of Education, FCE, Ab...
One man was injured while rescuing a 75-year-old from a fire that destroyed an eight-room bungalow on Onitire Road, Itire, Lagos State. Read More: https://punchng.com/one-injured-as-fire-destroys-bungalow-in-lagos/...
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited recorded cumulative revenue of N28.54 trillion in the first eight months of 2026, with revenue rising by 21.1 per cent month-on-month to N3.74 trillion in August. Read Also: NAF Plane Crash: Igbokoda r...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered and sealed shops at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos where a syndicate allegedly manufactured and distributed fake and adulterated alcoholic drinks and wines. NAFDAC disclosed this in a stateme...
The bills seek to repeal the existing Geneva Conventions Act, establish provisions for punishing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and strengthen Nigeria’s cooperation with the International Criminal Court. The post Tinubu transmits bills on genocide, war crimes p...
Five people have been seriously injured after a 40-foot HOWO truck rammed into two commercial buses at Berger Bus Stop, inward Kara Bridge, in Lagos State. The accident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. when the truck, reportedly travelling from Lagos towards Kara Bridge, crashed int...
The searchers said they built embankments around the crash area to limit the inflow of water and make for easy access to the remaining parts of the aircraft. The post Military Plane Crash: Searchers build embankment, begin diversion of water from crash site appeared first on Prem...
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to treat worsening insecurity and mass displacement in Kebbi State as a national security and humanitarian emergency. The resolution followed a motion by Senator Adamu Aliero (Kebbi South) on deadly bandit attacks in the state, w...
… Energy drinks, wine, whisky allegedly repackaged in secret facility at Trade Fair Complex By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a suspected counterfeit drinks production facility at Zamfara Plaza, BBA Trade Fair...
By Dayo Johnson, Akure More than a week after a Nigerian Air Force, NAF, aircraft crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, residents said they are battling offensive odour, polluted water and fear for disease outbreak. Read Also: NAF PLANE CRASH: How hero pilot died saving town The NAF A...
NAFDAC has uncovered a fake drinks factory in Lagos, arresting two suspects for allegedly relabeling expired Bullet Energy Drink, Don Julio and Jameson. Read More: https://punchng.com/video-nafdac-uncovers-fake-drinks-factory-in-lagos-arrests-two/...
By Kingsley Omonobi Following the tragic accident involving its ATR 42 aircraft, NAF 931, at Igbokoda, Ondo State, on 5 October 2026, the Nigerian Air Force has convened a specialist Aircraft Accident Investigation Board to establish the circumstances surrounding the accident, de...
The House of Representatives has called for an independent probe into the Nigerian Air Force plane crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, and an audit of military Read More: https://punchng.com/ondo-air-crash-reps-demand-independent-probe-aircraft-audit/...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has set up a 12-member board to investigate the October 5 crash of its ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, in Igbokoda, Ondo State, which killed all those on board. The Service announced the development in a statement on Tuesday, saying the board would establis...
The Nigerian Air Force has constituted a 12-member board to investigate the fatal crash of its ATR 42 aircraft in Igbokoda, Ondo State. Read More: https://punchng.com/naf-sets-up-12-member-board-to-probe-ondo-air-crash/...
The Senate has called for a comprehensive audit of Nigerian Air Force aircraft and maintenance funding following a crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State. Read More: https://punchng.com/ondo-air-crash-senate-seeks-audit-of-naf-aircraft-maintenance-funds/...
Police authorities on Monday night detained former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha at a hotel in Abuja following allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation. Okorocha was taken into custody at the Reiz Continental Hotel before being released on bail after rou...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it had intensified efforts in support of ongoing search and recovery operations following the tragic accident involving its ATR 42 aircraft, NAF 931, at Igbokoda, Ondo State, on 5 October 2026. In a statement, the Director of Public Relations and...
“No grief, frustration or dissatisfaction with care can justify violence against a health worker performing his lawful duties.” The post FG seeks arrest of suspect in attack on FMC Abeokuta worker appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Ifo Constituency I in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Adebari Adekunle, has issued a warning to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the omission of the party’s gubernatorial candidate from the election. Adek...
…Asks Air Force leadership to provide budgetary provisions for the maintenance of the aircraft By Henry Umoru, Abuja The Senate has begun a probe into the penultimate Monday tragic crash of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft in the Igbokoda area of Ilaje Local Government Area, O...
