Troops have rescued seven kidnapped victims, neutralised two kidnappers, arrested four suspected ISWAP terrorists and collaborators. The troops also recovered arms, ammunition and other items in coordinated operations across Borno, Yobe, Benue and Plateau states. An operational report obtained by…

Senators have defended the National Assembly’s decision to prioritise constitutional amendments on the establishment of state police, saying the country’s worsening insecurity makes the proposal an urgent national priority. The lawmakers gave the clarification in response to concerns that the…

Conversations about the Niger Delta often revolve around what lies beneath the soil rather than what grows from it. It is true that the Niger Delta has powered Nigeria’s economy since crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities in 1956…

Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has emerged as the winner of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election. PREMIUM TIMES reported earlier that Mrs Badejo-Okusanya, the only female among the three presidential candidates, polled 12,317 votes to…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has confirmed the death of three persons while four others sustained injuries in a lone road crash along the Nnobi–Agulu–Awka Road. The Sector Commander, Bridget Asekhauno, disclosed this in a statement…

Kuwait and Bahrain’s militaries said on Sunday they were responding to Iranian aerial attacks, and air raid sirens sounded in the two Gulf countries as Tehran pressed its retaliatory strikes across the region. “Kuwaiti air defences are currently confronting hostile…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has elected Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as its next president after she polled the most votes when voting officially ended Sunday morning. Mrs Badejo-Okusanya, the only female among the three presidential…

Senior lawyer Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya is on course to become president of the Nigerian Bar Association after taking a commanding lead in the association’s presidential election. Results displayed on the live dashboard of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association…

The US on Saturday night continued its strikes on Iran, hours after confirming the death of two American soldiers in Iranian strikes on a US base in Jordan. The strikes on Saturday night marked the eighth consecutive night of American…

Radical social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested Saturday in Miami, the US Marshals Service told AFP, as Britain seeks their extradition to face new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault. Marshals confirmed the arrest…

The French Football Federation (FFF) has paid a heartfelt tribute to Didier Deschamps following the end of his remarkable tenure as head coach of the French national team, hailing him as one of the greatest figures in the country’s football…

One of the teachers rescued after spending 56 days in the custody of kidnappers in Oyo State, Zacchaeus Olatunde, has claimed that he and the other captives were released by their abductors before security personnel eventually escorted them home. Olatunde…

The police command in Bayelsa has arrested three civil servants over the alleged theft of government equipment valued at about N500 million. The command’s spokesman, Musa Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Bayelsa on Saturday.…

Former Anambra State Governor and National Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was spotted shopping at a branch of H-Medix Supermarket on Saturday. This comes months after he stopped by the Utako market in Abuja to buy groundnut in a…

Two men, Elochukwu Belonwu and Chukwuebuka Ofokwu, have been sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court of Anambra State, Ogidi Judicial Division, after they were found guilty of rape and the murder of a 17-year-old girl, Jennifer Anene.…