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Nigeria Orders Overhaul of Notorious Anti-Robbery Unit

Nigeria Orders Overhaul of Notorious Anti-Robbery Unit

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris to immediately overhaul the management and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The security outfit has been widely accused of highhandedness and extra-judicial killings. It was the subject of #EndSARS, an intense online campaign that called for its dissolution and morphed […]

Trekking With ‘Ambazonia Defense Forces’ – Inside a Separatist War

Trekking With ‘Ambazonia Defense Forces’ – Inside a Separatist War

Emmanuel Freudenthal is the first journalist to spend time with an anglophone armed group, trekking for a week with them in the sun and rain, across rivers and up steep hills, through dark rainforests and fields of giant grass. In this two-part series, he explores the make-up and motivation of the Ambazonia Defense Forces, and […]

Lagos Third Worst City to Live – Eiu Report

Lagos Third Worst City to Live – Eiu Report

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, is the third worst city to live in among 140 cities worldwide. The revelation is according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU’s 2018 ranking of the world’s most liveable cities. The city was ranked 138th of the 140 countries ranked by the EIU. With a relatively low score of 38.5 […]

I Will Restructure Nigeria If Elected President – Ahmed Makarfi

I Will Restructure Nigeria If Elected President – Ahmed Makarfi

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Ahmed Markafi, has promised to restructure Nigeria to the best interest of every citizen if elected next year. According to a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Markafi said this on Monday in Asaba when he met with Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and delegates to the forthcoming […]

Former president Obasanjo awarded oil blocks for sex, says Wole Soyinka

Former president Obasanjo awarded oil blocks for sex, says Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, calling former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a degenerate, liar, predator and sadist, has challenged him to swear whether he never awarded oil blocks in return for sexual gratification while he presided over the affairs of Nigeria. Soyinka and Obasanjo Soyinka spoke in his Interventions VIII series, titled: ‘Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?’ […]

Opposition Alleges Fresh Plot to Arrest Saraki, Ekweremadu

Opposition Alleges Fresh Plot to Arrest Saraki, Ekweremadu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday claimed that it has uncovered a plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and “the cabal” in the Presidency to use compromised security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite, arrest and detain Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The […]

Funding for Commercial Real Estate on the Rise in Francophone Africa

Funding for Commercial Real Estate on the Rise in Francophone Africa

“The market is still growing at a faster clip than the rest of the World.” – JD Diabira, CEO of BHCI. The bilingual Francoreal Property Investment Summit (www.FRANCOREAL.com ) taking place on 16 & 17 October 2018 in Dakar, Senegal will provide a platform for the region and continent’s premier real estate investors and developers […]

How Former State Security Boss Lawal Daura Was Arrested

How Former State Security Boss Lawal Daura Was Arrested

The plot was like that of a movie, leaving trained security and intelligence officials confused. At the end of it, Lawal Daura, then head of one of Nigeria’s foremost security agencies was whisked away while his well trained security aides waited for him. Multiple sources at the Nigerian Presidency have told PREMIUM TIMES how Mr […]

Kenya Tops African Athletics Champs With 11 Gold Medals

Kenya Tops African Athletics Champs With 11 Gold Medals

In spite of late gold medal rush by Team Nigerian athletes on the last day of competition, Kenya proved her dominance in athletics once again as the East Africans edged out defending champion, South Africa and host Nigeria to win the 21st African Senior Athletics Championships rounded up last night at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, […]

Two Dead, 3 Injured As Suicide Bombers Attack Maiduguri Suburb

Two Dead, 3 Injured As Suicide Bombers Attack Maiduguri Suburb

Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Sunday night sneaked into a neighbourhood of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, to carry out coordinated attacks that eventually claimed only their own lives, officials and witnesses said. The blasts however injured three other innocent residents. Twin deafening explosions, a first of its kind to be heard by […]

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