8 Mon The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday promised the people of Osun State that he would begin to address the challenges of insecurity, youth unemployment and economic deprivation, among others, from the first…
PREMIUM TIMES reports the attack on Saturday at a railway station in Edo State. The attackers, described by police as ‘herdsmen’, were shot sporadically before kidnapping an unconfirmed number of passengers. Several passengers were also injured, police said in a…
Police in Zamfara neutralized two gunmen on Anka-Gummi Highway on Sunday as they attempted to deliver weapons to the terrorist camp. The police spokesman in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, said on Sunday that the gunmen brought sophisticated weapons and…
The electoral commission, INEC, has decentralized the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs) by registered voters who have not yet collected them. Millions of registered Nigerians have yet to collect their PVCs, less than two months to the general election.…
The Police Command in Plateau has foiled an attempt by gunmen to abduct Mr. Yakubu Sanda, the Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed in a statement on Friday…
It is 48 days, on Sunday, to Nigeria’s seventh presidential election since 1999. The ballot on election day February 25 will have the symbols of 18 parties, down from the 79 that stood in the previous poll of 2019. However,…
24 minutes ago Kenyan police have arrested more suspects in the murder of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was found on the side of the road stuffed in a metal trunk, media reports said Sunday. Rights campaigners have…
The people of the world are always celebrating the wrong things. Jesus said to his disciples, “You are the salt of the earth; But if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be seasoned? Then it has no…
Prince Harry is scheduled to discuss his memoirs in an anticipated televised interview on Sunday following the controversy caused by the book’s explosive revelations detailing royal rifts, sex and drugs. The 38-year-old prince’s ghost-written book “Spare” has been widely leaked…
The Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, has said that recruitment into the Nigerian Army should not be seen as a job opportunity but a call to defend Nigeria. Mr. Yahaya, the lieutenant general, said this while flagging 10 km…