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ABUJA — The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has promised to reduce the prices of petrol, cooking gas and aviation fuel, Jet A1, to N200 per litre if elected president in 2027. Adebayo made the pledge while featuring on the News ...
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA— The Joint Task Force South-East, Operation Udoka, has declared Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, popularly known as “Gentle The Yahoo,” wanted and offered a N30 million reward for credible information leading to his arrest. In a wanted notice circulated by the tas...
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged failure to account for N33.75 billion in cash transfers meant for vulnerable Nigerians. Falana, Chairman of the Alliance o...
By Kingsley Omonobi LAGOS — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected cocaine trafficker accused of masterminding drug shipments to Saudi Arabia, while intercepting a fuel tanker carrying more than two tonnes of cannabis and recovering millions of ...
The NDLEA said a search of his residence in Ejigbo, Lagos, produced phone chargers similar to those used to conceal the cocaine. The post NDLEA arrests ex-cocaine convict who changed name for fresh trafficking appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The agency noted that a search of his residence at 6 Yemishola Street, Ejigbo, Lagos, produced phone chargers similar to those used to conceal the cocaine. The post NDLEA arrests convicted cocaine trafficker who changed name, resumed trafficking appeared first on Premium Times Ni...
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, has said President Bola Tinubu will not face arrest or restrictions on his movement in the United States if he attends the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in New York. Ibrahim made the clar...
By Dapo Akinrefon, Gabriel Ewepu, James Ogunnaike, Shina Abubakar & Adeola Badru The ongoing moves by opposition political parties to present a single presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections on the understanding that the candidate would serve only one four-year term...
INEC and the Nigeria Police Force vow to crack down on politicians issuing threats and inflammatory remarks ahead of the 2027 general elections. Read More: https://punchng.com/threats-intimidation-inec-police-vow-crackdown-on-politicians/...
Defending champions Arsenal face Chelsea on Sunday, with Manchester City holding a three-point lead at the top of the table The post EPL Round-up: Iwobi reaches milestone as Haaland fires Man City to top spot appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with separate incidents of shop breaking and burglary in the Ado-Odo area of the state, recovering stolen foodstuffs and other items. Among those arrested are two teenagers who all...
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five teenagers for their alleged involvement in shop break-ins and theft in the Ado-Odo area of the state. The suspects, all minors between the ages of 14 and 16, were arrested in separate operations. In a statement on S...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Tunji Disu, paid the first police station he worked at a visit, with a challenge to Nigerians on visiting former places of work. Decades after starting his career at Ago-Iwoye Force Headquarters, Ogun State, the Inspector-General returned to ...
Troops of the 101 Special Forces Battalion have arrested a 60-year-old man suspected of being a spy for the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, along the Cross-Kukawa road in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. According to a post on X by counter-terrorism expert ...
By Ike Uchechukwu Eighteen business owners affected by the fire that razed the Calabar Mall, popularly known as SPAR Mall, are to receive ₦25 million each from the Federal Government, amounting to ₦450 million. The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, disclosed this on ...
Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, made an emotional return to Ago-Iwoye Police Division in Ogun State, where he served as DPO decades ago. Watch Read More: https://punchng.com/video-can-you-go-back-to-where-you-worked-before-ig-disu-asks-during-ogun-station-visit/...
Good worth millions of Naira were destroyed in a fire disaster on Saturday at the Mandate Shopping Complex in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The fire incident occurred in the early hours of the day at the shopping complex located opposite Alkad Filling Station, within the Manda...
The activist had, while speaking during a panel session at the NBA conference, labelled the personnel of the Nigerian military, the police, Nigeria Immigration and Nigerian Customs as “unknown gunmen.” The post VDM apologises to security agencies over ‘unknown gunmen’ remarks at ...
The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency, LNSA, has arrested at least 130 suspected hoodlums during an early morning security operation across Victoria Island, Lekki-Ajah and sections of the Coastal Road. The operation commenced at about 2am on Friday following reports of crim...
Says,’I’ve never spoken to the lady in question before’ By Israel Ojekunle, Chidinma Nwobodo & Ihemeje Success Former BBNaija star Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has spoken out days after her arrest, insisting that the allegations against her were false. Tacha was arres...
A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, says Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will not be arrested over his alleged involvement in heroin smuggling if he attends the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, meeting. In a post on its veri...
A multiple crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has claimed three lives and injured 10 others. Learn more about the tragic incident and safety warnings. Read More: https://punchng.com/multiple-crash-kills-three-injures-10-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway/...
Nigerian troops and police successfully rescued four kidnap victims in separate operations across Katsina and Nasarawa states. Read details of the rescue e Read More: https://punchng.com/troops-rescue-four-kidnap-victims/...
Three women died and 10 injured after a vehicle plunged from the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Learn more about this tragic accident. Read More: https://punchng.com/three-killed-as-vehicle-falls-from-lagos-ibadan-expressway-bridge/...
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Three persons were killed while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a multiple road crash involving three vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Sector Command, confirmed that...
The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Hope Okafor, disclosed this on Thursday in Abakaliki during a press conference on the command’s operational achievements. The post Police arrest 699 suspects, recover 31 firearms in Ebonyi appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
NARD made the demand in a statement issued on Friday by its national leadership, following the alleged assault of a senior medical officer while on call at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit on 31 August. The post NARD demands prosecution over alleged assault of doctor at...
The Ogun State Government, in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has conducted a flood disaster simulation exercise to strengthen emergency response in the state. The exercise, which marked the third and closing day of the simulation, was aimed at ...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has contained a tanker accident involving a truck conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit on Ijako Road, inward Oke Oso, along the Ajah Expressway in Epe. The incident occurred earlier on Friday after a Mack tanker reportedly ov...
