Poor record keeping, inaccurate and incomplete data, and a lack of transparency on how information of births and recorded deaths are managed by the National Population Commission (NPC) and state governments could seriously taint the Independent National Electoral Commission’s attempt and ability to effectively clean up the voter register by removing the names of dead […]
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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) group under the aegis of South South Youth Vanguard has asked the top echelon of the party to throw its 2023 presidential ticket open. A statement yesterday by the group’s national chairman, James Efe Akpofure, said zoning the presidency would work against the party in the next general polls. “We […]
Ten months after a series of high-level bilateral talks between the Nigerian government and authorities in Ghana aimed at addressing the nearly decade-long controversy that led to the closure of Nigerian traders’ shops in Ghana, the issues have taken a turn for the worse, Daily Trust investigation reveals. Dozens of Nigerians have lost their sources […]
The Pandora Papers series is launching more than five years after the Panama Papers revelations of 2016. That investigation exposed offshore companies linked to more than 140 politicians in more than 50 countries. A new global investigation exposing the offshore hideaways of some of the world’s most powerful personalities is launching today after two years […]
Whitemoney has been a fan favourite since the show began on July 24. He also had the backing and support of his kinsmen and several Nigerian celebrities. Hazel Oyeze, popularly known as Mazi Whitemoney, has emerged the winner of the sixth season of BBNaija reality show. PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday predicted that the 29-year-old businessman […]
The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured. António Guterres expressed his deep condolences to the family of the victim, as well as the Government and people of Egypt, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured peacekeepers serving […]
More people were killed last week across Nigeria than in the previous three weeks. The insecurity across Nigeria got worse last week (September 24 – October 2) as at least 123 people including security personnel and civilians were killed in various attacks by non-state actors. The figures, collated manually from media reports, do not contain […]
Owerri — The Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide, Youth Wing, on Sunday, asked the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to join in the political campaign of producing a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023. The Acting National leader of the Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Onwuasoanya Jones, made this call […]
Abuja — . Towards checkmating rising insecurity across the country and curtailing the activities of kidnappers and banditry during the months leading to the Yuletide, the Nigerian Army is to flag off new training and operational exercises in four geo-political zones of the country on Monday. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk […]
Son of Chief Rotimi Williams, Ladi, has reportedly died of COVID-19 complication. Chief Ladi Rotimi-Williams passed away at about 3 am at St Nicholas isolation hospital from Covid-19 complications. despite being vaccinated. His death was confirmed by his younger brother, Chief Kayode Rotimi-Williams. “I just lost my elder brother, Chief Ladi Rotimi-Williams (aged 74+) to […]
Bandits Saturday evening killed at least three people, including a humanitrian staff nurse working with Medicine San Frontiers (MSF), who were travelling in a commercial vehicle in Zamfara State. The MSF nurse, Hassan Muhammad, was returning to his work station in Shinkafi town when the bandits opened fire on the vehicle he was in on […]
Newly sworn-in Guinean transition President and coup leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya has promised to stick to his government’s terms of transition charter and step-down after elections. Col. Doumbouya spoke during the country’s 63rd independence anniversary on Saturday. “The CNRD reassures the national and international community that it will never cling to power. The members of […]
Maiduguri — Suspected armed members of Boko Haram terrorists have invaded the Council headquarters of Damboa in Borno state shooting sporadically as they engaged troops locations. Damboa is about an 85km drive from Maiduguri the state capital located centre of the sambisa forests in the southern Borno Senatorial District. Due to the closing of the […]
The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested a ‘notorious bandits commander’, one Bello Rugga and neutralised five others during a raid in Gummi Local Government Area of the state. Mr Ayuba Elkanah, the Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure while parading the kingpin alongside 21 other suspected bandits and their collaborators, on Saturday in Gusau. […]
Rep. Babajide Obanikoro (APC -Lagos) has described sponsors of terrorism and killings in Nigeria as cold hearted and unpatriotic persons that should be killed when indicted. In a statement on Saturday in Lagos on Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary and insecurity, Obanikoro who represents Etiosa Federal Constituency said: ” Those sponsoring killings of Nigerians do not […]
Boko Haram fighters are currently in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. A security source told Daily Trust that the insurgents invaded the town around 5pm. The source said shortly after the fighters stormed the town, the network went off, raising suspicion that they destroyed it. Troops are currently engaging the armed men in […]
The father of Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Nasiru Muazu Magarya, Alhaji Muazu Abubakar, has died in bandits’ captivity. Abubakar, who was kidnaped eight weeks ago along with his wife, a three-week old baby and three others, was said to have died in bandits’ captivity as a result of heart failure. […]
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has stated that he is healthy but only undergoing physiotherapy in London. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, disclosed this when the Northern Caucus of the House of Representatives led by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase visited him in London on the […]