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PREMIUM TIMES reported the crash on Monday morning, with the Nigerian Air Force saying the aircraft was travelling on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos. The post 32 people on board crashed Nigerian military aircraft – Aviation Minister appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ...
He said the Air Force has activated an immediate search and rescue operation following the crash. The post Crashed aircraft travelling from Benin to Lagos – NAF appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
A military aircraft with tail number NGR 931 has crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, after disappearing from radar while... The post Military aircraft crashes near Naval Base in Ondo, 32 on board appeared first on Nairametrics ....
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has confirmed that an aircraft belonging to the force crashed in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State in the early hours of Monday. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Ehimen Ejodame, said the aircraft was on a “routine mission” when the inci...
Many people are feared to have lost their lives as a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, en route Lagos from Benin, crashed in the Igbokoda axis of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday. The Ondo State Police Command Spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, who conf...
By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Monday it has activated an immediate search and rescue operation following an ATR-42 aircraft accident in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on Monday. A statement by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations ...
The identity of the helicopter and the people on board have yet to be ascertained as of the time of this report. The post Helicopter crashes in Ondo appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS, has disowned a recruitment notice circulating online in the name of its former identity, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. In a public notice titled “Fraudulent Recruitment Notice” posted on its official X account on Monday, the NRS said ...
“The increasing clampdown on peaceful dissent in Borno State is disturbing,” Amnesty said. The post Amnesty raises alarm over arrests, alleged crackdown on dissent in Borno appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
lAmaechi incapable of earning living outside public office —APC lHis mother’s death not political material, ADC fires back By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress, APC, and African Democratic Congress, ADC, were yesterday locked in a verbalwar over claims credited to ...
The police said the suspect wanted to become the leader of the “Aro Bagger” confraternity and believed killing his rival member would help him achieve it The post Police rescue kidnap victim, arrest suspected cultists appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
Operatives of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) on Sunday arrested three suspected cult members and recovered a firearm in Ijagun town, Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, simply identified as Samuel, Dapo and Fa...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has dismissed claims linking the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to flooding in communities along its corridor, blaming the situation on climate change and global warming. Umahi said the flooding in the affected areas predated the highway’s construct...
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has described Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State’s call to arrest “Tinubu Must Go” protesters as an assault on Nigeria’s democracy. ADC’s PCC said Nigerians must not be threatened into silence for oppos...
Nigerians have criticised Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, after a video showing him and his wife, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori, performing ushering duties during a church service surfaced online. The video, shared by the governor’s media aide, Ossai Ovie Success, showed ...
The Lagos State Government has cautioned motorists using the Coastal Road against excessive speeding and reckless driving, warning that offenders will be arrested and prosecuted in line with the law. The warning followed a fatal crash along the Coastal Road inward Eko Hotel on Fr...
A joint team comprising officials of the Nigerian Red Cross, NRC, and Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, have visited an accident scene in Calabar, Sunday morning to assess the level of damage. Early Sunday morning, a petroleum tanker filled with product collide...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted drug consignments worth more than ₦5 billion at the Lagos and Onne ports, while arresting a businessman allegedly attempting to smuggle 4.80 kilogrammes of cocaine to Italy. The 38-year-old suspect was arres...
NDLEA operatives have intercepted container consignments of Loud and codeine syrup worth over N5bn at Apapa, Tin Can Island, and Onne seaports. Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-intercepts-n5bn-drugs-at-ports-arrests-milan-bound-businessman/...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 38-year-old businessman, Philip Tunde, with 4.80kg of cocaine concealed in the soles of shoes and railings of travelling bags at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspect was arres...
…HURIWA demands probe By Chioma Obinna The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to invite and investigate the Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jarrett Tenebe, over his alleged reference to ...
Benue State Government has suspended the Buruku branch of the Nigeria Union of Maritime Workers, NUMW, following the boat accident on the River Katsina-Ala that left several passengers missing. The government also suspended the operator of the affected river crossing and ordered ...
The Nigeria Police Force has reported the rescue of 12 kidnapped persons, recovery of firearms and arrest of several suspects in security operations conducted across different states. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement detailing poli...
· Edo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers approve, others drag feet · By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor Prologue Unless something decisive happens in the next 12 days, the push for state police, widely canvassed as a response to Nigeria’s worsening security challenges, is facing a fresh hurdle...
Allied Peoples Movement’s governorship candidate in Ogun State, Rotimi Babajide, has pledged to declare a state of emergency in the education sector if ele Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ogun-gov-candidate-pledges-reform/...
The death toll from the multiple road crashes along the Hawan Kibo Road in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 21. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Corps Commander Adelaja Ogungbemi, who visited the scene alongside the Zona...
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue State government has suspended the Buruku crossing point branch of the Nigeria Union of Maritime Workers, NUMW, following Saturday’s boat mishap, with several passengers still unaccounted for . The state Commissioner for Marine and Blue Economy, D...
Obi-Kwankwaso Movement leaders Elijah Noah and Ben Smith have been released after more than 24 hours in police detention over a disputed Independence Day march in Uyo. The post Leaders of Peter Obi’s support groups released after 24-hour detention appeared first on Premium Times ...
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that gunmen abducted the prospective NYSC members at about 6:30 a.m. on Thursday along the Owerri-Onitsha Road by Umunoha in Imo State. The post Why we can’t strike despite locating kidnapped NYSC members – Police appeared first on Premium Times Nig...
The Nigerian Navy and a FG task force have uncovered a 40,000-litre capacity illegal refinery in Bonny Island, Rivers State, and arrested three suspects. Read More: https://punchng.com/navy-uncovers-40000-litre-illegal-refinery-in-rivers-arrests-three/...
