UK court jails Nigerian woman for stealing £20,000
A Nigerian woman, Abiola Akinremi working as a care home worker has been sentenced to seven months in prison in the United Kingdom for stealing £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents. The 41-year-old who has worked as an administrator at the facility in Bostall House in Abbey Wood, Old Bailey, in South East London, […]
Hoodlums Disrupt PVC Collection In Edo
There was partial disruption of collection of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in some parts of Ikpoba Okha LGA of Edo State yesterday as the Independent National Electoral Commission moves the distribution of the PVC to the ward level. In a press statement made available in Benin City, the head of INEC voters’ education in […]
Oyo Killing: Ilaka Condoles With Family Of Mudahiru Baraka Condemns Killing
The Peoples Democratic Party Candidate for Oyo Central Senatorial district Chief Luqman Oyebisi Ilaka has expressed deep sadness over the death of Mudashiru Baraka, a PDP youth who was gruesomely killed allegedly by a loyalist of the All Progressive Congress APC in Oyo. In a statement by the Ilaka Campaign council and signed by the […]
VIDEO: Policemen Drinking on Duty
Four yet-to-be-identified police officers have been filmed drinking at what appears to be a public bar in an unknown place. In an 18-second clip shared on Twitter by @LPartyNews24, the police officers, who are in their uniforms and holding their rifles, discuss around bottles of alcohol. “I dey busy dey change my gear. Time for […]
Breaking: ICPC Arrests Popular Nigerian Musician For Diverting N-Power Funds
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) has arrested and detained Oladapo Oyebanji, more known by his stage name, D’banj, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report. The musician was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, forcing him to surrender himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, […]
Crime: EFCC To Arrest A Senatorial Candidate Over Alleged US$1.3million Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that it will arrest AbdulKareem AbdulSalam Zaura, a Kano central senatorial candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This was revealed to journalists by EFCC lawyer Ahmad Rogha on Monday during the resumption of Zaura’s criminal trial at the Federal High Court in Kano. Although […]
Crime: Gunmen Kidnap Benue State Commissioner
The Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ekpe Ogbu, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped at the notorious Adankari Junction along the Otukpo-Ado Road at about 4 pm on Sunday. The adviser on security matters to governor Samuel Ortom, Colonel Paul Hemba (retd), confirmed the abduction to Channels Television via the phone […]
Breaking: Nigeria Serving Senator Escapes Assassination By Unknown Gun Men(Video)
The representative of Niger East, Senatorial District, Sani Musa, has escaped an assassination attempt on him by armed men. The attempt on the life of the All Progressives Congress Senator was made on Saturday, it was learnt. This was said to have occurred Musa’s residence in Abuja. A chieftain of the APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, confirmed […]
Thugs Set Another INEC Ablaze — Fourth Attack in Three Weeks
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Orlu LGA of Imo state has been set ablaze. Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, said this in a statement on Friday. This is the fourth attack on an INEC office occurring within the past three weeks. INEC offices […]
Be careful with the use of counterfeited, non-type approved phones – NCC Warns Nigerians
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned consumers against patronising counterfeited and not-typed approved communication devices. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Reuben Muoka, gave the warning in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Muoka strongly warned that such devices negatively affect the quality of experience while leaving their users vulnerable to losses and […]