The Senate has resolved to investigate budgetary provisions for the maintenance of Nigerian Air Force aircraft following the crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, which claimed 25 lives. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Air Force, Sen...
The traditional stool crisis in Nkpor began in 2016 after the immediate past ruler of the community, Christopher Ibegbuna, passed on. The post Police charge four with forgery in Anambra kingship dispute appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Police said the politician’s arrest followed allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation against him. The post Police arrest, release Rochas Okorocha after interrogation – Official appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Two male adults were rescued on Tuesday after a fire broke out at 43 Onitire Road, Smith Bus Stop, Itire, Lagos. A statement by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said one of the male victims sustained burn injuries in the fire, which involved an eight-room bungalow and exte...
Lagos State Police Command has arrested four suspected cultists allegedly terrorising the Lekki, Ajah and Elemoro areas of the state. The suspects were apprehended between October 2 and 9, 2026 following intelligence received by police operatives, according to a statement issued ...
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said the donation was the first phase of a plan to provide about 100 vehicles to security agencies. The post Kwara donates 25 Hilux vans to police amid security concerns appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigerian Senate is set to resume plenary today, with the proposed state police, the fatal NAF crash in Ondo, and a security summit topping its agenda. Read More: https://punchng.com/constitution-review-ondo-crash-top-agenda-as-senate-resumes-today/...
The Federal Government has called on the police to arrest and prosecute a suspect who allegedly stabbed a medical laboratory scientist at FMC Abeokuta, Ogu Read More: https://punchng.com/fg-seeks-arrest-of-suspect-in-attack-on-ogun-fmc-worker/...
Mobile police officer Abdulrahman Auwal was reportedly killed along Kwi-Beco Road between Barkin Ladi and Riyom local government areas of Plateau State The post Family demands probe of police officer’s killing appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Operatives of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, So-Safe Corps, have arrested a 50-year-old man, Kazeem Adeoye, for allegedly assaulting a 44-year-old woman, Oladeyinde Morufat, and her daughter, Mariam, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. ...
Police officers from Ekiti State Command captured in a viral video allegedly extorting a motorcyclist are undergoing disciplinary action in Abuja. Read More: https://punchng.com/policemen-in-viral-ekiti-extortion-video-face-discipline-in-abuja/...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has arrested two suspected transformer cable vandals in the Tanke-Iledu community of Ilorin, the state capital. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASCI Ayoola Michael Shola, disclosed this in a statem...
Former Imo State Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, was arrested by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday night; the Imo State police command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete Iniedu, confirmed the development to Channels Television. Okorocha, who was arrested in Ab...
…Urges Striking Health Workers to Resume Duties By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja The Federal Government has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the suspect in the reported stabbing of a Medical Laboratory Scientist, Lawal Toheeb Olasunkanmi, at the Federal Medical Centre ...
By Kingsley Omonobi The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has identified the disruption of illicit cross-border arms trafficking as critical to preventing electoral violence and securing Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Disu stated this on Monday in Abuja wh...
Unconfirmed reports say the searchers have recovered the pilot's dismembered body. The post Military Plane Crash: Divers, rescue team intensify search for victims’ bodies, black box appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Lagos Waste Management Authority has sealed over 25 buildings in Okota for illegal waste dumping and arrested several cart pushers in a major operation Read More: https://punchng.com/lawma-seals-25-buildings-arrests-cart-pushers/...
Ghanaian authorities have rescued 119 Nigerians from cybercrime syndicates, with 105 repatriated, Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency NAPTIP has confirmed. Read More: https://punchng.com/ghana-rescues-119-nigerians-from-cybercrime-syndicates/...
The arraignment of three suspects arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a Federal Road Safety Corps officer attached to the Ogun State Command, Funmilayo Lasisi, and her daughter, Adesewa, before the Osun State High Court in Osogbo was stalled on Monday due to the abs...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a female corps member in a road crash on Monday in Ibadan. The Sector Commander in Oyo State, Corps Commander Kehinde Dahunsi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has received 105 Nigerians rescued in a coordinated operation against cybercrime syndicates in Ghana. A statement issued on Monday by the agency’s Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, Mr Vincen...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Abuja-based businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In the suit, Achimugu had challenged the commission’s search of her residence...
The Nigeria Police Force, the Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) and the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) have called for an end to child marriage, urging parents, community leaders and policymakers to protect the rights of the girl-child and inves...