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a man, Zayyanu Halilu, after officers allegedly caught him raping a 12-year-old girl inside a tinted vehicle at Airport Bridge Taxi Park, Abuja. The victim was also found to be about three months pregnant as a result of th...
United States lawmaker, Riley Moore has welcomed the reported arrest of Mahmoud Adam, who has been accused of involvement in attacks that killed Christians in Nigeria. Moore said the reported arrest was an indication that security cooperation between the United States and Nigeria...
“Four vehicles were involved in the crash, including a Howo Sino truck with registration number AGL 525 YN." The post FRSC confirms 20 dead in multiple-vehicle crash in Plateau appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
The Nigerian Army said the arrest and dismantling of terrorists' hideout happened during separate operations in collaboration with vigilante operatives across communities in Anambra State. The post One arrested as troops dismantle terrorists’ camp, rescue kidnap victims appeared ...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the deaths of 20 people in a multiple road traffic crash along the Hawan Kibo-Jos route in Plateau. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Osondu Ohaeri, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Ohaeri said...
A US lawmaker, Riley Moore, has welcomed the reported arrest of Mahmoud Adam, an alleged terrorist leader accused of killing Christians in Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/us-lawmaker-hails-arrest-of-terrorist-leader/...
Mahmoud Adam, a suspected terrorist allegedly linked to the killing of Christians in Nigeria, particularly in the Middle Belt, has reportedly been arrested. The arrest was confirmed by the Daily Caller, a United States-based news platform, in an exclusive report published on Frid...
By Evelyn Usman On February 25, 2026, IGP Olatunji Disu took charge of the Nigeria Police Force with a solemn promise not to squander the confidence reposed in him. Today, that pledge is being tested against the hard realities of policing Nigeria , the crimes fought, the reforms ...
By Prisca Sam-Duru A 33-year-old Cameroonian woman living in the UK recently shared an experience that stayed with me. Thirty weeks pregnant and home alone, she felt what she thought was labour pain and dialled UK a emergency number. In less than three minutes, she said, four med...
By Esther Onyegbula For Eze Pauline Ijeoma, stepping onto Nigerian soil was more than a homecoming. It was a return to a place where she hoped she could finally live and work without fear. After years in South Africa, where she said xenophobic attacks, police detentions and diffi...
Emmanuel Tomori, an ex-Papa Ajasco videographer, recounts how a drunken policeman’s bullet shattered his hand in 2011, ending his career in Lagos. Read More: https://punchng.com/drunken-policemans-bullet-ended-my-promising-career-ex-papa-ajasco-videographer/...
A fire has destroyed 21 shops and a vehicle at the Kugbo Furniture Market in Abuja. Emergency responders confirmed no lives were lost in the incident. Read More: https://punchng.com/fire-destroys-21-shops-at-abuja-furniture-market/...
A Nigerian correctional officer, Michael Ademoye, has been arrested in Texas for allegedly smuggling drug-treated paper (K2) into the Wynn Unit prison. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-correctional-officer-nabbed-for-drug-smuggling/...
Police say bandits invaded Tsabre village in Isa LGA before security operatives repelled them and recovered two rocket launchers and other items. The post Police repel bandit attack in Sokoto, recover two rocket launchers appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has recounted his experience with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following the end of his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying the commission eventually cleare...
By Esther Onyegbula The Federal Government has been urged to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria’s health sector amid the mass exodus of medical professionals from the country. Convener and host of The Convergence 2026, Mr. Fakuyi Adewale Banjo, made the call during the annua...
Says coordinator arrested while seeking release of colleague By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Obidient Movement has called for the release of its Akwa Ibom State Coordinator, Dr Ben Smith, and the State Coordinator of the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, Elijah Noah, following their reported ar...
A fire outbreak at the Kugbo Furniture Market in Abuja has destroyed 21 shops and a vehicle. The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed no casualti Read More: https://punchng.com/photos-fire-razes-21-shops-vehicle-in-abuja-furniture-market/...
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — Troops conducting operations across the country have neutralised 26 terrorists, rescued 22 kidnapped victims and arrested two suspected terrorist collaborators in the past week, the Defence Headquarters has said. The military also said several terroris...
Amid ongoing row over the legitimate version of the Nigerian Law Society, NLS, the Office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, has written to recognize Ambassador Dahiru Aliyu and Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja, as the President and Executive Director, respectively, of the organisatio...
IPI renews its call for an independent criminal investigation and presses for strengthening international mechanisms for investigating crimes against journalists. The post Saudi Arabia: Eight years after Khashoggi’s murder, IPI renews call for justice appeared first on Premium Ti...
An Ago-Iwoye Magistrate Court on Friday granted bail to three suspects arrested for alleged assault and obstruction of police officers in Ogun State. The defendants, Alaba Mulika, 51, Alawode Iyanu, 21, and Temitope Saliu, 29, were charged following an investigation ordered by th...
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested two suspected car thieves at Ladanai Junction, along the Eastern Bypass, Kano. The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mohammed Agalama, confirmed the arrest during a news conference held at the comman...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has arrested two men suspected of stealing a car during a routine patrol along the Eastern Bypass in Kano. The suspects, identified as 61-year-old Abdullahi Sani and 63-year-old Abdullahi Suleiman, were arr...
Nigeria has sufficient data and early warnings to prepare for flooding, but poor use of available funds and information continues to leave vulnerable communities exposed to displacement, destruction of homes and disruption of livelihoods, a former acting Director-General of the N...
By John Alechenu, Abuja ABUJA — The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has called on the Inspector-General of Police and other security agencies to urgently rescue National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in Imo State....
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, on Friday, revealed how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, investigated and cleared him of any wrong doing during his tenure as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Soludo disclosed that the EFCC informed him th...
