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The Nigeria police force has defended the detention of Ademola Adeleke, lawmaker representing Osun west senatorial district. Speaking with TheCable on Monday, Frank Mba, force spokesman, said Adeleke was detained in connection with ongoing criminal investigations against him. The senator had honoured an invitation at the force headquarters in Abuja before he was detained. Mba […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday said it has uncovered plot by the Nigerian Police to poison its 2018 governorship candidate in Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke, who was same day arrested by the Police in Abuja. The party described the arrest as a total disregard for the extant order of the Federal High Court. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has incurred the wrath of some Nigerians, including a former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, for saying the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has lost weight, meaning he is working. Buhari made the comment while addressing reporters upon his arrival from the UK on Sunday. A reporter had asked the President, […]

The Nigerian Police have issued tips to Nigerians on how to avoid clashes with officers at a police checkpoint. The police gave the tips via their verified Twitter handle, @PoliceNG, on Monday. The tips urged Nigerians to avoid an unnecessary argument or challenging armed personnel on duty. They also advised Nigerians to avoid giving an […]

The police on Monday said they have arrested Ademola Adeleke, a Nigerian senator. The police said Mr Adeleke will be arraigned in court today in Abuja. Police spokesperson Frank Mba did not immediately give reasons for Mr Adeleke’s detention, but said his legal representatives were carried along during preparation of charges. Mr Mba said the […]

Forty-one people including at least two children have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke at Moscow’s busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said. Dramatic footage that went viral on social media showed Aeroflot’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crash-landing and then speeding […]

The Presidency on Saturday said that nobody can question the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari as it posited that they are there for all to see. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a write up circulated to the media in Abuja, said that Buhari’s victory against former […]

The Presidency, on Sunday, called on those it described as ‘apostles of evil imaginings’ to swallow their words and retract their ‘tendentious stories’ insinuating that President Muhammadu Buhari was to be hospitalised during his private visit to London. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not make any comment about those who will make his next cabinet. Fielding questions from reporters after his 10-day trip to the United Kingdom, Buhari said he is ready to settle down and swear in the new cabinet. A reporter had asked him, “What kind of people will make […]

Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed 15 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a military base in Borno State, security sources said Saturday. The terrorists rode into Magumeri Local Government Area and sacked a brigade there at about 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Premium Times learnt. A captain, a lieutenant and 13 soldiers lost their lives […]

The Nigerian Army has drawn the attention of the Federal Government and Nigerians of plans by some groups, foreign interests to disrupt the May 29, handover. Army in a statement by Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa on Saturday, said some unpatriotic individual groups and foreign interests, are determined to cause mischief and […]

The Nigeria Police have sacked the head of its public complaints unit, a senior official told Premium Times Saturday. Yomi Shogunle, a controversial officer who at times rattled social media users with his posts, was removed from the Police Complaints Response Unit and posted to Ebonyi State. The assistant commissioner of police was transferred on […]

YouTube singer Austin Jones has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for asking underage girls to send him sexually explicit videos of themselves to prove that they’re fans. Jones, 26, crooned a capella covers of popular songs and performed on tour nationwide. Most of the fans of the suburban Chicago singer were teenage girls. In 2017, […]

Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, is said to be in stable condition after reportedly slumping during the burial of late Maj. Gen. David Ejoor, in Ovwor-Olomu community within Ughelli-south local government area of Delta state. Following the incident, Gen. Gowon was said to have been rushed by top military personnel at the […]

The rate of killings and kidnappings in Katsina State has become so ‘alarming’ that a lawmaker wants a state of emergency declared in parts of the state. The lawmaker representing Baure/Zango Federal Constituency, Ahmed Dayyabu-Safana, on Thursday decried the increasing rate of killings in Katsina State, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Dayyabu-Safana […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to return home and fix the security challenges facing the country. Disclosing this in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said that Buhari’s trip to the UK is ‘completely unacceptable’, noting that he practically abandon his responsibilities as the […]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says at least 2000 workers in the health sector leave the country annually. Francis Faduyile, NMA national president, disclosed this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state,  during the opening ceremony of the association’s 59th annual general conference/delegates meeting themed “Skill Repatriation in the Health Sector: Turning Nigeria’s brain drain to brain gain.” […]