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The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspected fraudsters linked to a vehicle scam syndicate and recovered 67 rustled cattle after a gun duel with bandits in the state. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement, saying operatives attached to Maje Division, Suleja, arrested four suspects along Kaduna Road on May 12 while allegedly attempting to move a suspected stolen Volkswagen Golf vehicle to meet a buyer. The suspects, identified as Badamasi Saidu, Adamu Musa, Yunusa Mohammed and Mohammed Usman, allegedly removed the vehicle’s number plate to disguise it as a newly acquired car.…
A new pre-election survey in Kwara State has found that voters are overwhelmingly focused on security, electricity and employment ahead of the 2027 governorship election, with party affiliation, religion and ethnicity ranking far behind as deciding factors. The poll, conducted by the Africa Polling Institute across all 16 local government areas between May 4 and 11, 2026, shows that 66 per cent of respondents identified insecurity as the most urgent issue in the state, followed by electricity at 55 per cent and jobs/unemployment at 48 per cent. The study covered 5,050 adults across 193 electoral wards using Computer-Aided telephone interviews…
A 66-year-old lawyer, Tunde Awogbade, and one other, Obayomi Olaleye, were arraigned by the police on Friday before an Igbosere Magistrate Court sitting at the Tinubu Magistrate Court, Lagos, for allegedly forging official stamps of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, among other offences. The defendants were docked before Magistrate Olatunde Adefope on six-count charges bordering on conspiracy, perjury, forgery, breaking and entry, assault occasioning harm, malicious damage, and perversion of justice. The prosecution counsel, CSP Monday Omo-Osagie, told the court that the defendants and others still at large allegedly forged the official stamps of the Lagos State Internal Revenue…
Last week witnessed two important events on Africa’s existence and its future. There was the Africa Forward Summit, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, and the CEO Forum, which was hosted in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The summit was co-hosted by President William Ruto of Kenya and President Emmanuel Macron of France to attract foreign capital, build global partnerships, and drive innovation in production. It is more of using public sector economic policies to promote private sector activities and actions. The Africa CEO Forum in Kigali was a purely and directly private sector programme. Reports show that it was…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has declared that he would work to ensure President Bola Tinubu is not re-elected in the 2027 general election. Baba-Ahmed, a former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Tinubu, stated this on Sunday during an interview with Channels TV, while reacting to claims that he was working for the President following his previous role in Tinubu’s administration. He emphasised that he worked in Tinubu’s administration and not for him(Tinubu). He explained, “The people also said we are working for Tinubu, can you believe this. People say things like if…
The Director-General of the Niger Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Adamu Salihu, has described the Dangote Group as a transformative force in Africa’s economic renaissance, saying the conglomerate is “not only industrialising Nigeria, but indeed the whole of Africa.” Speaking ahead of the Dangote Special Day at the 22nd Niger National Trade Fair in Minna, Salihu said the Chamber would use the event to showcase the achievements of the Group to Niger State, Nigeria, and the wider African business community, according to a statement from Dangote Group on Sunday. According to him, the investment footprint of the Dangote…
While John Logan didn’t walk away with the girl when season 1 of Off Campus came to an end — but there’s hints that his story will change. Off Campus, adapted from Elle Kennedy’s bestselling hockey romance series of the same name, follows a group of collegiate athletes as they look to find love on campus. The debut season of the Prime Video series is based on the first book, The Deal, where hockey captain Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli) enters a fake-turned-real relationship with Hannah Wells (Ella Bright). Garrett’s three roommates, John Logan (Antonio Cipriano), Dean Heyward-Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn)…
Reports received by PREMIUM TIMES earlier this month indicated that residents in several parts of Abuja were experiencing difficulty accessing dispenser water, with shortages recorded across districts including Wuye, Life Camp, Kubwa, Karishi and Guzape. At the time, supermarkets and retail outlets across these areas reported either low stock or complete unavailability of dispenser water, with some attributing the situation to supply and distribution disruptions affecting major brands widely consumed in the capital. One week after the initial findings, PREMIUM TIMES conducted follow-up checks to assess whether supply conditions had improved and to examine the impact of the shortages on…
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has alleged that the United States, US, is interested in Nigeria’s resources. Gumi made the remark on his official Facebook page while describing Western countries as predators. He wrote: “Nigeria needs to listen to this man. The West is a predator. US’s attention is now on Nigerian resources. “Nobody cries for terrorists. But every patriotic citizen should cry for our sovereignty. “Aerial bombing of stationary targets is no rocket science that demands foreign forces firing on our land. “The Thucydides Trap is a political theory stating that when a rising power threatens to displace…
Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Southern Zone of Adamawa State have staged a protest against the alleged imposition of Kwamoti Laori, a House of Representatives candidate for the Demsa/Numan/Lamurde constituency. The demonstration took place in Numan, where dozens of aspirants, party members, and supporters gathered at the APC Zonal Secretariat carrying placards proclaiming “No to Imposition”, “Allow Free Primaries”, and “Let the People Decide”. The aggrieved House of Representatives aspirants said the protest was prompted by reports of a single candidate, Kwamoti, being “selected” without consultation or a primary election. According to them, they are not…
