The International Organisation for Migration says two Nigerians were rescued, while two others died after a vessel carrying 49 people capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. The IOM said 42 people are missing and presumed dead, while seven survivors were rescued following a shipwreck off the coast of Libya — the latest fatal incident in the…
Ademola Lookman has publicly responded to criticism from Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini following the team’s 5-2 aggregate loss to Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League. Gasperini singled out Lookman for taking a penalty, which he missed, in the tie’s second leg. Lookman, the reigning Atalanta player of the season and 2024 Africa Player…
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday said bandits were threatening to abduct members of the National Assembly. Idris stated this during the resumption of debate on national security in the lower chamber, calling on President Bola Tinubu to review his directive on the withdrawal of police operatives attached…
Popular Plateau cleric, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has issued an emotional appeal to United States President Donald Trump, warning that Nigeria’s security crisis is worsening and requires urgent international help. His message centred on a desperate call for intervention, stressing that the country is facing a threat that could spiral beyond control. In a video shared…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 26-year old male suspect, Anikpe Valentine Chibuike, in connection with the murder of his girlfriend, Ogechukwu Mmadubugwu, a 35-year old single mother in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of the State. According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the State Police Public Relations Officer, who disclosed this in a…
At least seven people have been confirmed dead in the building collapse in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Many other occupants of the building sustained injuries, the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Department (FEMD) said. Nkechi Isa, the FEMD spokesperson, told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday that the official death toll from the collapse is seven. The…
Less than seven months after a boat accident claimed over 200 lives in Gbajibo in Kaiama Local Government Srea of Kwara Etate, 37 traders perished in another boat mishap which occurred on Thursday in the Gbajibo-Mudi community in the state. The traders, according to impeccable sources came to the weekly market and were returning home…
Police authorities in Ogun State have intercepted a group of young persons with dangerous weapons including daggers. They were on a truck. The spokesperson of the Ogun Police Command Omolola Odutola says they were intercepted on Saturday by a team led by the commissioner of police Lanre Ogunlowo “along Eledumare, Bamboo 1 & 2, Fidiwo…
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the Kuje Prison after meeting the bail conditions granted by a Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja. Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 11 other protesters, were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria…
Tinuade Ladoja, one of the wives of the former governor of Oyo State and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, has died. She passed away at the age of 71 on Monday morning after a brief illness. The media aide to former Governor Ladoja, Adeola Oloko, confirmed her demise in a telephone interview with…
