Gunmen have abducted a cleric and his son at Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin on Saturday. Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the abduction on Sunday and said two suspects had already been arrested. “Police are already investigating the matter. Efforts are also at an advanced stage to...
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The 27th Session of the Conference of Parties on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), otherwise known as COP27, ended in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday with Parties agreeing on historic fund for loss and damage. The fund formed part of the Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan on...
Novak Djokovic beat Norway’s Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 to collect a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title on Sunday. Djokovic, as a result, earned the biggest paycheck ever in tennis —- 4,740,300 dollars —- for completing the season-ending tournament unbeaten. Djokovic sealed victory in style with his ninth ace to...
World Cup hosts Qatar were criticised on Sunday because the stadium was half empty by the closing stages of the tournament opening match between Qatar and Ecuador. Thousands of fans left Al Bayt Stadium during the second half as Qatar were unable to fight back from two goals down...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Over 5000 members from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The defectors were happily received during the Progressive Youth Mega rally and...
Qatar became the first home team to lose their opening World Cup match as Ecuador cruised to a 2-0 victory over the hosts, with Enner Valencia scoring twice in the tournament curtain-raiser on Sunday. Asian champions Qatar enjoyed the backing of the majority of the crowd at the 60,000-capacity...
The World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday as the month-long football showpiece finally got under way after a tortuous 12-year build-up dogged by off-field controversies. Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thami was present in the impressive Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, 50 kilometres (31 miles) outside...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja on Sunday for the first high level visit to Canada, since 2000 when then President Olusegun Obasanjo visited the North American nation. The visit will deepen diplomatic ties between Nigeria and Canada as Prof. Osinbajo will meet...
The Editor-in-Chief of PREMIUM TIMES, Musikilu Mojeed, will, on 1 December, 2022, release his debut book to the Nigerian public. The book, The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, published by PREMIUM TIMES Books, will be unveiled at a ceremony in Abuja, after which...
The Rivers State All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Governorship Candidate, Prince Ugo Beke on Sunday said that the principle of Federal Character had not helped Nigeria to get to the dream of its founding fathers. Beke, a merchant banker and financial consultant, who spoke to newsmen in Lagos, was...
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation warns that the Lekki-Epe corridor, including the Lekki Conservation Center (LCC) and the estates surrounding it may be washed away by 2024 if nothing is done to check the ocean encroachment. Dr Joseph Onoja, Director-General of NCF, gave the indication at an event to mark...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized no less than 5.6 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and tramadol in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the drugs were discovered in items like play station, bicycles, motor propeller and local...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered for an intensified manhunt of assailants who murdered three police operatives performing stop-and-search duty within the state. The policemen were killed at Agbani Roundabout in Agbani community of Nkanu West LGA by armed...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled an attempts by traffickers to smuggle consignments of cannabis and ecstasy tablets concealed in three tubers of yam. The Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the anti-narcotics...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27 year-old woman, Miss Esther Paul, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, one Sadiq Dahiru,to death. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the arrest was made on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Saudi-bound widow with cocaine concealed in footwear at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday, that the 56-year-old widow and mother of four,...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Sunday said his administration would leave no stone unturned in its determination to eradicate poverty and improve welfare of the people in the state. Akeredolu, who disclosed this in a statement in Lagos, said the state would sustain its leadership in fiscal transparency,...
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which she describes as an “invasion on Ukraine by Russia” will end on Ukraine’s terms. This is also as Laing said the UK government was standing by Ukraine hundred per cent by providing military and humanitarian...
It was all glitz and glamour at the seventh edition of the Beatz Awards, held at Muson Centre in Lagos on Saturday, where Davido, DJ Lambo, Cohbams Asuquo and others won awards in different categories. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aderombi Adedayo, known as ‘Dee-One’, of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos Directorate of Public Prosecution, (DPP) says, it is set to arraign the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, for alleged defilement of a 16 year-old girl (name withheld). This is contain in a letter of notification titled, “State...