Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped at least 185 women and children, and killed 32 people in a raid in northeastern Nigeria this week, local officials and residents said. Gunmen in pickup trucks attacked the village of Gumsuri, just north of Chibok, on Sunday, shooting down men before herding women and children together. “They gathered the women […]
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Nigerian military sentences 54 soldiers to death for mutiny
December 18, 2014 
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A military court in Nigeria has sentenced 54 soldiers to death after they were found guilty of mutiny. The soldiers were convicted Wednesday in Abuja on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny. Four other soldiers were acquitted. The convicted soldiers, mostly officers involved in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in […]
Continue reading DSS blames Total for fuel scarcity
December 17, 2014 0 Comments
The Directorate of State Services (DSS) has told Nigerians to hold Total Exporation and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) responsible for the current fuel scarcity ravaging the entire country, insisting that the failure of the oil company to obey the gentleman agreement reached over rescinding the transfer of its unionist staff, Elo Victor Ogbonda, was responsible […]
Continue reading No time limit for returning Chibok girls alive – Presidency
December 16, 2014 2 Comments
The Nigerian presidency has dismissed concerns over the prolonged abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Borno State, saying the government has no time limit to return the long-suffering teenagers alive to their families. The message, delivered Monday by a presidential spokesperson, appeared to imply that the government is taking its time to rescue […]
Continue reading Obasanjo opens up on his wife’s death
December 15, 2014 0 Comments
A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he had no knowledge of his late wife, Stella’s plan to undergo the cosmetic procedure that led to her death. Mr. Obasanjo disclosed this in his autobiography, My Watch, which was released on December 8. The late first lady died on October 23, 2005, following a botched […]
Continue reading FG No Longer Committed To Rescue Of Chibok Girls
December 15, 2014 0 Comments
The #BringBackOurGirls group yesterday, lamented the neglect of the Chibok girls by the federal government, even as the whole attention has been moved to the issue of 2015 elections. Speaking at the daily sit-out of the group yesterday, one of its leaders and the former minister of education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili said it has become […]
Continue reading Oil workers begin strike today over fuel price, others
December 15, 2014 0 Comments
Oil workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria will commence a nationwide strike on Monday (today) to protest the inability of the Federal Government to carry out turnaround maintenance of the nation’s four refineries and reduce pump […]
Continue reading Kids abducted by housemaid found near police station
December 12, 2014 2 Comments
The two kids abducted by a housemaid, identified simply as Juliet, have been found in the Sagamu area of Ogun State. Three-year-old Rafael and his 15-month-old brother, Michael– were abandoned near the Sagamu Police Station on Thursday. However, no arrest has been made in connection with the abduction. It was gathered that passersby in the […]
Continue reading Three policemen get 2 years in jail
December 11, 2014 3 Comments
Three policemen were, yesterday, sentenced to two years imprisonment by Magistrate A. Demi-Ajayi of an Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Oyingbo, Lagos, over negligence, which resulted in the stealing of their AK-47. The convicts are Sergeant Felix Okwa, 47; Corporal Ogu Romanus, 46, and Constable Sunday Okoh, 34. Apart from being jailed for two years, […]
Continue reading Court finds Obasanjo guilty of contempt over book launch; to rule on punishment in 21 days
December 11, 2014 3 Comments
An Abuja High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has found former President Olusegun Obasanjo guilty of contempt, after the former leader defied the court’s directive barring him from releasing his autobiography. Mr. Obasanjo released the new book, My Watch, Tuesday, in Lagos, days after the court order. Justice Valentine Ashi, in a ruling […]
Continue reading FG releases Chad-bound Russian plane detained in Kano
December 9, 2014 0 Comments
The Federal Government has ordered the release of the the Chad-bound Russian aircraft detained at the Aminu Kano Airport in Kano, hours after it said it was not in a hurry to let the aircraft go. PR Nigeria, an agency that circulates press statements for Nigerian security agencies, had quoted an unnamed top security official as telling […]
Continue reading Court stops Obasanjo from publishing autobiography
December 8, 2014 1 Comment
An Abuja High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, has restrained former President Olusegun Obasanjo from proceeding with plans to publish or have someone publish on his behalf, a new autobiography entitled ‘My Watch.” Justice Valentine Ashi made the order following an ex-parte application filed before him by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
Continue reading Ex-Borno Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, In Secret Visit To Arms-laden Chad-bound Plane Detained In Nigeria
December 8, 2014 0 Comments
A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, widely accused of sponsoring Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria, may be lobbying for the release of the Chad-bound cargo aircraft confiscated in Kano for transporting large amount of arms and ammunition. Sources at the Aminu Kano International Airport, where the plane is currently detained, said Mr. […]
Continue reading Russia admits ownership of detained arms-laden plane, but says military hardware on board belong to France
December 8, 2014 1 Comment
Less than 24 hours after denying that the Chad-bound arms-laden cargo aircraft arrested in Kano has links with its country, the Russian government has now admitted that it is indeed Russian. It however said the military hardware aboard the plane belongs to France. The Eastern European country had said through its embassy in Nigeria on […]
Continue reading Chad-bound plane detained by Nigeria has ‘AK-47s, bullet proof vests’
December 7, 2014 0 Comments
A Russian airplane intercepted by Nigerian authorities Saturday on its way to neighbouring Chad, was transporting a large cache of AK47s and bullet proof vests, and other items, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. Security operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Saturday seized the plane which landed at the airport […]
Continue reading Court clears Lagos over alleged deportation of Onitsha indigenes
December 6, 2014 0 Comments
The Lagos State Government has won a case challenging its decision in 2012 to relocate dozens of people from Lagos to Anambra State, on the claim they had no residence or business in Lagos. Rosemary Nathaniel, Friday Ndukwe, Grace Igbochi, Ugulori Tutua, Chinyere Nicholas and Osondu Mbuto filed a suit on their behalf and 77 […]
Continue reading Nigerian Military Intercepts Chad Bound Russian Plane Loaded With Arms
December 6, 2014 1 Comment
The Nigerian military has intercepted a Russian plane loaded with large amount of arms and ammunition, bound for neighbouring Chad, a security source has told PREMIUM TIMES. The plane was seized early Saturday at the Aminu Kano International Airport. The aircraft, which was headed for N’djamena, the capital of Chad, landed in Kano at about […]
Continue reading Contrary to reports, South Africa still holding Nigeria’s seized $15 million arms money
December 5, 2014 0 Comments
Contrary to widespread reports in the Nigeria media, the South African government has not returned the $15 million seized from arms dealers purportedly buying arms for the Nigerian military. PREMIUM TIMES reports that the money remains frozen in South Africa and has not been returned to the Nigerian government. In October, several media articles quoting […]
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