The Nigeria Police Force says its tactical team foiled an attack on the convoy of Mustapha Gubio, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Borno State, and other political figures. The incident occurred on Thursday along the Kareto-Damasak road in Borno State...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has uncovered an alleged diversion and illegal sale of service rifles by some of its personnel. The NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, disclosed the development while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Afolabi said an inve...
A 33-year-old Nigerian man, Olusegun Onidare, has been arrested and charged in Canada over alleged sexual assault on two females, including a girl under 18, in Brampton, Ontario. Peel Regional Police confirmed the arrest and charges in a statement on Wednesday, September 2, 2026,...
The Federal Ministry of Works has announced that it will close some sections of the First Niger Bridge between Sept. 7 and Sept. 21 to enable it to carry out emergency maintenance works. The post First Niger Bridge to close for 2 weeks for emergency repairs — FG appeared first on...
An Alfa and the paternal aunt of a pregnant 16-year-old student are in police custody over alleged sexual abuse. The post Edo ministry gives update on sexual abuse of 16-year-old appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has apologised to soldiers, policemen, customs and immigration personnel over his controversial remarks at the Nigerian Bar Association’s 66th Annual General Conference. VeryDarkMan, in a video posted on ...
The NDLEA Commander in Edo, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this on Thursday, while presenting the command’s August operational scorecard to journalists in Benin. The post NDLEA arrests 68 suspected traffickers with hard drugs in Edo appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued 15 trafficked minors and recovered rifles. The corps also said it had dismantled an interstate telecommunications infrastructure vandalism network. In a statement, NSDC National Public Relations Officer, Assistant C...
There have been frequent road crashes along Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in recent years. The post Five killed, 18 injured in fatal Enugu crash appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
More than 6,000 people have been displaced from five communities in Kebbi State following recent attacks attributed to banditry groups, according to a joint humanitarian assessment. The assessment, conducted by the Nigerian Red Cross Society, NRCS, the State Emergency Management ...
Mr Adeleke and the state's lawmakers supporting the amendment maintained that the extension is intended to ensure continuity and sustain the university’s development. The post Adeleke under fire over ‘illegal’ extension of Osun varsity VC’s tenure appeared first on Premium Times ...
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command says its operatives have rescued two abandoned babies in separate incidents recorded in the Kurudu and Gwagwalada areas of the nation’s capital. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, made t...
Abuja Police Command rescued two abandoned babies in separate incidents in Kurudu and Gwagwalada. Efforts are ongoing to find their families. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-rescue-two-abandoned-babies-in-abuja/...
The Ogun State government has called for proper planning, early warning, public awareness, and effective emergency response in anticipation of the expected 72-hour rainfall and flooding expected to hit the state in the coming days. The Ogun State Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oy...
A fresh disruption in Nigeria’s aviation sector has been averted as the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, suspended its planned industrial action against Air Peace. The decision came after the leadership of ATSSSAN met with the Inspector General...
The Nigeria Police Force has broken silence on the alleged neglect of its officers deployed for the August 15, 2026, Osun State governorship election. In a statement by the Force spokesman, CSP Ani Iniedu, the police dismissed the allegation. It stated that the continued deployme...
…says 374 illegal mining sites identified, arrests 743 suspects; secures 5 convictions …as youths demand investigations into dangerous mining activities in Kogi By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, Thursday, urged youths in Kogi State to...
ABUJA — The International Criminal Court, ICC, has dismissed a petition seeking an investigation into alleged “systemic kidnappings in Nigeria as crimes against humanity.” The petition, filed by an unnamed individual, was dismissed by Pre-Trial Chamber II of the ICC on September ...
The Controller, Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Abia State Command, Mrs Justina Nkechi Owa, has called for greater cooperation with the Abia State Police Command in tackling human trafficking and regulating foreigners entering or residing in the state. Mrs Owa made the call on...
ABUJA — The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), has explained how security forces have been able to rescue abducted victims without killing or arresting the terrorists holding them. Musa said the strategy involved locating the terrorists, cutting off their escape ...
Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) rejects Air Peace’s ‘ridiculous’ petition and honours police invitation over the ongoi Read More: https://punchng.com/union-rejects-air-peace-petition-honours-police-invitation/...
Three suspected robbers were arrested with firearms in the Alakuko area of Lagos by the police. Learn more about the ongoing investigation. Read More: https://punchng.com/three-suspected-robbers-arrested-with-arms-in-lagos/...
The Nigeria government welcomed the decision but questioned the procedure that led to the petition being placed before the chamber. The post ICC dismisses anonymous crimes against humanity petition against Nigeria, FG reacts appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
A fire outbreak on Thursday destroyed property worth millions of naira in a building in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The incident occurred at about 15:56 hours adjacent to Ile-Anu Wofem Church, behind the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Asa-Dam Area, Ilorin metropolis, accordi...
Catch up on top Nigerian news: DSS bans civil arrests, Fubara signs N1.84tn budget, N14m raised for graduate, and other key stories. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-dss-bans-civil-arrests-fubara-signs-n1-84tn-budget-online-mockery-raises-n14m-for-graduate-other-top-s...
The International Criminal Court, ICC, has dismissed a case filed by an unknown submitter against Nigeria over alleged crimes against humanity. The international body dismissed the filing titled, “Formal Communication Requesting Investigation into Systemic Kidnappings in Nigeria ...
…. vows action over petition by unknown person By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has dismissed as false the claim that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating Nigeria for allege...
ABUJA — The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has debunked a viral notice directing successful applicants in the 2026 constable recruitment exercise to report for training on September 18, describing the information as false, fake and unauthorised. The Force Public Relations Department,...
